Room Roles
Rocket.Chat rooms have different roles that users can assign to control actions and features within a particular room, including Teams, Channels, and Discussions. These roles are associated with permissions in the room scope.
Available Room Roles
By default, there are three major room roles available in a Rocket.Chat workspace:
Owner: This is the highest room-scoped role. It provides complete control over the room, including the ability to change its name and description, manage its members, and delete the room entirely.
Leader: A Room leader has significant control over the room and can manage room members, edit the room name and description, and perform other tasks pertaining to the room.
Moderator: This role is designed to help keep the room organized and on-topic. Moderators can delete messages, kick users out, and pin important messages to the top of the room.
Assigning Room Roles
Room roles can only be assigned to members belonging to the room.
To assign a Role to a user:
Open the desired room.
Click Members icon on the top right action bar. This shows a list of users in that room.
Search and select the user you want to assign a role.
Click the kebab menu on the right against the user. A dropdown is seen.
Click Set as <role> from the dropdown to set the role you wish to assign to the user.
Only Room Owners and Leaders can assign Roles to other users.
Users can have multiple roles within a single room.
Unassigning Room Roles
Room roles can be revoked from a user in a room if no longer needed.
To remove a role:
Open the desired room.
Click on the Members icon on the top right action bar. This shows a list of users in that room.
Search or select the user having the existing role.
Click the kebab menu on the right against the user. A dropdown is seen.
From the dropdown, click Remove as <role> to remove the role previously assigned to the user.
See the official documentation to learn more about Rocket.Chat Roles and Permissions.
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