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Rocket.Chat rooms are where communication or interaction with other users occurs. This section guides you through various management options for rooms in Rocket.Chat, such as viewing room details and creating, editing, and deleting rooms.
To access the room administration menu, navigate to Administration > Workspace > Rooms. It displays all the rooms in your workspace alongside the following details:
Name: The name of the room.
Type: The category or type of the room.
Users: The total number of users in the room.
Messages: The total number of messages in the room.
Default: Indicates whether the room is set as a default channel.
Featured: Indicates whether the room is set as a featured channel.
Edit room details
To view or update a room, follow these steps:
1. Navigate to Administration > Workspace > Rooms.
2. Click on the room you want to update.
3. Update any of the following fields:
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Avatar | Upload or change the room's avatar |
Name | Edit the room's name |
Owner | Assign a new owner to the room |
Description | Provide or update a description for the room |
Announcement | Add an announcement to be displayed as a top banner in the room |
Topic | Set or update the room's topic. |
Private | Toggle the room's privacy setting. Only invited people can access a private channel |
Read-only | Specify if only authorized users can send new messages to the room |
Favourite | Mark the room as a favorite |
Default | Set the room as a default channel for all new users to automatically join. |
Archived | Archive the room |
Featured | Highlight the room as featured |
4. Click Save to apply the changes.
Delete room
To delete a room,
Search and click on the room you want to delete
Hit Delete
Click Yes, delete it! to confirm and delete the room.
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