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# Guest users
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You can add users who should have restricted access to your organization as
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**guests**. For example, this may be a good choice for contractors or customers
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invited to a company's Zulip chat.
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Guest users **can**:
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- View and send messages in streams they have been added to, including viewing
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message history in the same way as other stream subscribers.
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Guest users **cannot**:
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- See private or public streams, unless they have been specifically added to the stream.
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- Create new streams or user groups.
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- Add or manage bots.
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- Add custom emoji.
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- Invite users to join the organization.
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You can also **configure** other permissions for guest users, such as whether they
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can:
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- [Move](/help/restrict-moving-messages) or
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[edit](/help/restrict-message-editing-and-deletion) messages.
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- Notify a large number of users [with a wildcard
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mention](/help/restrict-wildcard-mentions).
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Zulip Cloud plans have [special discounted
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pricing](/help/zulip-cloud-billing#temporary-users-and-guests) for guest users.
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## Related articles
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* [Roles and permissions](/help/roles-and-permissions)
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* [Invite new users](/help/invite-new-users)
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* [Change a user's role](/help/change-a-users-role)
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* [Zulip Cloud billing](/help/zulip-cloud-billing)
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