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# Add or invite someone to a stream

You might want to add a user to a particular stream that they haven't subscribed to yet so that they can send and read messages in that stream. In Zulip, you can add users to a public stream even if you aren't subscribed to that particular stream, but you must be subscribed to a private stream in order to invite a user to join that stream.

You can add users to streams, both public and private, that you're subscribed to.

{!subscriptions.md!}

    If you wish to see streams that you aren't subscribed to, click the **All Streams**
tab; the tab will turn gray upon doing so.

1. Locate the stream that you want to add a user to in the stream browser. You can search for specific streams by entering the name of the stream in the **Filter streams** search box.

    ![Filter streams box](/static/images/help/filter-stream.png)

1. Click on the stream that you want to add someone to. The right side of the stream browser, labeled **Stream settings**, will now display that settings of the stream that you've selected.

    ![Stream selected](/static/images/help/stream-selected.png)

1. After making sure that your cursor is hovering over the **Streams settings** section (right half of the stream browser), scroll down to the section labeled **Stream membership**. This section shows the usernames and emails of all users that are currently subscribed to the selected stream.

    ![Stream membership](/static/images/help/stream-membership.png)

1. Click on the box labeled **Email address** and enter the username or email address of the user you want to add to the stream.

    ![Stream membership email](/static/images/help/stream-membership-email.png)

1. As you type, autocompletions will appear. You can choose to select an option from the autocompletion dropdown or fully enter the email address of the user.

    ![Stream membership email autocomplete](/static/images/help/stream-add-email-auto.png)

1. Once the email address is entered in the **Email address** field, click the blue **Add** button to add the user to the stream.

    ![Blue add button](/static/images/help/stream-blue-add.png)

1. After you press the blue **Add** button, the user will be listed in the **Stream membership** section, confirming that they have been successfully added to the stream.

    ![Stream add complete](/static/images/help/stream-add-complete.png)
docs: Add user guide for Add or invite someone to a stream feature 2016-12-19 03:15:08 +01:00			`# Add or invite someone to a stream`

			`You might want to add a user to a particular stream that they haven't subscribed to yet so that they can send and read messages in that stream. In Zulip, you can add users to a public stream even if you aren't subscribed to that particular stream, but you must be subscribed to a private stream in order to invite a user to join that stream.`

			`You can add users to streams, both public and private, that you're subscribed to.`

user docs: Use subscriptions macro in stream invite doc. 2016-12-31 05:50:14 +01:00			`{!subscriptions.md!}`
docs: Add user guide for Add or invite someone to a stream feature 2016-12-19 03:15:08 +01:00
user docs: Use subscriptions macro in stream invite doc. 2016-12-31 05:50:14 +01:00			`If you wish to see streams that you aren't subscribed to, click the All Streams`
			`tab; the tab will turn gray upon doing so.`
docs: Add user guide for Add or invite someone to a stream feature 2016-12-19 03:15:08 +01:00
user docs: Use subscriptions macro in stream invite doc. 2016-12-31 05:50:14 +01:00			`1. Locate the stream that you want to add a user to in the stream browser. You can search for specific streams by entering the name of the stream in the Filter streams search box.`
docs: Add user guide for Add or invite someone to a stream feature 2016-12-19 03:15:08 +01:00
			`![Filter streams box](/static/images/help/filter-stream.png)`
user docs: Use subscriptions macro in stream invite doc. 2016-12-31 05:50:14 +01:00
			`1. Click on the stream that you want to add someone to. The right side of the stream browser, labeled Stream settings, will now display that settings of the stream that you've selected.`
docs: Add user guide for Add or invite someone to a stream feature 2016-12-19 03:15:08 +01:00
			`![Stream selected](/static/images/help/stream-selected.png)`
user docs: Use subscriptions macro in stream invite doc. 2016-12-31 05:50:14 +01:00
			`1. After making sure that your cursor is hovering over the Streams settings section (right half of the stream browser), scroll down to the section labeled Stream membership. This section shows the usernames and emails of all users that are currently subscribed to the selected stream.`
docs: Add user guide for Add or invite someone to a stream feature 2016-12-19 03:15:08 +01:00
			`![Stream membership](/static/images/help/stream-membership.png)`
user docs: Use subscriptions macro in stream invite doc. 2016-12-31 05:50:14 +01:00
			`1. Click on the box labeled Email address and enter the username or email address of the user you want to add to the stream.`
docs: Add user guide for Add or invite someone to a stream feature 2016-12-19 03:15:08 +01:00
			`![Stream membership email](/static/images/help/stream-membership-email.png)`

user docs: Use subscriptions macro in stream invite doc. 2016-12-31 05:50:14 +01:00			`1. As you type, autocompletions will appear. You can choose to select an option from the autocompletion dropdown or fully enter the email address of the user.`
docs: Add user guide for Add or invite someone to a stream feature 2016-12-19 03:15:08 +01:00
			`![Stream membership email autocomplete](/static/images/help/stream-add-email-auto.png)`

user docs: Use subscriptions macro in stream invite doc. 2016-12-31 05:50:14 +01:00			`1. Once the email address is entered in the Email address field, click the blue Add button to add the user to the stream.`
docs: Add user guide for Add or invite someone to a stream feature 2016-12-19 03:15:08 +01:00
			`![Blue add button](/static/images/help/stream-blue-add.png)`

user docs: Use subscriptions macro in stream invite doc. 2016-12-31 05:50:14 +01:00			`1. After you press the blue Add button, the user will be listed in the Stream membership section, confirming that they have been successfully added to the stream.`
docs: Add user guide for Add or invite someone to a stream feature 2016-12-19 03:15:08 +01:00
			`![Stream add complete](/static/images/help/stream-add-complete.png)`