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# Archive a channel
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{!admin-only.md!}
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You can archive channels you no longer plan to use. Archiving a channel:
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- Removes it from the left sidebar for all users.
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- Prevents new messages from being sent to the channel.
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- Prevents messages in the channel from being edited, deleted, or moved.
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Archiving a channel does not remove subscribers, or change who can access it.
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Messages in archived channels still appear in [search
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results](/help/search-for-messages), the [combined feed](/help/combined-feed),
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and [recent conversations](/help/recent-conversations).
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To hide the content in a channel, you can make it
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[private](/help/change-the-privacy-of-a-channel) and [unsubscribe
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users](/help/manage-user-channel-subscriptions) from it prior to archiving.
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## Archive a channel
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!!! warn ""
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Channels can be [unarchived](#unarchiving-archived-channels) only by
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[contacting support](/help/contact-support) for organizations hosted
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on Zulip Cloud, or by your self-hosted server's administrator.
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{start_tabs}
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{tab|desktop-web}
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{relative|channel|all}
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1. Select a channel.
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1. Click the **archive** (<i class="zulip-icon zulip-icon-archive"></i>) icon
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in the upper right corner of the channel settings panel.
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1. Approve by clicking **Confirm**.
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!!! tip ""
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You can also hover over a channel in the left sidebar, click on the
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**ellipsis** (<i class="zulip-icon zulip-icon-more-vertical"></i>), and
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select **Channel settings** to access settings for the channel.
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{end_tabs}
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## Unarchiving archived channels
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Zulip Cloud organizations that need to unarchive a channel can [contact Zulip
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support](/help/contact-support).
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If you are self-hosting, you can unarchive an archived channel using the
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`unarchive_channel` [management command][management-command]. This will restore
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it as a private channel with shared history, and subscribe all organization
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owners to it.
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[management-command]:
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https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/production/management-commands.html#other-useful-manage-py-commands
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## Related articles
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* [Edit a message](/help/edit-a-message)
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* [Delete a message](/help/delete-a-message)
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* [Delete a topic](/help/delete-a-topic)
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* [Message retention policy](/help/message-retention-policy)
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* [Channel permissions](/help/channel-permissions)
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