# 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.

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    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)