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# Stream privacy settings
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Streams are similar to chatrooms, IRC channels, or email lists in that they
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determine who receives a message. There are three types of streams in Zulip.
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* **Public**: Anyone other than guests can join, and anyone (other than guests) can view the complete message
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history without joining.
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* **Private, shared history**: You must be added by a member of the stream. The
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complete message history is available as soon as you are added.
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* **Private, protected history**: You must be added by a member of the
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stream. You only have access to the messages that are sent after you are added.
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## Privacy model for private streams
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At a high level:
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* Organization admins can see and modify most aspects of a private stream,
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including the membership and estimated traffic. Admins generally cannot see stream
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messages or do things that would indirectly give them access to stream
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messages, like adding members or changing the stream privacy settings.
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* Non-admin members cannot easily see which private streams exist, or interact with
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them in any way until they are added. Given a stream name, they can figure
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out whether a stream with that name exists, but cannot see any other
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details about the stream.
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* From the perspective of a guest, all streams are private streams, and they
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additionally can't add other members to the streams they are subscribed to.
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There are two situations in which an organization administrator can access
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private stream messages:
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* Via some types of [data export](/help/export-your-organization).
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* Administrators can change the ownership of a bot. If a bot is subscribed
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to a private stream, then an administrator can get access to that stream by
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taking control of the bot, though the access will be limited to what the
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bot can do. (E.g. incoming webhook bots cannot read messages.)
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## Detailed permissions
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### Public streams
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| | Org admins | Stream members | Org members | Guests
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|--- |--- |--- |--- |---
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| Join | ✔ | — | ✔ |
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| Add others | ✔ | [1] | ✔ |
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| See subscriber list | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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| See full history | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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| See estimated traffic | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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| Post | ✔ | [2] | |
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| Change the privacy | ✔ | | |
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| Rename | ✔ | | |
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| Edit the description | ✔ | | |
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| Remove others | ✔ | | |
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| Delete | ✔ | | |
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[1] Yes, except for guests.
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[2] Configurable.
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### Private streams
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| | Org admins | Stream members | Org members | Guests
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|--- |--- |--- |--- |---
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| Join | | — | |
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| Add others | | [1] | |
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| See subscriber list | ✔ | ✔ | |
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| See full history | | [3] | |
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| See estimated traffic | ✔ | ✔ | |
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| Post | ✔ | [2] | |
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| Change the privacy | [4] | | |
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| Rename | ✔ | | |
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| Edit the description | ✔ | | |
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| Remove others | ✔ | | |
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| Delete | ✔ | | |
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[1] Yes, except for guests.
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[2] Configurable.
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[3] Depends on the stream type.
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[4] Yes, but only if subscribed. If you have a private stream without an
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admin, you'll have to add an admin in order to change the stream's privacy.
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