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Archive a channel

{!admin-only.md!}

Archiving a channel will hide the channel from most views in the UI. Archiving a channel does not delete a channel's messages, and its messages will remain accessible via search and the like, unless you first change the channel's access permissions.

Archiving a channel does not remove subscribers or change its access permissions.

Consider renaming channels rather than archiving them where appropriate.

Archive a channel

{start_tabs}

{tab|desktop-web}

{relative|channel|all}

  1. Select a channel.

  2. Click the trash icon near the top right corner of the channel settings panel.

  3. Approve by clicking Confirm.

!!! tip ""

You can also hover over a channel in the left sidebar, click on the
**ellipsis** (<i class="zulip-icon zulip-icon-more-vertical"></i>), and
select **Channel settings** to access the **trash**
<i class="fa fa-trash-o"></i> icon.

{end_tabs}

!!! warn ""

Archiving a channel is currently irreversible via the UI.

Unarchiving archived channels

If you are self-hosting, you can unarchive an archived channel using the unarchive_channel management command. This will restore it as a private channel with shared history, and subscribe all organization owners to it. If you are using Zulip Cloud, you can contact us for help.

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