zulip/templates/zerver/help/change-the-privacy-of-a-stream.md

Change the privacy of a stream

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Streams can be public or private, and private streams can have shared or protected history. See stream permissions for details on stream privacy settings.

As an organization administrator, you can always make a public stream private, but you must be subscribed to a private stream in order to make it public.

Change the privacy of a stream

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1. Select a stream.

2. Find the privacy description under the stream name and description on the right. Click [Change].

3. Select a privacy level.

4. Click Save changes.

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**Warning**: Be careful making a private stream public. All past messages will become
accessible, even if the stream previously had protected history.