zulip/help/change-the-privacy-of-a-channel.md

Change the privacy of a channel

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Channels can be web-public, public or private, and private channels can have shared or protected history. See channel permissions for details on channel privacy settings.

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

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1. Select a channel.

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1. Under Channel permissions, configure Who can access the channel.

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1. Tap Channel settings.

2. Tap Edit channel.

3. Tap Privacy, and configure Who can access the channel.

4. Tap Save.

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