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Restrict channel creation

This feature is only available to organization owners and administrators.

Zulip allows you to separately control permissions for creating web-public, public and private channels.

For corporations and other organizations with controlled access, we recommend keeping channel creation open to make it easy for users to self-organize.

Only users in trusted roles (moderators and administrators) can be given permission to create web-public channels. This is intended to help manage abuse by making it hard for an attacker to host malicious content in an unadvertised web-public channel in a legitimate organization.

Manage who can create channels

  • Public channels
  • Private channels
  • Web-public channels

  1. Click on the gear () icon in the upper right corner of the web or desktop app.

  2. Select Organization settings.

  3. On the left, click Organization permissions.

  4. Under Channel permissions, configure Who can create public channels.

  5. Click Save changes.

  1. Click on the gear () icon in the upper right corner of the web or desktop app.

  2. Select Organization settings.

  3. On the left, click Organization permissions.

  4. Under Channel permissions, configure Who can create private channels.

  5. Click Save changes.

  1. Click on the gear () icon in the upper right corner of the web or desktop app.

  2. Select Organization settings.

  3. On the left, click Organization permissions.

  4. Under Channel permissions, configure Who can create web-public channels.

  5. Click Save changes.

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