Change the privacy of a channel

import {TabItem, Tabs} from "@astrojs/starlight/components";

import FlattenedSteps from "../../components/FlattenedSteps.astro"; import NavigationSteps from "../../components/NavigationSteps.astro"; import ZulipNote from "../../components/ZulipNote.astro"; import ChannelPrivacyTypes from "../include/_ChannelPrivacyTypes.mdx"; import ChannelSettingsNavbarTip from "../include/_ChannelSettingsNavbarTip.mdx"; import ContentAccessDefinition from "../include/_ContentAccessDefinition.mdx"; import SaveChanges from "../include/_SaveChanges.mdx"; import SelectChannelViewPermissions from "../include/_SelectChannelViewPermissions.mdx";

Organization administrators and channel administrators can always make a channel private. However, they can only make a private channel public or web-public if they have content access to it:

<ContentAccessDefinition /> <ZulipNote> **Warning**: Be careful making a private channel public. All past messages will become accessible, even if the channel previously had protected history. </ZulipNote> <Tabs> <TabItem label="Desktop/Web"> <FlattenedSteps> <NavigationSteps target="relative/channel/all" />

  1. Select a channel.

  <SelectChannelViewPermissions />

  1. Under **Subscription permissions**, configure **Who can access this channel**.

  <SaveChanges />
</FlattenedSteps>

<ChannelSettingsNavbarTip />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Mobile"> Access this feature by following the web app instructions in your mobile device browser.

Implementation of this feature in the mobile app is tracked [on
GitHub](https://github.com/zulip/zulip-flutter/issues/1102). If
you're interested in this feature, please react to the issue's
description with 👍.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

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