Restrict channel creation - Zulip

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

import FlattenedSteps from "../../components/FlattenedSteps.astro"; import NavigationSteps from "../../components/NavigationSteps.astro"; import AdminOnly from "../include/_AdminOnly.mdx"; import SaveChanges from "../include/_SaveChanges.mdx";

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

  1. Under **Channel permissions**, configure **Who can create public channels**.

  <SaveChanges />
</FlattenedSteps>

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Private channels"> <FlattenedSteps> <NavigationSteps target="settings/organization-permissions" />

  1. Under **Channel permissions**, configure **Who can create private channels**.

  <SaveChanges />
</FlattenedSteps>

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Web-public channels"> <FlattenedSteps> <NavigationSteps target="settings/organization-permissions" />

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

  <SaveChanges />
</FlattenedSteps>

</TabItem> </Tabs>