Configure who can administer a channel
Organization administrators and channel administrators can see and manage metadata for private channels. However, if they aren’t subscribed to a private channel, they cannot gain access to its content, or grant access to others, unless specifically permitted to do so.
This means organization administrators and channel administrators can:
- See and modify the channel’s name and description.
- See who is subscribed to the channel, and unsubscribe them.
- Move the channel to another folder.
- See the channel’s permissions settings, and modify settings that do not affect content access (e.g., who can post or message retention policy).
- See how much message traffic the channel gets (but not its contents).
- Archive the channel.
However, the following actions require specific permissions.
- Seeing messages and topics: Restricted to channel subscribers, and user who are allowed to subscribe themselves or any user.
- Subscribing yourself or other users
- Modifying settings that affect content access (e.g., making a channel public, or changing who can add subscribers).
Configure who can administer a channel
Section titled “Configure who can administer a channel”- Click on the gear () icon in the upper right corner of the web or desktop app.
- Select Channel settings.
- Click All in the upper left.
- Select a channel.
- Select the General tab on the right.
- Click Advanced configuration to view advanced configuration options.
- Under Administrative permissions, configure Who can administer this channel.
- Click Save changes.