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Archive a channel

This feature is only available to organization owners and administrators.

Archiving a channel will hide the channel from most views in the UI. Archiving a channel does not delete a channel's messages, and its messages will remain accessible via search and the like, unless you first change the channel's access permissions.

Archiving a channel does not remove subscribers or change its access permissions.

Consider renaming channels rather than archiving them where appropriate.

Archive a channel

  • Desktop/Web

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

  2. Select Channel settings.

  3. Click All channels in the upper left.

  4. Select a channel.

  5. Click the archive icon near the top right corner of the channel settings panel.

  6. Approve by clicking Confirm.

You can also hover over a channel in the left sidebar, click on the ellipsis (), and select Channel settings to access the archive icon.

Archiving a channel is currently irreversible via the UI.

Unarchiving archived channels

If you are self-hosting, you can unarchive an archived channel using the unarchive_channel management command. This will restore it as a private channel with shared history, and subscribe all organization owners to it. If you are using Zulip Cloud, you can contact us for help.

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