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Alya Abbott eb1cc50e65 help: Document new "who can subscribe" channel setting.
Also clean up link labels for "who can subscribe other users".
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# Configure who can subscribe to a channel
You can give users permission to subscribe to a channel. Everyone other than
[guests](/help/guest-users) can subscribe to any
[public](/help/channel-permissions#public-channels) or
[web-public](/help/channel-permissions#web-public-channels) channel, so this
feature is intended for use with [private
channels](/help/channel-permissions#private-channels). Guests can never
subscribe themselves to a channel.
This permission grants access to channel content: users who are allowed to
subscribe to a channel will also be able to read messages in it without
subscribing.
!!! tip ""
For example, you can give your team's [user group](/help/user-groups) permission
to subscribe to each of your team's channels. A designer on the team could then
follow a [link to a
conversation](/help/link-to-a-message-or-conversation#link-to-a-topic-within-zulip)
in the private engineering channel, and read it without subscribing. They could
subscribe if they need to send a message there, without asking for help.
If you have permission to administer a public channel, you can configure who can
subscribe to it. For [private
channels](/help/channel-permissions#private-channels), you additionally need to
have content access in order to change this configuration.
{start_tabs}
{tab|desktop-web}
{relative|channel|all}
1. Select a channel.
{!select-channel-view-general.md!}
1. Under **Channel permissions**, configure **Who can subscribe to this
channel**.
{!save-changes.md!}
{end_tabs}
## Related articles
* [Subscribe to a channel](/help/introduction-to-channels#browse-and-subscribe-to-channels)
* [Channel permissions](/help/channel-permissions)
* [User roles](/help/user-roles)
* [User groups](/help/user-groups)
* [Configure who can subscribe other users to channels](/help/configure-who-can-invite-to-channels)
* [Configure who can unsubscribe anyone from a channel](/help/configure-who-can-unsubscribe-others)
* [Subscribe users to a channel](/help/subscribe-users-to-a-channel)
* [Unsubscribe users from a channel](/help/unsubscribe-users-from-a-channel)