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zulip/help/manage-inactive-channels.md
Maneesh Shukla 15f2c65986 settings-preferences: Create left sidebar section.
This commit removes the following settings from the Settings/Preferences
Information section and adds a new section in the Settings/Preferences
called as Left Sidebar section:

- Show unread counts for
- Show unread count total on home view
- Show counts for starred messages
- Group channels by folder in the left sidebar
- Hide inactive channels

Fixes #35601.
2025-08-08 14:00:11 -07:00

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Hide or reveal inactive channels

To avoid clutter in the left sidebar, Zulip automatically hides channels with no recent messages if you're subscribed to 20+ channels. You can configure Zulip to show or hide inactive channels regardless of how many you're subscribed to.

It's easy to reveal or find hidden inactive channels if you need to access them.

Reveal inactive channels

{start_tabs}

{tab|desktop-web}

  1. In the left sidebar, scroll to the bottom of the list of channels in the folder you're viewing.

  2. Click inactive channels to reveal inactive channels. If you don't see this button, there are no inactive channels, or they are already revealed.

{end_tabs}

Hide inactive channels

{start_tabs}

{tab|desktop-web}

  1. In the left sidebar, scroll to the bottom of the list of channels in the folder you're viewing.

  2. Click hide inactive channels. If you don't see this button, there are no inactive channels, or they are already hidden.

{end_tabs}

Find inactive channels

{!filter-channels.md!}

Configure hiding inactive channels

{start_tabs}

{tab|desktop-web}

{settings_tab|preferences}

  1. Under Left sidebar, configure Hide inactive channels.

{end_tabs}