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Archive a channel
You can archive channels you no longer plan to use. Archiving a channel:
- Removes it from the left sidebar for all users.
- Prevents new messages from being sent to the channel.
- Prevents messages in the channel from being edited, deleted, or moved.
Archiving a channel does not unsubscribe users, or change who can access it. Messages in archived channels still appear in search results, the combined feed, and recent conversations. If you prefer, you can configure an archived channel to hide its content.
Archive a channel
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Channels can be [unarchived](#unarchiving-archived-channels) only by
[contacting support](/help/contact-support) for organizations hosted
on Zulip Cloud, or by your self-hosted server's administrator.
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Select a channel.
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Click the archive () icon in the upper right corner of the channel settings panel.
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Click Confirm.
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You can also hover over a channel in the left sidebar, click on the
**ellipsis** (<i class="zulip-icon zulip-icon-more-vertical"></i>), and
select **Channel settings** to access settings for the channel.
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View archived channels
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- Select Archived channels from the dropdown next to the Filter box above the list of channels.
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Hide content in an archived channel
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Select Archived channels from the dropdown next to the Filter box above the list of channels.
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Select a channel.
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Select the Subscribers tab on the right.
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Remove all subscribers.
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Under Channel permissions, make the channel private.
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Under Advanced configurations, remove everyone from Who can subscribe to this channel, and Who can subscribe anyone to this channel. These permissions give users content access to the channel.
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You can also make these configuration changes prior to archiving a channel.
Unarchiving archived channels
Zulip Cloud organizations that need to unarchive a channel can contact Zulip support.
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.