Join and leave channels

You join a public channel yourself. You are in every open channel of your workspace from the start. To join a private channel, a channel admin has to add you.

Join a public channel

1. Open the channel from the sidebar, or from Settings > Channels.
2. Click Join where the message box would be.

You can read a public channel before you join it. Until you join, the channel shows "You're not a member of this channel." in place of the message box.

In an open channel, the message box is always there. You can write in it right away.

See every channel in a workspace

1. In the sidebar, click ⋮ next to the workspace name.
2. Click Manage Channels.

This opens Settings > Channels. It lists every channel you can see in the workspace, with its description.

• Use the boxes at the top to pick a workspace, search by name or description, and show only some channels.
• Click a channel's name to open it.
• Click the join button on a row to join that channel. Channels you are in show Joined.
• Archived channels are at the bottom of the list, with an Archived badge.
• The bell on a row mutes the channel. See Mute a channel.

Open channels have no join or leave button, because everyone is a member.

Leave a channel

1. Click the channel name at the top of the channel.
2. Click Settings.
3. Click Leave channel.
4. Click Leave.

You can also leave from Settings > Channels. Click the leave button on the channel's row. This leaves the channel straight away, without asking.

What happens next depends on the channel type:

If you are the only admin, the member who joined first becomes the new admin. If you are the last member of a private channel, the channel is archived.

On the mobile app

Open a public channel and tap Join at the bottom of the screen.

To leave, tap the channel name at the top, tap Settings, then tap Leave channel.

Manage Channels is not on the mobile app.