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Changing Channel from private
Hi, so after searching I cannot find the answer to this. I've created a team that will have channels in it representing different projects. I've made one channel private so that I can choose which...
- You can transfer any collaborated documents from one library to another, easily enough. But AFAIK you cannot transfer text chats.
If you REALLY need to retain the chat, the admin can download all Team chats in a CSV that you could cut down to just include chat from this channel and share it as an Excel file. Not quite as usable but at least the info and discussion isn't lost.
Alternatively, screenshot the messages you need to retain, or somehow look at retaining the channel but locking it to further discussion.
kevjackson While you can't just switch it back to public (there are some privacy implications here to be aware of, for instance if someone posted something that was supposed to be private in a small group and then that was made public - institutionally, people may need to scrub through the entire chat history if making a channel public again), what you can do is just give everybody on the team permissions to that private channel, effectively making it public. That is a better way to ensure you don't unintentionally give access to people that shouldn't have access in the future, though it does take more administrative work.
Is there a way to make it easier administratively in adding the rest of the team members?
For example, if I knew a private channel is created due to smaller scope, but anticipated to get bigger, is it possible to add a group of members at once? Perhaps a feature wherein members are grouped together by function or something (I don't think there is that feature)?
Thanks.
For example, if I knew a private channel is created due to smaller scope, but anticipated to get bigger, is it possible to add a group of members at once? Perhaps a feature wherein members are grouped together by function or something (I don't think there is that feature)?
Thanks.