* If permitted at the workspace or Enterprise Grid org level. ** Available only on the Enterprise Grid plan. † Available only on the Business+ and Enterprise Grid plans.
Tip: The Workspace Primary Owner (Business+ plan) and Org Primary Owner (Enterprise Grid plan) can give owners and admins permission to use channel management tools, allowing them to create channels, archive channels and more from a central dashboard.
Manage channel permissions
Free, Pro, and Business+ plans
Enterprise Grid plan
Workspace Owners can manage who can take certain actions in channels from the permissions dashboard.
From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
Hover over Tools & settings, then select Workspace settings.
Below Administration in the left sidebar, select Manage permissions. If you don’t see the left sidebar, choose Menu in the top-left corner to find it.
Select Account Types.
Click the three dots icon next to the permission you'd like to adjust, then select Edit permission.
Choose who can take the action, then click Save.
Note: Permissions set at the org level will override workspace-level settings.
Org level
Org Owners can manage who can take certain actions in channels from the permissions dashboard.
From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
Hover over Tools & settings, then select Organization settings.
Choose People, then select Manage permissions.
Select Account Types.
Click the three dots icon next to the permission you'd like to adjust, then select Edit permission.
Choose who can take the action. If you’d like, select whether individual workspaces can edit this setting.
Click Save.
Workspace level
If permitted by org settings, Workspace Owners can manage who can take certain actions in channels from the permissions dashboard.
From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
Hover over Tools & settings, then select Workspace settings. (If you manage more than one workspace, choose one from the drop-down menu.)
Below Administration in the left sidebar, select Manage permissions. If you don’t see the left sidebar, choose Menu in the top-left corner to find it.
Select Account Types.
Click the three dots icon next to the permission you'd like to adjust, then select Edit permission.
