# Edit A Channel

To edit a public or private channel:

* Click the **Room Information** icon from the menu bar to view the Channel information. (link channel info).
* Click **Edit** to edit the Channel information.
* Update the Channel information.
* Click **Save.**

### Other Channel Edit Actions

Some additional edit actions for a channel include:

#### Password Access

Secure a channel by setting up password access. It means users can only join the channel with a valid password.

#### Hide System Messages

Select the Rocket.Chat action alerts to hide. For example—"Hide User Joined messages" will hide the alert that displays in the chat whenever a new user joins the channel.

## Hide or Leave a Channel

* To **Hide** or **Leave** a channel, click the **three dots** icon next to the delete button on the **Channel Information** page.
* Select **Hide** or **Leave** from the dropdown options.
* To unhide a channel, you may search for it in your Rocket.Chat workspace.

Alternatively, enter the command `/part` or `/leave` in the message input box to leave that channel.

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A channel owner can not leave a channel until they set someone else as the owner of that channel.
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## Prune Messages from a Channel

If you are a server admin, or your admin has given you the **clean-channel-history** permission, the **prune messages** option allows you to delete messages from a channel swiftly.

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*Pruned messages and files are deleted forever and cannot be recovered. You are advised to use this feature with extra caution.*
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To prune selected messages, fill in these fields:

* **Newer than**: Deletes all messages posted **after** a particular date.
* **Older than**: Deletes all messages posted **before** a particular date.
* **Users**: Allows you to specify which user's message to delete. Add a username, and the user's messages are deleted.
* **Inclusive**: Deletes all messages that were sent at the specified start and end times you have specified in the `Newer than` and `Older than` fields.
* **Exclude pinned messages**: Do **not** delete pinned messages.
* **Only remove the attached files, keep messages**: Delete files but not the messages.

## Channel Notifications

You can update the notification preference for a channel you belong to. By default, a channel notifies you whenever someone mentions you or uses the `@all` mention.

To update channel notification preferences,

* Click the **three dots** icon at the menu bar of the channel.
* Select **Notification Preferences**.

The notification options include the following:

* **Turn ON**: Choose whether to receive alerts or not.
* **Mute @all and @here mentions:** Mute alerts whenever you are mentioned in the channel.
* **Mark As Unread:** Display the channel as unread when there are unread messages.
* **Audio**: Select whether the channel will play a sound whenever someone mentions you or post a message on the channel. The sound can also be customized.
* **Desktop**: Controls notification behavior when using any desktop app or browser.
* **Mobile**: Controls push notification behavior when using any mobile app.
* **Email**: Set whether an email is sent whenever someone mentions you or posts a message.