To edit a public or private team:
- From the top-right menu, Click Team Info to view more details about the team.
- Click Edit to edit the Team information.
- Update the Team information.
- Click Save.
Some additional edit actions for a team include:
Secure a team by setting up password access. It means users can only join the team with a valid password.
Select the Rocket.Chat action alerts to hide. For example—"Hide User Joined messages" will hide the alert that shows up in the chat whenever a new user joins the team.
Allow authorized members to react to messages in a broadcast team.
{% hint style="warning" %} The delete and reset option is also available when editing a Team. {% endhint %}
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Kindly refer to #per-room-policies to define retention policy in a team.
- To Hide or Leave a team, click the three dots icon next to the delete button in the Team Information page.
- Select Hide or Leave from the dropdown options.
- To unhide a team, you may search for it in your Rocket.Chat workspace.
{% hint style="info" %} When leaving a team, you can decide if you want to continue in the Team channels or not. {% endhint %}
Once you delete a team, the associated chat content and configurations will also be deleted. You also have the option to keep or delete team channels. If you delete a team and decide to keep the channels, those will go to the workspace. A team can only be deleted by the team owner.
- Click the Team Information icon, then click Delete.
{% hint style="danger" %} This action can not be undone. {% endhint %}
When a team is archived, it is converted to read-only and is no longer open to any new activity. However, the message history is still accessible. A team can only be archived by the team owner.
- From the top-right menu, Click Team Information icon to view Team information.
- Click Edit to edit the Team information.
- Toggle on the Archive option.
{% hint style="info" %} To unarchive a team, toggle off the Archive option. {% endhint %}
You can always star important messages in a team to easily find them later. Starred messages are identified by a small star ⭐ by the side.
To star a message,
- Click the three-dot icon when you hover over the message. Then, select Star.
To un-star a message,
- Click the three-dot icon when you hover over the message. Then, select Remove Star.
To view all stared messages,
- Click on the three-dot icon of the Team menu bar and select Starred Messages. A list of all stared messages is displayed.