# At-all vs at-channel?

**URL:** <https://forum.mattermost.com/t/at-all-vs-at-channel/6298>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [December 5, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/at-all-vs-at-channel/6298 "2018-12-05T07:01:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![JtheBAB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/jthebab/32/2702_2.png) [@JtheBAB](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/JtheBAB)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/at-all-vs-at-channel/6298/1 "2018-12-05T07:01:20Z")

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Hi

What is the difference between @all and @channel? The help text is more or less the same.

Best regards

JtheBAB

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**Author:** ![amy.blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/amy.blais/32/7481_2.png) [@amy.blais](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/amy.blais)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/at-all-vs-at-channel/6298/2 "2018-12-05T14:25:12Z")

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Hi @JtheBAB,

I don’t think there is any specific differences between the two (as far as I know). Here is more information on the notifications: [https://docs.mattermost.com/help/messaging/mentioning-teammates.html#channel-and-all](https://docs.mattermost.com/help/messaging/mentioning-teammates.html#channel-and-all).

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**Author:** ![JtheBAB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/jthebab/32/2702_2.png) [@JtheBAB](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/JtheBAB)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/at-all-vs-at-channel/6298/3 "2018-12-05T15:54:24Z")

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Then i would suggest to remove one or other because it makes no sense to have 2 commands for the same function

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**Author:** ![dannymohammad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/dannymohammad/32/2489_2.png) [@dannymohammad](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/dannymohammad)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/at-all-vs-at-channel/6298/4 "2018-12-06T06:57:01Z")

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Hi, everyone.

I have to agree with @JtheBAB in this case. If you can see from the screen shot below:

- all  
 ![22](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex020/uploads/mattermost/original/2X/e/e10dd5e094eb25fb4e7649656fe066b5b9c195b0.png)
- channel  
 ![33](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex020/uploads/mattermost/original/2X/8/82cad81882cb9ea3ca007f5cdc090c6b531aec55.png)

The only thing that I can see differs between these 2 is the description of the mention (CAUTION). Perhaps the team can consider removing it in the future.