# How to manage obsolete channels?

**URL:** <https://forum.mattermost.com/t/how-to-manage-obsolete-channels/2529>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [November 23, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/how-to-manage-obsolete-channels/2529 "2016-11-23T17:48:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![prateeksriv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/prateeksriv/32/987_2.png) [@prateeksriv](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/prateeksriv)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/how-to-manage-obsolete-channels/2529/1 "2016-11-23T17:48:46Z")

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My team has many channels and many of them are quite old and no longer relevant/active.  
How can I mark them as “inactive” so that they do not show up in the list of channels but I still can search and find them if I search by their name later?

Can I do this using a bot? I could program such that if the channel was created 1 month ago, I mark it as inactive?

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**Author:** ![jasonblais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/jasonblais/32/720_2.png) [@jasonblais](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/jasonblais)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/how-to-manage-obsolete-channels/2529/2 "2016-11-23T18:25:10Z")

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Thanks @prateeksriv for the feedback.

We have an existing feature request that would allow you to “archive” channels, in addition to having an option to delete channels. [https://mattermost.uservoice.com/forums/306457-general/suggestions/10960347-channel-archiving](https://mattermost.uservoice.com/forums/306457-general/suggestions/10960347-channel-archiving)

Would you like to upvote the feature and perhaps participate in the discussion with other community members?

You get **10** votes in the feature idea forum, and each one influences the future of the project.