Is there a way to make a channel private, i.e. transform it into a private group, retaining all chat history? I found no way to do this, and creating a new private group would mean loosing the chat history of the old channel and requiring all members to subscribe to the new channel… Also, I find the naming confusing, channel vs. group, why not just use one?

Need to transform public channel into private group

it33 (Ian Tien) January 11, 2016, 3:18pm 2

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