# System admin Join private channel

**URL:** <https://forum.mattermost.com/t/system-admin-join-private-channel/11693>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [May 18, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/system-admin-join-private-channel/11693 "2021-05-18T11:48:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![e.kofanova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@e.kofanova](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/e.kofanova)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/system-admin-join-private-channel/11693/1 "2021-05-18T11:48:17Z")

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Hi, everyone!

By default, the admin can enter any private chat. But I need that no one can enter at all, except for the creator and those whom he invited.

How to do it?

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**Author:** ![ahmaddanial](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/ahmaddanial/32/2938_2.png) [@ahmaddanial](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/ahmaddanial)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/system-admin-join-private-channel/11693/2 "2021-05-18T23:17:18Z")

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Hi, @e.kofanova

By default, private channels are only accessible by the creator and members of the channel as mentioned in the [documentation](https://docs.mattermost.com/help/getting-started/welcome-to-mattermost.html#private-channels) here:

> Private Channels are for sensitive topics and are only visible to selected team members. Any member of a Private Channel can add additional members. Channel members can choose to leave at any time, and any member of a Private Channel can remove other members from the channel.

Can you please confirm if you are referring to system admin, team admin, or channel admin based on the [User Roles](https://docs.mattermost.com/help/getting-started/managing-members.html#channel-admin) we have here?