# Whether support function of archive channel?

**URL:** <https://forum.mattermost.com/t/whether-support-function-of-archive-channel/1903>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [July 19, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/whether-support-function-of-archive-channel/1903 "2016-07-19T03:43:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ttllyy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@ttllyy](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/ttllyy)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/whether-support-function-of-archive-channel/1903/1 "2016-07-19T03:43:48Z")

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I want to archive channel:

1. Save channel data to database.
2. Can get channel data by api.
3. User can’t select archived channel.
4. Channel admin user can recove channel.

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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:** [July 21, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/whether-support-function-of-archive-channel/1903/2 "2016-07-21T15:58:01Z")

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Thanks @ttllyy for the feedback!

We have an existing [Feature Idea forum post](https://mattermost.uservoice.com/forums/306457-general/suggestions/10960347-channel-archiving) for channel archiving.

If you’d like, I encourage you to add your feedback to the forum post and upvote the feature idea.

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