📢 Public and Private Channels

How to create, manage, and use channels in CxC.

Channels are persistent group conversations organized around a topic, team, or purpose. Unlike job channels — which are created automatically from your CRM — standard channels are created manually and used for ongoing team communication.

Public Channels

Public channels are visible to everyone in the workspace. Any member can find and join a public channel without needing an invitation. Use public channels for company-wide communication, announcements, or topics where open visibility is useful.

Anyone can join a public channel at any time. Admins and managers can create public channels. Other users can participate but cannot create or manage channels.

Private Channels

Private channels are invite-only. They're not visible to people who haven't been added. Use private channels for sensitive discussions, role-specific conversations, or anything that shouldn't be visible to the whole workspace.

A user cannot leave a private channel if they are the last remaining admin in it. At least one admin must remain in every private channel at all times.

How to create a channel:

  1. Click the + button next to Channels in the sidebar

  2. Give the channel a name

  3. Add a description (optional)

  4. Choose visibility — Public or Private

  5. Add members

  6. Create

What you can do in a channel:

  • Send text messages, voice messages, and files

  • Pin important messages for quick reference

  • @mention teammates to notify them directly

  • Edit or delete your own messages

  • Search message history

Archiving a channel:
When a channel is no longer active, archive it to remove it from the sidebar without deleting any history. Archived channels are hidden from the active sidebar, marked as [Archived], remain fully searchable, and become read-only. A system message is posted when a channel is archived showing who did it and when.

To archive: open the channel → 3 dots → Archive.

Deleting a channel:
Deleting a channel permanently removes all messages, files, and metadata. This cannot be undone. A system audit log entry is created capturing the deletion event, who did it, and when.

To delete: open the channel → 3 dots → Delete Channel → confirm.

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