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# Slack Tip #4: Making a Public Channel Private
- URL: https://www.philsimon.com/private-channels-tip-4/
- Published: 2020-05-23T08:11:33.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-02T02:10:05.000Z
- Description: With a few clicks, you can control who can join your channels.
- Author: Phil Simon
- Tags: Collaboration, Communication, Breaking Bad, Productivity, Slack, Slack For Dummies, The Big Lebowski, Video, WFH

Other than [single-channel guests](https://slack.com/help/articles/202518103-Multi-Channel-and-Single-Channel-Guests?ref=philsimon.com), all Slack members can join public channels.

Great, but what if you want to restrict channels to certain members?

Tough noogies.

I'm kidding.

As I show in the video below, it's remarkably simple to convert public channels to private ones.