Change the privacy of a stream
Note: This feature can only be controlled by organization administrators.
Follow the following steps to change who can join your stream by changing the stream's privacy.
Please note that any users that were previously subscribed to the stream will remain subscribed to the stream after you change the stream's privacy.
Make a public stream private
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Find the relevant stream on the Streams page. You can search for specific streams by entering the name of the stream in the Filter streams input.
If you wish to see streams that you aren't subscribed to, click on the All streams tab; the tab will turn gray upon doing so.
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Click on the stream that you want to make private; the right side of the Streams page, labeled Stream settings, will now display the selected stream's settings.
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After making sure that your cursor is hovering over the Streams Settings section, scroll down to the Administrator settings section. This section shows all stream settings that can be modified by an organization administrator.
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To make a public stream private, simply locate the Make stream private button located on the bottom of the Administrator settings section and click on it.
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After clicking the Make stream private button, the button will turn into a Make stream public button, and a notification labeled The stream has been made private! will appear, confirming that the stream has been made private.
Make a private stream public
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Find the relevant stream on the Streams page. You can search for specific streams by entering the name of the stream in the Filter streams input.
If you wish to see streams that you aren't subscribed to, click on the All streams tab; the tab will turn gray upon doing so.
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Click on the stream that you want to make public; the right side of the Streams page, labeled Stream settings, will now display the selected stream's settings.
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After making sure that your cursor is hovering over the Streams Settings section, scroll down to the Administrator settings section. This section shows all stream settings that can be modified by an organization administrator.
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To make a public stream private, simply locate the Make stream public button located on the bottom of the Administrator settings section and click on it.
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After clicking the Make stream public button, the button will turn into a Make stream private button, and a notification labeled The stream has been made public! will appear, confirming that the stream has been made public.