Unsubscribe from a channel

You can always unsubscribe from any channel in Zulip. Unsubscribing from a channel removes conversations in that channel from your inbox, recent conversations, and left sidebar. New messages will not appear in your combined feed, and you will not receive @-mention notifications in channels you’re not subscribed to. The app doesn’t track your unread messages in unsubscribed channels.

Tip: Unsubscribe from channels where you don’t plan to read the conversations. You can still follow a link to a specific conversation in any channel you have content access to.

Alternatively, you can mute channels to avoid receiving notifications for messages you are not interested in.

Desktop/Web

1. Hover over a channel in the left sidebar.
2. Click on the ellipsis ().
3. Click Unsubscribe.

Mobile

1. Tap the Channels () tab at the bottom of the app.
2. Press and hold a channel until the long-press menu appears.
3. Tap Unsubscribe.

Alternate methods to unsubscribe from a channel

Via subscribed channels

Desktop/Web

1. Click on the gear () icon in the upper right corner of the web or desktop app.
2. Select Channel settings.
3. Click the unsubscribe from channel () icon to the left of a channel to unsubscribe from it.

Via channel settings

Desktop/Web

1. Hover over a channel in the left sidebar.
2. Click on the ellipsis ().
3. Click Channel settings.
4. Click Unsubscribe near the top right corner of the channel settings panel.

Keyboard tip: You can also use Shift + S to unsubscribe from the selected channel.

Related articles

• Introduction to channels
• Manage a user’s channel subscriptions