{"id":14535,"date":"2026-09-01T09:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pumble.com\/help\/?p=14535"},"modified":"2026-09-01T09:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:09:15","slug":"channel-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pumble.com\/help\/workspace-administration\/team-management\/channel-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
COMING SOON<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Who can use this feature?<\/span>
<\/rect><\/mask><\/path><\/g><\/svg>Owner, Admin<\/span><\/div>
<\/rect><\/mask><\/path><\/g><\/svg>Available on Business and Enterprise plans<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Channel Managers let you delegate administrative tasks, like managing settings and memberships, to trusted team members. This reduces operational overhead for Owners and Admins and helps keep channels organized and focused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to add managers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/rect><\/mask><\/path><\/g><\/svg>Info<\/span><\/div>
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You can only add or remove Channel Managers via the web\/desktop app. Mobile apps currently allow you to view the list of managers only.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

You can add managers to any channel in Pumble. Here’s how:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Click on Channel<\/strong> details<\/strong> on the right<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Click on About<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Click Edit<\/strong> under Managed by<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Click Add<\/strong> managers<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Type the user name<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Click Add<\/strong> to complete the action<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Or<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Click on Members<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Hover over a member<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Click on the three<\/strong> dots<\/strong> next to the member<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Click Make<\/strong> manager<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Confirm the action<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
      \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      Users who are added as managers must be members of the channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      <\/rect><\/mask><\/path><\/g><\/svg>Info<\/span><\/div>
      \n

      When a channel is created, the creator is automatically assigned as the Channel Manager.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

      Permissions for managers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      In the table below, you can see the difference in permissions for regular users and managers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Permission<\/strong><\/td>Channel manager<\/strong><\/td>Regular channel member<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
      Remove someone from a channel <\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>\u2716\ufe0f<\/td><\/tr>
      Set channel description<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>\u2716\ufe0f<\/td><\/tr>
      Convert channel from public to private<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>\u2716\ufe0f<\/td><\/tr>
      Delete other user\u2019s messages (if globally allowed)<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>\u2716\ufe0f<\/td><\/tr>
      Adjust posting permissions<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>\u2716\ufe0f<\/td><\/tr>
      Block channel members from posting<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>\u2716\ufe0f<\/td><\/tr>
      Rename channel<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>\u2716\ufe0f<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      Remove managers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      If you want to remove some user\u2019s manager permissions, you can do it by following these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. Click on Channel<\/strong> details<\/strong> on the right<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Click on About<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Click Edit<\/strong> under Moderated by<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. Hover over a manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      5. Click X<\/strong> on the right side<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      6. Click Remove<\/strong> to complete the action<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
        \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        Or<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \n
        1. Click on Members<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. Hover over a member<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. Click on the three<\/strong> dots<\/strong> next to the member<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        4. Click Remove from<\/strong> managers<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        5. Confirm the action<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
          \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

          Block users and user groups from posting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          Managers can block certain users or user groups from posting in channels. Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n\n\n

          \n\t\t\t
          \n\t\t\t\t
          \n\t\t\t\t
          Web\/Desktop<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>
          \n\t\t\t\t
          iOS<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>
          \n\t\t\t\t
          Android<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
          \n\n
            \n
          1. Hover over a message<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. Right-click on a message<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          3. Click on Block from posting<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          4. Click Block<\/strong> to confirm the action<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
            \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

            You can also block specific users\/channel members from posting directly from the Posting permissions<\/strong> section. Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \n
            1. Click on Channel details<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            2. Click on Posting permission<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            3. Click on Edit<\/strong>
              \"Edit<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            4. Tick the box in Block specific users from posting<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            5. Select the user\/channel you want to block<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            6. Click Save<\/strong> to complete the action
              \"block<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div>
              \n\n
                \n
              1. Long-tap on a message from a user<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              2. Tap on Block from posting<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              3. Confirm the action<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
                \"\"<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>
                \n\n
                  \n
                1. Long-tap on a message from a user<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                2. Tap on Block from posting<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                3. Confirm the action<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
                  \"\"<\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Channel Managers let you delegate administrative tasks, like managing settings a…","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_helpful_status":1,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-team-management"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Milos Milosavljevic","author_link":"https:\/\/pumble.com\/help\/author\/milos-milosavljevic\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pumble.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pumble.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pumble.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pumble.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pumble.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14535"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pumble.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14619,"href":"https:\/\/pumble.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14535\/revisions\/14619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pumble.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pumble.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pumble.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}