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+---
+title: Configure who can subscribe to a channel
+---
+
+import {TabItem, Tabs} from "@astrojs/starlight/components";
+
+import FlattenedSteps from "../../components/FlattenedSteps.astro";
+import NavigationSteps from "../../components/NavigationSteps.astro";
+import ZulipTip from "../../components/ZulipTip.astro";
+import ChannelSettingsNavbarTip from "../include/_ChannelSettingsNavbarTip.mdx";
+import SaveChanges from "../include/_SaveChanges.mdx";
+import SelectChannelViewPermissions from "../include/_SelectChannelViewPermissions.mdx";
+
+You can give users permission to subscribe to a channel. Everyone other than
+[guests](/help/guest-users) can subscribe to any
+[public](/help/channel-permissions#public-channels) or
+[web-public](/help/channel-permissions#web-public-channels) channel, so this
+feature is intended for use with [private
+channels](/help/channel-permissions#private-channels). Guests can never
+subscribe themselves to a channel.
+
+This permission grants access to channel content: users who are allowed to
+subscribe to a channel will also be able to read messages in it without
+subscribing.
+
+<ZulipTip>
+  For example, you can give your team's [user group](/help/user-groups) permission
+  to subscribe to each of your team's channels. A designer on the team could then
+  follow a [link to a
+  conversation](/help/link-to-a-message-or-conversation#link-to-a-topic-within-zulip)
+  in the private engineering channel, and read it without subscribing. They could
+  subscribe if they need to send a message there, without asking for help.
+</ZulipTip>
+
+If you have permission to administer a public channel, you can configure who can
+subscribe to it. For [private
+channels](/help/channel-permissions#private-channels), you additionally need to
+have content access in order to change this configuration.
+
+<Tabs>
+  <TabItem label="Desktop/Web">
+    <FlattenedSteps>
+      <NavigationSteps target="relative/channel/all" />
+
+      1. Select a channel.
+
+      <SelectChannelViewPermissions />
+
+      1. Under **Subscription permissions**, configure **Who can subscribe to this
+         channel**.
+
+      <SaveChanges />
+    </FlattenedSteps>
+
+    <ChannelSettingsNavbarTip />
+  </TabItem>
+</Tabs>
+
+## Related articles
+
+* [Subscribe to a channel](/help/introduction-to-channels#browse-and-subscribe-to-channels)
+* [Channel permissions](/help/channel-permissions)
+* [User roles](/help/user-roles)
+* [User groups](/help/user-groups)
+* [Configure who can subscribe other users to channels](/help/configure-who-can-invite-to-channels)
+* [Configure who can unsubscribe anyone from a channel](/help/configure-who-can-unsubscribe-others)
+* [Subscribe users to a channel](/help/subscribe-users-to-a-channel)
+* [Unsubscribe users from a channel](/help/unsubscribe-users-from-a-channel)