For: admins and members
Every room has its own settings: name, topic, picture, who may join and who may do what. Anyone can look at them; changing most of them needs the admin or moderator role in that room. See Room roles: admins and moderators.
Open the room settings
In the browser / on the computer
- Open the room.
- Click the room name at the top, then Settings.
On the phone (Element X)
- Open the room.
- Tap the room name at the top to open Room info.
What you can change
- General: the room name, the topic (a short description shown under the name) and the room picture.
- Security & Privacy: who can join the room and who can read old messages. For team rooms, keep it on Invite only, or choose Space members if the room belongs to a space. Encryption is also shown here.
- Roles & Permissions: who is admin or moderator, and who may send messages, invite people or remove messages.
- Notifications: how this room notifies you. See Choose what notifies you.
On the phone, you find the same areas in Room info, for example Security & privacy, Roles & permissions and Notifications.
Leave a room
- In the browser: in the room list, open the room's menu and choose Leave room.
- On the phone: in Room info, tap Leave room.
Good to know
- New rooms and direct messages are end-to-end encrypted. Once encryption is turned on, it can't be turned off.
- Avoid Anyone for rooms with internal information. Federation is on, so a public room could be found and joined by people on other Matrix servers.
- If you are the only admin and leave, nobody can change the settings any more. Give a second person the admin role first.