Groups, forums and rooms

# Closed rooms

Close a room when the conversation is only for some of the group's members.

-   Only the people in a closed room can read it.
-   A room owner can manage who's in the room if the server gives them that permission.
-   Group staff can manage who can get into a room and fix a room that has no owner.

This works where rooms are turned on. Being a group administrator doesn't, by itself, let someone read a closed room.

![Rooms settings of Riverside Garden with the open rooms Garden workdays and Project chat and the closed Planning room.](https://welley.com/assets/media/group-rooms-demo-2000.fef005a9.webp)

A group can have open rooms for every member and closed rooms for a smaller set of members. The server has to have rooms turned on.

![Confirmation dialog Open this room? It explains that every member of the group can then read the room, including its history, with Cancel and Open room buttons.](https://welley.com/assets/media/group-room-access-demo-800.7d241ea4.webp)

Opening a closed room asks you to confirm, because every member can then read its history. The dialog isn't confirmed here.

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