Restrict stream creation

This feature is only available to organization owners and administrators.

By default, anyone other than guests can create new streams. However, you can restrict stream creation to:

  • Organization administrators
  • Organization administrators and moderators
  • Organization administrators and all members
  • Organization administrators and full members

For corporations and other entities with controlled access, we highly recommend keeping stream creation open. A typical Zulip organization with heavy use has as many streams as users.

Manage who can create streams

  1. Go to Organization permissions.

  2. Under Stream permissions, configure Who can create streams.

  3. Click Save changes.