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# Chat roles

> Member roles in Pachca chats: creator, admin, member, editor and subscriber. What each role can do and how to manage access in chats and channels

Источник: https://pachca.com/en/help-center/features/roli-v-chatah

## What roles there are and how they differ

Chats and channels in Pachca have different roles. They let you manage chats flexibly and are separate from workspace access levels (**Administrator**, **Employee**, **Multi-guest**). Here's how they work.

### What roles are there in chats

Pachca has two types of group chats: chats and channels. Their roles differ slightly.

### Chats have three roles:

**Creator.** The person who created the chat. They can change other members' roles, delete their messages and change chat settings (for example, make the chat public or private). The creator can also archive the chat. The creator role can't be transferred.

The chat creator and the workspace owner are different roles. The workspace owner has to be a member of the chat to change other people's roles.

**Admin.** A chat can have several admins at once. Admins have the same permissions as the chat creator.

The only difference: an admin can lose the role and become a regular member.

**Member.** Can post and delete their own messages in the chat. Whether they can add other people to the chat depends on their workspace access level: members with the **Employee** access level can, while **Multi-guests** and **Guests** can't.

### Channels have four roles:

The **Creator** and **Admin** roles work the same as in chats.

**Editor.** Can post and delete their own messages in the channel. Whether they can add other people depends on their workspace access level: members with the **Employee** access level can, while **Multi-guests** can't. A channel can have several editors at once.

**Subscriber.** Can add members, read the channel, react to messages and comment in threads under posts.

### Automatic chat admins

If a member's workspace access level is **Administrator** or **Owner**, they automatically become a chat admin when added to a new chat. You can change their chat role at any time.

### If a chat has no admin or creator

This can happen if they leave the chat or are deactivated in the workspace. Then none of the remaining members can assign a new admin or manage the chat.

**Here's how to fix it:**

- If a chat has one admin who wants to leave, they need to make another member the new admin first.
- If a chat no longer has any admins or its creator, add a workspace member with the **Owner** or **Administrator** role to the chat. They automatically become a chat admin.
- You can also add such a member, ask them to make someone from the chat the new admin and then remove them from the chat.

Updated: April 1, 2025