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title: "Channels & Categories - Help Desk - mssgs"
description: "Six kinds of channel, how to create and arrange them, and the options behind each one."
canonical: https://mss.gs/en/help/communities/channels
language: en
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# Channels & Categories

Six kinds of channel, how to create and arrange them, and the options behind each one.

## Kinds of channel

- **Text channel**: the everyday channel for messages, photos, GIFs and replies.

- **Voice channel**: drop in and talk. Everyone sees who is in.

- **Photo channel**: a gallery grid instead of a conversation, with replies underneath.

- **Suggestions channel**: members post ideas and vote them up or down.

- **Watch party channel**: watch a video together, in sync, with the chat beside it.

- **Announcement channel**: only chosen roles can post, and every message is an announcement card.

*Create Channel: pick what kind of channel it is.*

## Create a channel or category

You need a role that allows managing channels. **Edit Channels** in the same menu lets you rearrange them.

## Hold a channel

- **Mark as read** and **Notifications**: Off, When in server, or Everywhere.

- **Mute channel** for 15 minutes, 1 hour, 8 hours, 24 hours or until you unmute.

- **Lock with code**: a 4-digit code on this channel, on this device.

- **Manage Channel**, **Assign roles to channels** and **Delete Channel**, for those allowed.

## Inside a channel

The buttons at the top of a channel are, from left to right:

- **@**: your mentions.

- **Search** in this channel, or across the whole community.

- **New event**, if your role may post events.

- **Pinned Messages**.

- **Members**: who is here, who is reading along live and when each person last read.

*A text channel. The buttons at the top: mentions, search, new event, pinned messages and members.*

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