# Permissions to see all channels and users

**URL:** https://forums.rocket.chat/t/permissions-to-see-all-channels-and-users/13997
**Category:** Community Support
**Created:** [May 3, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/permissions-to-see-all-channels-and-users/13997 "2022-05-03T13:04:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Aimee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aimee](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/Aimee)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/permissions-to-see-all-channels-and-users/13997/1 "2022-05-03T13:04:46Z")

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Hi,

Which permissions are required to see all channels (including private) and users inside the directory?

I’m trying to create a custom moderator, but I can’t seem to figure out what I’m missing. Admin has the access, but I’d like this custom moderator to have as little as required.

Thanks

Aimee

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### Author: ![dudanogueira](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/dudanogueira/32/2529_2.png) [@dudanogueira](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/dudanogueira)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/permissions-to-see-all-channels-and-users/13997/2 "2022-05-03T19:24:02Z")

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Hi!

Welcome to our forums.

I think you are looking for **view-other-user-channels** permission.

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### Author: ![Aimee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aimee](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/Aimee)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/permissions-to-see-all-channels-and-users/13997/4 "2022-05-04T13:43:54Z")

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Hey @dudanogueira,

Thanks. I’ll try that later this morning.

Aimee

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### Author: ![Aimee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aimee](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/Aimee)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/permissions-to-see-all-channels-and-users/13997/5 "2022-05-08T14:44:20Z")

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@dudanogueira ,

Sorry for the delay. I tried the permissions change this AM. It didn’t work, no change.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks

Aimee

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### Author: ![Melosine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/melosine/32/2972_2.png) [@Melosine](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/Melosine)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2022, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/permissions-to-see-all-channels-and-users/13997/6 "2022-05-09T08:56:09Z")

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Hi,

not being able to see private chat rooms even as an admin (with every permission enabled, not a member of the room ofc) is completely normal in my experience. Then again i must say that I’m using older 3.x RC server versions.

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### Author: ![dudanogueira](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/dudanogueira/32/2529_2.png) [@dudanogueira](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/dudanogueira)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/permissions-to-see-all-channels-and-users/13997/7 "2022-05-09T14:03:22Z")

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Ok, forgot to mention.

This will probably work for the REST APIs. Check this script I did to deactivate and prune all user messages, for reference:

> <https://gist.github.com/dudanogueira/0094651d368a4b1696621835ba12c2cf>

```auto
def get_user(username):
    url_get_user = ROCKETCHAT_HOST + \
        '/api/v1/users.info?fields={"userRooms": 1}&username=' + username
    return requests.get(url_get_user, headers=headers)

```

However, you should be able to edit private channels. Just did a test:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/uploads/rocketchat/original/2X/1/1811cf01e47016ca7ce8362eecd7febd25ef516b.png)

From Agent view:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/uploads/rocketchat/original/2X/5/53a51f7dc911300b5df4df9442ff36304954a683.png)