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Create a Channel

Start communicating with your team by creating a new Channel.

Feature availability and limits vary by plan and user role. Learn more

This article covers versions 3.0 and 4.0. Learn what's new in ClickUp 4.0!

Channel types

Before creating a Channel, decide if you want it to be location-based or locationless.

Channel type Description Uses
Location-based
  • Located on a specific Space, Folder, or List
  • One location-based Channel can exist for each Space, Folder, or List.
  • Locations have customizable views and hold tasks, consolidating communication and work.
  • Changes to the Channel affect the associated location and vice versa. 

Use location-based Channels when you want conversations tightly connected to a specific project or team. 

Access to the Channel is determined by the privacy of the location.
Locationless Not associated with any Space, Folder, or List Use locationless Channels for general topics, cross-team discussions, or conversations that don't fit a specific project.

For quick, informal messaging, you can direct message individuals or groups.

Create a Channel in ClickUp 4.0

In ClickUp 4.0, there are multiple ways to create a Channel.

From the create button

Create a Channel from the create button in your Home Sidebar or Chat Sidebar:

  1. In your Global Navigation, select Home or Chat.
  2. In the upper-right corner of the Sidebar, click the plus icon.
  3. Select Channel.
  4. Name the Channel.
    • Optional: To create a new List and associate the Channel with it, click the Add a List toggle and select a Space or Folder from the dropdown menu. This will create a new List in the Space or Folder you selected and make your Channel location-based. If you're creating a private Channel, the created List will also be private.
    • Optional: To make the Channel private, click the Make Private toggle.
  5. Click Create.
    Screenshot of the Create button when creating a channel.png
  6. The Channel will be created and you'll automatically be following it.

From a view

If a location doesn't have a Channel associated with it, you can create a location-based Channel for it from any view in ClickUp 4.0:

  1. Open any view in the Space, Folder, or List.
  2. In the upper-left, click Add Channel.
    Screenshot of the Add Channel button.png
  3. The location-based Channel is created and opened. 

From the All Channels page

To create a Channel from the All Channels page in ClickUp 4.0:

  1. Open the All Channels page.
  2. In the upper-right corner, click Create Channel.
  3. Name the Channel.
    • Optional: To create a new List and associate the Channel with it, click the Add a List toggle and select a Space or Folder from the dropdown menu. This will create a new List in the Space or Folder you selected and make your Channel location-based. If you're creating a private Channel, the created List will also be private.
    • Optional: To make the Channel private, click the Make Private toggle. 
  4. Click Create.
  5. The Channel will be created and you'll automatically be following it.

Create a Channel ClickUp 3.0

There are multiple ways to create a Channel in ClickUp 3.0.

From Chat

To create a Channel from Chat in ClickUp 3.0:

  1. In the Sidebar, click Chat.
  2. In the upper-right corner of Chat's sidebar, click the Launchpad button and select New Channel.
    • Alternatively, click Add Channel, then select Create Channel in the upper-right corner
  3. Name the Channel.
    • Optional: To create a new List and associate the Channel with it, click the Add a List toggle and select a Space or Folder from the dropdown menu. This will create a new List in the Space or Folder you selected and make your Channel location-based. If you're creating a private Channel, the created List will also be private.
    • Optional: To make the Channel private, click the Make Private toggle. 
  4. Click Create.
  5. The Channel will be created and you'll automatically be following it.

From the All Channels page

To create a Channel from the All Channels page in ClickUp 3.0:

  1. Open the All Channels page.
  2. In the upper-right corner, click Create Channel.
  3. Name the Channel.
    • Optional: To create a new List and associate the Channel with it, click the Add a List toggle and select a Space or Folder from the dropdown menu. This will create a new List in the Space or Folder you selected and make your Channel location-based. If you're creating a private Channel, the created List will also be private.
    • Optional: To make the Channel private, click the Make Private toggle.
  4. Click Create.
  5. The Channel will be created and you'll automatically be following it.