---
title: "Managing a chat room"
description: "Every participant in a Talkspirit chat room can add or remove participants and rename the room. Only the room administrator can delete the room or transfer their rights."
category: communication
section: chat-essentials
type: Tutorial
lastUpdated: 2026-08-26
locale: en
canonical: https://support.talkspirit.com/en/communication/managing-a-chat-room
---

# Managing a chat room


Every participant in a Talkspirit chat room can add or remove participants and rename the room. Each room also has a single room administrator: by default, the person who created it. Only the room administrator can delete the room or transfer their rights to another participant. A chat room is visible only to its participants.

> **Note:** A chat room linked to a group has no separate participant list: it follows the group's membership, and the group's managers act as its administrators. To change who is in it, manage the group itself.

## How do I create a chat room?

1. Open the **Chat** app.
2. Click **New**.
3. Select at least two participants and send your first message.

The room is created and you become its room administrator. With a single recipient, you start a one-to-one conversation instead: see [Using Chat](/en/communication/chatting-with-users).

## How do I add or remove participants?

1. Open the room and click the **Users** icon in the icon bar on the right.
2. To add someone, open the **+ Add participants** tab and select a person.
3. To remove someone, click the three-dot menu next to their name and select **Remove from room**.

Every participant can add or remove others. The room administrator is the only participant who cannot be removed. When someone is added or removed, a message appears in the room so all participants are informed.

![Users panel of a chat room, showing the participant list with the "(Room administrator)" label under the room administrator and the "+ Add a participants" tab visible](/images/communication/managing-a-chat-room/01-users-panel.png)

## How do I rename a chat room?

1. Click the **Settings** icon in the icon bar on the right.
2. Select **Edit name & picture**.
3. Enter the new name. You can change the room picture from the same window.

Any participant can rename the room. A message in the room informs the other participants of the new name.

## How do I transfer administrator rights?

Only the current room administrator can transfer their rights, and only to an existing participant:

1. Click the **Users** icon in the icon bar on the right.
2. Click the three-dot menu next to the participant you want to promote.
3. Select **Transfer management rights**.

A room has a single administrator, so you lose the rights when you transfer them.

![Participant row menu open in the Users panel, showing the Transfer management rights and Remove from room options](/images/communication/managing-a-chat-room/02-participant-menu.png)

## How do I delete a chat room?

Only the room administrator can delete a room:

1. Click the **Settings** icon in the icon bar on the right.
2. Select **Delete room**.
3. Confirm with **Delete**.

> **Warning:** Deleting a room permanently deletes its messages for every participant. This cannot be undone.

If you want to leave a room without deleting it, see [Hiding a chat conversation or leaving a room](/en/communication/hide-a-chat-conversation-or-leave-a-room).

## What's Next?

- [Using Chat](/en/communication/chatting-with-users)
- [Moderating a chat room](/en/communication/moderating-a-chat-room)
- [Categorising and sorting chat rooms](/en/communication/categorize-and-sort-chat-rooms)
- [Hiding a chat conversation or leaving a room](/en/communication/hide-a-chat-conversation-or-leave-a-room)