<p>Do you and your teammates sometimes tag too many people in new threads? Do you find yourself tagging the same group of people for most threads in a particular channel?</p>
<p>If so, you might find it helpful to set default participants for your channel! You’ll be able to help make sure that the right people get tagged and reduce noise for the rest of your team.</p>
<div class="box-warning">Only the channel creator or team admins can set default participants for a channel.</div>
<h2>How to set default participants when creating a channel</h2>
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<li>Follow the <a href="https://twist.com/help/articles/create-a-channel-QcGuTiTB">steps for creating a channel</a>.</li>
<li>At the last step, before clicking <strong>Create</strong>, you’ll have the option to set default participants for the channel. You can choose between:</li>
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<strong>Everyone in channel</strong>: Tag everyone in the channel when anyone creates a new thread.</li>
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<strong>Custom default participants</strong>: Tag specific teammates or <a href="https://twist.com/help/articles/what-are-groups-pPt1bMkE">groups</a> when anyone creates a new thread.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Follow the <a href="https://twist.com/help/articles/create-a-channel-QcGuTiTB">steps for creating a channel</a>. </li>
<li>At the last step, before tapping <strong>Create</strong>, you’ll have the option to set default participants for the channel. You can choose between:</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>Everyone in channel</strong>: Tag everyone in the channel when anyone creates a new thread.</li>
<li>
<strong>Custom default participants</strong>: Tag specific teammates or <a href="https://twist.com/help/articles/what-are-groups-pPt1bMkE">groups</a> when anyone creates a new thread.</li>
</ul>
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<ol>
<li>Follow the <a href="https://twist.com/help/articles/create-a-channel-QcGuTiTB">steps for creating a channel</a>. </li>
<li>At the last step, before tapping <strong>Create</strong>, you’ll have the option to set default participants for the channel. You can choose between:</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>Everyone in channel</strong>: Tag everyone in the channel when anyone creates a new thread.</li>
<li>
<strong>Custom default participants</strong>: Tag specific teammates or <a href="https://twist.com/help/articles/what-are-groups-pPt1bMkE">groups</a> when anyone creates a new thread.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>How to edit default participants for an existing channel</h2>
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<li>Hover over the channel you want to set default participants for.</li>
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<li>Click the <strong>three dots icon</strong> that appears to the right of the channel’s title.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Edit channel…</strong>
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<li>You can now choose between:</li>
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<ul>
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<strong>Everyone in channel</strong>: Tag everyone in the channel when anyone creates a new thread.</li>
<li>
<strong>Custom default participants</strong>: Tag specific teammates or <a href="https://twist.com/help/articles/what-are-groups-pPt1bMkE">groups</a> when anyone creates a new thread.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Open the channel.</li>
<li>Tap the channel title at the top of the screen.</li>
<li>Edit default participants by tapping the currently chosen option listed under <strong>Default Participants</strong>.</li>
<li>You will now have two options:</li>
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</ol>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>Everyone in channel</strong>: Tag everyone in the channel when anyone creates a new thread.</li>
<li>
<strong>Custom default participants</strong>: Tag specific teammates or <a href="https://twist.com/help/articles/what-are-groups-pPt1bMkE">groups</a> when anyone creates a new thread.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Open the channel.</li>
<li>Tap the <strong>three dots icon</strong> to the right of the channel.</li>
<li>Tap <strong>Channel Info</strong>.</li>
<li>Tap <strong>Set default participants</strong>.</li>
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<ul>
<li>
<strong>Everyone in channel</strong>: Tag everyone in the channel when anyone creates a new thread.</li>
<li>
<strong>Custom default participants</strong>: Tag specific teammates or <a href="https://twist.com/help/articles/what-are-groups-pPt1bMkE">groups</a> when anyone creates a new thread. If you select <strong>Custom default participants</strong>, tap <strong>Manage participants </strong>to add or remove participants.</li>
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<div class="box-tip">While default participants will be automatically added to the <strong>Tag</strong> field of new threads, you can edit this field before posting!</div>

How to set default participants for a channel

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