---
title: Add people to a channel
type: how-to
section: spaces
summary: Open the channel's members list, choose Add member, then add a person by name or email, or bind a workgroup.
applies_to:
  clients: [web]
sources:
  - evolve-front-end/components/team-chat/dialogs/team-chat-add-member-dialog.tsx
  - evolve-front-end/components/team-chat/dialogs/team-chat-add-member-messages.ts
  - evolve-front-end/components/team-chat/dialogs/use-add-member-dialog.ts
  - evolve-front-end/app/i18n/locales/en/team-chat.json
verified:
  at: 2026-09-04
  env: code
  by: content-lane-spaces
ttl_days: 45
related: [spaces/space-members-and-roles, spaces/channels-and-sub-channels, spaces/cross-account-access]
aliases: [team-chat/invite-people, spaces/invite-people]
---

1. Open the channel and show **Conversation members** from the channel header, or choose **Manage members** in **Conversation settings**.
2. Choose **Add member**.
3. Leave **Add by** on **People**, then search by **Name or email**.
4. Choose the person, pick a **Role**, and choose **Add member**.

The dialog is titled **Add member**. Roles you can assign are **Member**, **Reviewer**, **Observer**, **Guest**, and **Admin**. If the person is already a member the dialog treats it as done.

You can only do this in a channel you manage. In a channel whose membership mode is **Everyone in this Space** there is nothing to add: **Everyone in the Space has access. Manage membership from Space settings.**

## Add a whole workgroup

Switch **Add by** to **Workgroups** to give a whole Space's membership access to this channel in one step. Search by **Workgroup name**, select it, and choose **Bind workgroup**. Inherited members are then listed under **Space** in the member list, marked **via {{workgroup}}**, and the count reads **{{workgroup}} · {{count}} inherited members**.

To undo it, choose **Remove from Space** in the member list. The confirmation says **Remove this conversation from {{workgroup}}? Members who only had access through this Space will lose it.**

## Removing somebody

Choose **Remove** beside the person. For an inherited member, use **Remove from this conversation** instead. The confirmation reads **Remove {{name}} from this conversation? They stay a member of the {{workgroup}} Space, so this only overrides their access here.**

## If it did not work

- **You are not allowed to manage this conversation's members.** means you do not manage this channel. Ask a channel owner, admin, or a Space administrator.
- **Member search is not available yet.** or **Search failed. Try again.** means the people search did not answer. Try again in a moment.
- **This conversation already belongs to a different Space.** means a workgroup is already bound. Remove that one first.
- **This Space cannot be linked to this conversation.** means the workgroup is not eligible for this channel.
- **You are the only owner of this conversation.** blocks removing yourself. Make somebody else an owner first.