---
title: Space members and roles
type: reference
section: spaces
summary: Space administration grants four separate things; channel roles are stored per channel; Space roles are name tags that grant nothing.
applies_to:
  clients: [web]
sources:
  - evolve-front-end/components/team-chat/space-admin/space-administration-panel.tsx
  - evolve-front-end/components/team-chat/space-admin/space-roles-panel.tsx
  - evolve-front-end/components/team-chat/space-admin/space-members-panel.tsx
  - evolve-front-end/lib/team-chat/constants.ts
  - evolve-front-end/app/i18n/locales/en/team-chat.json
  - ops/plans/evolve-team-chat/73-space-roles-contract.md
verified:
  at: 2026-09-04
  env: code
  by: content-lane-spaces
ttl_days: 45
related: [spaces/add-people-to-a-channel, spaces/you-cannot-post-in-a-channel, spaces/cross-account-access]
aliases: [team-chat/roles, spaces/roles]
---

Three different things are called a role in Spaces, and they do not overlap. Space administration decides what you may change about a Space. A channel role is stored per channel. A Space role is a name tag with no permissions at all.

## Space administration

Open **Space settings** from the Space menu. It has four tabs: **Overview**, **Channels**, **Members**, and **Roles**. Each tab is granted separately, so an administrator may hold some and not others.

| What it grants | What you can do |
| --- | --- |
| Reorder channels | Change the shared order of a Space's channels |
| Manage channels | Create a channel, and create, rename, and delete channel groups |
| Edit the Space profile | Change the Space **Name**, its image, **Hide inactive threads after**, **Who can find and join**, and **Collaboration access** |
| Manage Space members | Add and remove Space members, grant and remove Space administrator access, and manage Space roles |

**Space settings** appears if you hold any of the four. **Delete Space** appears only if you hold both the profile and the member grants. Every member can use **Leave Space**.

On the **Members** tab, a person's menu offers **Make Space admin** and **Remove Space admin**. You cannot promote yourself: **Another Space administrator has to grant this.** A member who belongs to a parent Space cannot be removed here: **They belong to a parent Space. Remove them there.**

## Channel roles

Each channel keeps its own membership with a role per person. The roles that appear are **Owner**, **Admin**, **Member**, **Reviewer**, **Observer**, **Guest**, **Agent**, and **Auditor**. When you add somebody you can assign **Member**, **Reviewer**, **Observer**, **Guest**, or **Admin**.

The channel actions that depend on the role are held by channel owners and admins, and by Space administrators:

- **Rename channel**
- **Who can post**
- **Manage members** and **Membership mode**
- **Archive conversation**
- Posting in a channel set to **Space admins only**
- Resolving and reopening threads

Other roles change the label beside the name and who `@admins` reaches; they do not change what the interface lets you do.

## Space roles

**Roles** in Space administration creates named groups of people: **Named groups of people in this Space.** A role is affiliation only. Granting or removing one never changes what a person may do.

- **New role** creates one. Names are 1 to 100 characters and unique within the Space, and a Space holds at most 50.
- **Assign role** adds people who are already Space members: **Give {{name}} to people who are already members of this Space.**
- **Archive** retires a role: **The role disappears from rosters and pickers. Messages and Space membership are not affected.**

Roles become mentionable. Typing `@` in a channel offers the Space's roles alongside people. See [Mention someone or a role](/help/spaces/mention-someone).

## Related

- [Add people to a channel](/help/spaces/add-people-to-a-channel)
- [You cannot post in a channel](/help/spaces/you-cannot-post-in-a-channel)
- [Cross-Account access](/help/spaces/cross-account-access)