Leaving or deleting a chat room

Availability of this feature depends on the Bria solution you subscribe to.

Available in: Teams.

Not available in: Solo.

You can leave a private or public chat room without closing it if you are not the room owner. You may be removed from a private chat room by the room owner. If you are the room owner, you can delete a private or a public chat room.

Before you leave or delete a room, you may want to export the conversation.

Leaving a chat room

If you are not the room owner, you can leave a chat room from the Rooms list or from the chat room header. If you have been removed from a private chat room by the room owner and see You are no longer a member of this room., you can also leave the chat room.

  1. Hover on the chat room in the All or Rooms tab.

  2. Click Leave Room.

    The "Leave Room" button is on the conversation in the list.

The chat room is removed from the Rooms list. If the chat room was private, you need to be invited again to rejoin.

  1. Right-click (Windows) or CTRL+click (Mac) on the chat room in the All or Rooms tab.

  2. Click Leave Room.

    "Leave Room" is on the context menu.

The chat room is removed from the Rooms list. If the chat room was private, you need to be invited again to rejoin.

  1. Click on the chat room in Rooms.

  2. Click More options for this conversation.

    The "More options for this conversation" button is on the conversation header.

  3. Click Leave Room.

    "Leave Room" is on the "More options for this conversation" menu.

The chat room is removed from the Rooms list. If the chat room was private, you need to be invited again to rejoin.

  1. Click on the chat room in the All or Rooms tab.

  2. Click Leave in the messages.

    The "Leave" button is in the Messages panel.Chat rooms you have been closed are dimmed and have a "Leave" button in the messages sections.

The chat room is removed from the Rooms list. If the chat room was private, you need to be invited again to rejoin.

Deleting a chat room

If you are a room owner, you can delete both public and private chat rooms. If you delete the room, it is no longer available for other room members.

  1. Hover on the chat room in Rooms.

  2. Click Delete Room.

    The "Delete Room" button is beside the chat room in the list of conversations.

  3. Click Yes (Windows) or OK (Mac).

    "Yes" and "No" are on "Delete room"."OK" and "Cancel" are on the delete room confirmation.

The chat room is deleted and removed from the Rooms list.

  1. Right-click (Windows) or CTRL+click (Mac) on the chat room in Rooms.

  2. Click Delete Room.

    "Delete Room" is in the chat room short-cut menu.

  3. Click Yes (Windows) or OK (Mac).

    "Yes" and "No" are on "Delete room"."OK" and "Cancel" are on the delete room confirmation.

The chat room is deleted and removed from the Rooms list.

  1. Click on the chat room in Rooms.

  2. Click More options for this conversation.

    The "More options for this conversation" button is on the conversation header.

  3. Click Delete Room.

    "Delete Room" is on the "More options for this conversation" menu.

  4. Click Yes (Windows) or OK (Mac).

    "Yes" and "No" are on "Delete room"."OK" and "Cancel" are on the delete room confirmation.

The chat room is deleted and removed from the Rooms list.

The room owner removes you from a chat room

The room owner can remove you from a private chat room. If this happens, the chat room remains in Rooms but is dimmed and shows a message that you are no longer a member of the room and shows Room not available in Compose Message.

The "Leave" button is in the Messages panel.

To remove the chat room from Rooms, leave the room using one of the methods above. In addition to the above methods, you can leave from the chat room messages panel. If you want to keep the message history, export the conversation before you leave the room.

  1. Click on the chat room in Rooms.

  2. Click Leave in the messages.

    The "Leave" button is in the conversation.

The chat room is deleted and removed from the Rooms list.

The room owner deletes a chat room

The room owner may delete a chat room that you are a member of. If this happens, the chat room remains in Rooms but is dimmed and shows a message that the room is closed and shows The Chat Room is not available in Compose Message.

Chat rooms you have been closed are dimmed and have a "Leave" button in the messages sections.

To remove the chat room from Rooms, leave the room using one of the methods above. In addition to the above methods, you can leave from the chat room messages panel. If you want to keep the message history, export the conversation before you leave the room.

  1. Click on the chat room in Rooms.

  2. Click Leave in the messages.

    The "Leave" button in in the messages area.

The chat room is deleted and removed from the Rooms list.