Invite people to your workspace#

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Anyone can invite people to Mattermost teams and channels, unless your system admin has disabled your ability to do so.

  1. Select the team name at the top of the channel sidebar, and then select Invite People.

Select the team name in the sidebar and select Invite People.

  1. Select Copy invite link to share the invitation link with others.

Select Copy Invite Link to share an invitation link with others.

  • Send an email-based member invitation to people who don’t have an account on your Mattermost server by specifying email addresses and selecting Invite.

  • Add existing workspace users as members of the current team by specifying users by usernames and selecting Invite.

  • Invite someone temporarily as a guest instead of as a member with limited workspace access. See the guest accounts documentation to learn more about guest accounts.

  1. Tap the The Plus icon provides access to channel and direct message functionality. icon in the top right corner of the screen and tap Invite people to the team.

When you select +, you can access more options from the popup window.

  • Send an email-based member invitation to people who don’t have an account on your Mattermost server by specifying email addresses and tap Send.

  • Add existing workspace users as members of the current team by specifying users by usernames and tap Send.

    You can invite a user using their email address. You can invite a user using their name.

  • Tap Share link to share an invitation link with others via apps on your mobile device.

    You can invite a user by sharing the invite link directly with them.

Note

  • Can’t share invitation links? Contact your Mattermost system admin for assistance. An SSL certificate (or a self-signed certificate) may be required for link-based invitations to work.

  • An invite link can be used by anyone and doesn’t change unless it’s re-generated by a system admin or team admin via Team Settings > General > Invite Code.

  • Your system admin must enable email invitations and configure email for Mattermost to send email-based invitations. - Invitation links sent by email expire after 48 hours and can only be used once.

  • Your system admin can cancel all email invitations that haven’t yet been accepted within the System Console.