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Mattermost documentation
Mattermost documentation
  • About Mattermost
    • Mattermost overview
    • Use cases
      • Maximize your Microsoft investment
      • Secure command and control
      • DevOps collaboration
      • Incident response collaboration
    • Security overview
    • Integrations overview
    • Subscription overview
      • Cloud subscriptions
        • Cloud Dedicated
        • Cloud Shared
        • Cloud VPC Private Connectivity
      • Self-hosted subscriptions
      • Editions and offerings
    • Releases and life cycle
      • Release policy
      • Server
        • Server releases
        • v10 changelog
        • v9 changelog
        • Unsupported legacy releases
        • Version archive
      • Desktop
        • Desktop releases
        • Desktop app changelog
      • Mobile
        • Mobile releases
        • Mobile apps changelog
      • Removed and deprecated features
    • Corporate directory integration
    • Certifications and compliance overview
    • Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
      • General Mattermost questions
      • Community questions
      • Notifications questions
      • Video, audio, and screen sharing questions
      • Enterprise questions
      • License questions
      • Integration questions
      • Use cases
      • Product questions
      • High trust questions
      • Design decision questions
      • Business questions
      • Illicit use questions
  • Deploy Mattermost
    • Migrate from MySQL to PostgreSQL
      • Automate PostgreSQL migration
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    • Prepare your Mattermost database
    • Deploy on Ubuntu
    • Deploy using Docker
    • Deploy with a tarball
    • Deploy using Omnibus
    • Deploy using Kubernetes
    • Deploy on Red Hat
    • Set up an NGINX proxy
    • Set up TLS
    • Prepare for your Mattermost deployment
      • Software and hardware requirements
      • Manage the Mattermost Kubernetes Operator
      • Administrator tasks
      • Architecture overview
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      • Enterprise roll out checklist
      • Welcome email template
    • Deployment guides
      • Server deployment
        • Deployment overview
        • Set up a socket-based Mattermost database
        • Image proxy
        • Backup and disaster recovery
        • Encryption options
        • Configure transport encryption
          • Configuring proxy to Mattermost transport encryption
          • Configuring database transport encryption
          • Configuring cluster transport encryption
        • Bleve search
        • Trial Mattermost using Docker
      • Desktop and mobile app deployment
        • Desktop app deployment guide
        • Desktop MSI installer and group policy installation guides (Beta)
        • Desktop App custom dictionaries
        • Desktop managed resources
        • Using Mattermost’s pre-built mobile apps
        • Testing push notifications
        • Deploy Mattermost mobile apps
        • Mobile push notifications
        • Building and distributing your own custom Mattermost mobile apps
        • Deploying mobile apps using an EMM provider
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        • Mobile apps FAQ
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    • Upgrade Mattermost
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      • Scale up to 100000 users
      • High availability cluster-based deployment
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      • Collect performance metrics
      • Deploy Prometheus and Grafana for performance monitoring
      • Performance monitoring metrics
      • Mattermost performance alerting guide
      • Ensuring releases perform at scale
    • Deployment troubleshooting
      • General troubleshooting
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    • Additional server installation guides
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  • Manage Mattermost
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  • Use Mattermost
    • Connect and collaborate
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        • Join and leave channels
        • Make calls in Mattermost
        • Manage channel members
        • Browse channels
        • Navigate between channels
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        • Archive and unarchive channels
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    • Build repeatable processes
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    • Customize your preferences
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      • Customize your desktop app experience
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  • Integrate and extend
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Navigate between channels#

Using Mattermost in a web browser or the desktop app, you can navigate between channels by selecting the Find channel option in the channel sidebar, or by pressing Ctrl K on Windows or Linux, or ⌘ K on Mac. The Find channels screen also displays member availability at a glance.

Navigate between channels and review member availability.

Return to recently viewed channels#

Using a web browser or the desktop app, use the History arrows at the top of the sidebar to move back and forth through your channel history.

  • Select the left arrow to go back one page.

  • Select the right arrow to go forward one page.

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