If you are the owner of a channel, you have the ability to close it. See Closing, deleting, or archiving a channel.
Closing a channel makes it inactive, but as the owner, you can reopen (and reactivate) it.
To reopen a closed channel:
- To find the closed channel, in the AirSend dashboard's Channel drop-down list, choose Show Closed or Show All.
![Channels drop-down list in dashboard Channels drop-down list in dashboard](/supportdocs/download/attachments/122094151/AS_Show_Closed.png?version=1&modificationDate=1615577143000&api=v2)
The channel appears on the desktop. - Reactivate the channel from the dashboard or from the open channel:
- From the dashboard: click the More icon (three dots) on the channel and choose Activate channel.
![Click the More icon and choose Activate channel. Click the More icon and choose Activate channel.](/supportdocs/download/attachments/122094151/ASActivateChannel.png?version=1&modificationDate=1615578336000&api=v2)
The channel is reopened.
- From the open channel: open the channel, and in the channel toolbar, click the Channel settings icon:
![Click Channel Settings icon Click Channel Settings icon](/supportdocs/download/attachments/122094151/ASSettingsButton.png?version=1&modificationDate=1615578158000&api=v2)
The Channel settings dialog box opens.
Click the Operations tab, and next to Reopen Channel, click Reopen.
![Reopen channel in Channel Settings dialog box Reopen channel in Channel Settings dialog box](/supportdocs/download/attachments/122094151/ASReOpen.png?version=1&modificationDate=1615578158000&api=v2)
Then confirm that you want to reopen the channel.
The channel is reopened.