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.
To leave a room from the conversations list
1. Hover on the chat room in the All or Rooms tab.
2. Click Leave Room.
The chat room is removed from the Rooms list. If the chat room was private, you need to be invited again to rejoin.
To leave a room using the chat room shortcut menu
1. Right-click (Windows) or CTRL+click (Mac) on the chat room in the All or Rooms tab.
2. Click Leave Room.
The chat room is removed from the Rooms list. If the chat room was private, you need to be invited again to rejoin.
To leave a chat room using the room options
1. Click on the chat room in Rooms.
2. Click More options for this conversation.
3. Click Leave Room.
The chat room is removed from the Rooms list. If the chat room was private, you need to be invited again to rejoin.
To leave a room from the messages
1. Click on the chat room in the All or Rooms tab.
2. Click Leave in the messages.
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.
To delete a room from the Rooms list
1. Hover on the chat room in Rooms.
2. Click Delete Room.
3. Click Yes (Windows) or OK (Mac).
The chat room is deleted and removed from the Rooms list.
To delete a room using the chat room shortcut menu
1. Right-click (Windows) or CTRL+click (Mac) on the chat room in Rooms.
2. Click Delete Room.
3. Click Yes (Windows) or OK (Mac).
The chat room is deleted and removed from the Rooms list.
To delete a chat room using the room options
1. Click on the chat room in Rooms.
2. Click More options for this conversation.
3. Click Delete Room.
4. Click Yes (Windows) or OK (Mac).
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.
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.
To leave a chat room you have been removed from
1. Click on the chat room in Rooms.
2. Click Leave in the messages.
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.
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.
To leave a closed chat room
1. Click on the chat room in Rooms.
2. Click Leave in the messages.
The chat room is deleted and removed from the Rooms list.