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Create and manage Team

Create a new Team

▲ Create a team from the sidebar
Find the icon at the top-right corner of your dashboard sidebar, then click Create new team. Enter your team name, description (optional), URL, and choose the privacy type that fits your needs.

Team owner and admin can change the name, description, and URL later at Team settings next to the team name on the sidebar.

Team privacy types

There are two types of HackMD teams: private team is good for team collaboration, whereas public team is great for engaging with the open community.

	Public Team (Free)	Private Team (Free)	Private Team (Paid)
Publishing	Notes are public	Optional	Optional
Note privacy	Everyone	Team members	Team members
Image storage	imgur	imgur	Private S3 bucket
Member limit	Unlimited	3 members	Unlimited (Charge according to the number of people)

Choose the team privacy type that fits your needs.

Hint: Detailed plan comparison can be found here.

Manage Team

1. Add a member

▲ Add team member in team settings
Enter the Team settings page by clicking the next to your team name on the sidebar. Switch to the Members tab to add a new member by their username or email.

2. Manage member permission

▲ Manage member permission in team settings

You can adjust the role of each team member. See below for what each role could do:

	Owner	Admin	Writer	Reader
Delete the team
Manage team member
Delete team note
Transfer team note ownership
Sync team note to GitHub
Edit team note
Read team note

Role has privilege.

3. Remove a member

▲ Remove team member in team settings

Click the icon at the far right of the member row to remove that member.

4. Leave the team

▲ Leave a team from the sidebar

If you are NOT the team owner, click the icon next to your team name on the sidebar to leave the team.

If you are the team owner, you cannot leave the team without deleting the team or Transfer Team Ownership to another team admin.

Delete Team

▲ Delete a team in team settings

At the bottom of the Team settings page, you will find in the Danger zone the button to delete the team.

Warning: When a team is deleted, all team notes will be deleted as well - and it is unrecoverable. Please make sure to export or transfer the ownership of your team notes first.

View all my teams

▲ View all my teams from the settings

You could view all your teams at once. Click on your name at the bottom of the sidebar and select My teams from the list of options. You will see all the teams you're in and your roles in them.

Team profile page

▲ View team profile page from the sidebar

Each team has its profile page at https://hackmd.io/@<team_name>.
Filter team notes by tags with Tags at the top of the page. Search by note title and tag in the search bar next to the tags filter.

If you are a member of the team, you could switch between viewing either all the team notes or only published notes on the team's profile page.

The sidebar will show information about the team. Team members and contributors are visible for public teams, but hidden from outsiders for private teams.

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