---
title: "Convert a Group to Team"
slug: "convert-a-group-to-team"
updated: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
published: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
canonical: "developer.rocket.chat/convert-a-group-to-team"
stale: true
---

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# Convert a Group to Team

Post/api/v1/groups.convertToTeam

Convert a private channel to a team. Permissions required: `create-team`, `edit-room`

### Changelog

| Version | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 3.13.0 | Added |

Header parametersX-Auth-TokenstringRequired

The `authToken` of the authenticated user.

ExampleRScctEHSmLGZGywfIhWyRpyofhKOiMoUIpimhvheU3f
X-User-IdstringRequired

The `userId` of the authenticated user.

ExamplerbAXPnMktTFbNpwtJ

Body parameters<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='10d2440c-a0ff-42ce-a7a6-f953aea7ed6d'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='4ed5ae6a-2495-426f-bfa8-e9a3376dbdca'>Example 1</option>
</select>Example 1

```json
{
  "roomId": "JZ8Y2dLfYhsg323Rf"
}
```

object  roomIdstring    Required

Enter the private channel that you want to convert to a private team.

ExampleJZ8Y2dLfYhsg323Rf

Responses200

OK

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='d25b282b-7348-4bf8-ac1b-0d1f3ca6e046'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='a04b4bb5-6da1-4504-84f4-7b33ba22d29d'>Success</option>
</select>Success

```json
{
  "team": {
    "_id": "6172b15bc563fc000acc462e",
    "name": "ddd",
    "type": 1,
    "createdAt": "2021-10-22T12:40:59.928Z",
    "createdBy": {
      "_id": "d26x6zSkaPSe5gCyy",
      "username": "rod"
    },
    "_updatedAt": "2021-10-22T12:40:59.928Z",
    "roomId": "h3HLZkQdrWCPg2RN7"
  },
  "success": true
}
```

Expand Allobject  teamobject  _idstring    
namestring    
typeinteger    
createdAtstring    
createdByobject  _idstring    
usernamestring    

_updatedAtstring    
roomIdstring    

successboolean    

400

Bad Request

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='86d07846-40d2-464e-8ea1-c191161f4b85'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='b2d73270-a439-44c1-9fb4-0114a2871f2b'>Team name exists</option>
<option value='914e6189-346f-4fc5-ab58-e06ee4ecb377'>Room name is required</option>
<option value='a860f27e-b4cb-4305-b3ac-1eeca900472c'>Room not found</option>
</select>Team name exists

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "team-name-already-exists"
}
```

Room name is required

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "The parameter \"roomId\" or \"roomName\" is required"
}
```

Room not found

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "The required \"roomId\" or \"roomName\" param provided does not match any group [error-room-not-found]",
  "errorType": "error-room-not-found"
}
```

object  successboolean    
errorstring    

401

Unauthorized

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='c263a5f4-7d44-4ab1-83e5-5e2ae8a7da68'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='253ed0f7-fe33-427e-80b8-9f3d928ce0dd'>Authorization Error</option>
</select>Authorization Error

```json
{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "You must be logged in to do this."
}
```

object  statusstring    
messagestring