---
title: "Set Group Type"
slug: "set-group-type"
updated: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
published: 2026-09-03T14:50:33Z
canonical: "developer.rocket.chat/set-group-type"
stale: true
---

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# Set Group Type

Post/api/v1/groups.setType

Set the room type. The group type can be either `c` (public) or `p` (private). Any of the following permissions are required:

- `create-c`: This permission is required if you are changing a private channel to a public channel.
- `create-p`: This permission is required if you are changing a public channel to a private room.
- `create-team-channel`: This permission is required if you are changing a team's private channel to a public channel.
- `create-team-group`: This permission is required if you are changing a team's public channel to a private room.

For ABAC-managed private rooms, changing the type from `p` to `c` is rejected with `error-action-not-allowed`. When the type changes to `c` (public) and the group has ABAC attributes, all ABAC attributes on the group are cleared as part of the conversion.

### Changelog

| Version | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 8.5.0 | Added ABAC behavior for `p` -> `c`: ABAC-managed private rooms are rejected, and successful conversions to public clear group ABAC attributes. |
| 0.49.0 | 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='d99ec271-e867-4bdb-98cf-95633837c3fc'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='fa4ffc25-7916-4823-b340-5c2fd39e2d5c'>Example</option>
</select>Example

```json
{
  "roomId": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
  "type": "c"
}
```

object  roomIdstring    Required

The group ID. You can find the IDs by using any of the following endpoints:

- [Get List of User Groups](https://developer.rocket.chat/apidocs/get-list-of-user-groups): This endpoint returns all private channels in the workspace, if you have the required permissions to view them.
- [Get Groups](https://developer.rocket.chat/apidocs/get-groups): This endpoint returns the private channels that you are a member of.

typestring    Required

Enter the group type.

Responses200

OK

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='d7b37012-c84d-4fbc-a42b-7f9eac3310f9'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='83a034ff-9367-4890-9216-5d0937ec0318'>Example</option>
</select>Example

```json
{
  "group": {
    "_id": "ByehQjC44FwMeiLbX",
    "name": "testing0",
    "t": "c",
    "msgs": 0,
    "u": {
      "_id": "aiPqNoGkjpNDiRx6d",
      "username": "goose160"
    },
    "ts": "2017-01-05T18:02:50.754Z",
    "ro": false,
    "sysMes": true,
    "_updatedAt": "2017-01-05T19:02:24.429Z",
    "usernames": [
      "goose160",
      "graywolf336"
    ],
    "joinCodeRequired": true,
    "muted": []
  },
  "success": true
}
```

Expand Allobject  groupobject  _idstring    
namestring    
tstring    
msgsinteger    
uobject  _idstring    
usernamestring    

tsstring    
roboolean    
sysMesboolean    
_updatedAtstring    
usernames Array of string   string    
joinCodeRequiredboolean    
muted Array of object   object  

successboolean    

400

Bad Request

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='54e58f3a-1b26-4001-b6ff-874b9b82f58f'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='5218eb0e-c828-497b-b141-267933f224ba'>Missing body param: type</option>
<option value='df985e62-6b7a-4c0a-bc1b-d0a56b5be1bc'>ABAC-managed room conversion blocked</option>
</select>Missing body param: type

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "The bodyParam \"type\" is required"
}
```

ABAC-managed room conversion blocked

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "Changing an ABAC managed private room to public is not allowed [error-action-not-allowed]",
  "errorType": "error-action-not-allowed",
  "details": {
    "method": "saveRoomSettings",
    "action": "Change_Room_Type"
  }
}
```

Expand Allobject  successboolean    
errorstring    
errorTypestring    
detailsobject  methodstring    
actionstring    

401

Unauthorized

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='fac08178-09cf-4d84-88c8-b5f62ba6c8f3'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='115edc48-4fab-4035-bf74-799e24df1614'>Authorization Error</option>
</select>Authorization Error

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

object  statusstring    
messagestring