How to Update Room Privacy

Room privacy controls who can see your room and who can enter it. You set these when you create the room, and you can change them any time after.

Quick-start rooms

When you create a room, you pick a preset that bundles privacy settings together:

• Open (Public) — anyone on Cantina can see and join.
• Social (Friends) — your contacts and friends of members can see and join.
• Invite Only (Closed) — your contacts and friends of members can see the room, but they need to request to join.

To set up faster with defaults, you can also tap Create a Quick Room during creation. This skips customization and uses Invite Only defaults you can change later. Once you're in the room, Edit Room Settings → Custom lets you mix Accessibility, Visibility, and Moderation independently.

Change privacy settings after a room is created

iOS and Android

1. Enter the room you want to update.
2. Tap the room's name at the top of the screen.
3. Tap Edit Room, then Edit Room Settings.
4. Tap Accessibility Settings or Visibility Settings to adjust who can enter or see your room.

On Web, click the room name at the top to open the settings panel, then click Edit Room Settings.

Accessibility Settings — who can enter the room

• Everyone — anyone can enter.
• Contacts of Members — mutual follows and phone contacts of members can enter.
• Contacts of Hosts — mutual follows and phone contacts of hosts can enter.
• Invite Only — only invited people can enter.

Who Can Invite Others

When the room is Invite Only, choose who can add new members:

• Founder — only the room's creator can invite.
• Admins — admins and the founder can invite.
• Hosts — hosts and above (admins and founder) can invite.
• Members — all room members can invite.

Visibility Settings — who can see the room

• Everyone — everyone can see this room.
• Contacts of Members — only mutual follows and phone contacts of members can see this room.

Moderation Settings

Moderation Settings is the third sub-section inside Edit Room Settings. It controls who in your room can do what — Go Live (camera and mic), Post Media, Control the Stage, Signal, Ring, Send Reactions & Gifs, Manage Membership, and more — so you can shape how your room feels for everyone who joins.

For the full moderation playbook, see Room Moderation 101.

Deleting room history when going more public

When you change a room to a more public setting, you'll be offered the option to delete room history. Take it if you want to make sure private conversations don't get exposed to new members.

Keep going

• How to Create a Room — set privacy at room creation.
• Room Moderation 101 — the full moderation playbook.
• How to Change Room Permissions — control who can do what once people are in.
• What are Room Roles? — Founder, Admin, Host, Member.