GUIDE · PERMISSIONS
Closing a channel to everyone and opening it to one role, or making an announcement channel read-only, looks easy, but if you don't know the order permissions are applied in, the "why can't they see it?" question never ends. A short, hands-on explanation.
Permissions in Server Settings › Roles apply to the whole server. Settings in a channel's Permissions tab override them for that channel. Each permission has three states: allow (✓), deny (✗) and neutral (/). Neutral means "whatever the role permission is".
A channel may be "synced" with the permissions of the category it's in. When you change the category's permissions, synced channels change too. If you make a separate change in a channel, the sync breaks and the channel runs on its own settings.
In Server Settings › Roles, pick View Server As Role from the menu next to a role; you see the server through that role's eyes. It's the fastest way to spot a channel that looks wrong.
One of the member's roles allows it in that channel, or their role has Administrator. Administrator can't be stopped by channel settings.
The bot's role may not have Send Messages and View Channel in that channel. Add the bot's role in the channel's Permissions tab and turn both on.
Role order doesn't matter for channel permissions; the allowing role wins. Role order decides who can give roles to whom and who can manage whom.
