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Keeping your channel registration active

Updated 8 Sep 2026 Support Operations

Channel registrations expire if no ChanOP command is used within 60 days. How to keep your channel active and what happens when it expires.

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Dropping a channel registration

Releasing a channel you no longer want to own with /ChanOP DROP. The channel will continue to exist but lose its registered protections.

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Locking your channel topic

Enabling +t mode and using /ChanOP SET #channel TOPICLOCK so only ops can change the topic, and setting a permanent topic via ChanOP.

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Managing channel bans and exceptions

Setting bans with +b, removing them with -b, and using +e exception masks to allow specific users through an existing ban.

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Managing your channel access list

Using /ChanOP ACLSET to give trusted users automatic op or voice on join, and how to remove or adjust access levels.

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