Matrix Messenger Support
Creating private rooms
To communicate in Matrix, whether 1:1 or with several people at the same time, you must join an existing room (see Finding and joining rooms) or create a new room.
These instructions describe how to create private rooms. Private rooms are closed and can only be made accessible to users by inviting them, i.e. by manually adding them.
1. Click on the plus symbol next to Rooms in the sidebar on the left and select #New room.
2. Select “Private room (invite only)” under the room settings.
3. Enter a name and a topic (optional) for the room. Advanced settings can be displayed or hidden in the lower part of the window.
In order to allow users from other servers to access your room, you must make sure that “Block anyone not part of matrix.uni-freiburg.de from ever joining this room.” is disabled.
“Invite only” means: People must manually invited or added by entering their Matrix ID:
@<UniAccount>:<server-name>
e.g. @hf1034:matrix.uni-freiburg.de
4. To invite people to your newly created room, click on the green Invite to this room button in the chat window.
5. Enter part of the name or UniAccount in the search field (1). Click on the suggested person (2) and finish the process by clicking on Invite (3).
IMPORTANT: It is possible to generate an “invite link” in the private room settings. However, this leads to an error message.
