---
name: "enableChannel"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Radio and Chat"]
arma3_since: "1.42"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": "local", "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableChannel
revid: 378455
updated: 2026-04-19T11:32:44Z
---

# enableChannel

*Command · Radio and Chat · Arma 3 v1.42*

Locality: effect **local**

## Description

Enables/disables UI functionality which is responsible for sending text or voice chat to the given chat channel.

> [!NOTE]
> This command:
> - can override [Description.ext](../topics/Description.ext.md) or server config's channel setting
> - cannot disable Global channel for the admin or server host, because Global channel is always available for the admin
> - does not disable *incoming* text or voice
> - actively interrupts (since Arma 3 v2.02) the current communication in progress
> - does not affect chat related scripting commands such as [vehicleChat](../commands/vehicleChat.md), [globalRadio](../commands/globalRadio.md) etc.

| Channel ID number correspondence |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default Channels | Custom Channels |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Global | Side | Command | Group | Vehicle | Direct | CC 1 | CC 2 | CC 3 | CC 4 | CC 5 | CC 6 | CC 7 | CC 8 | CC 9 | CC 10 |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |

## Syntax

### Syntax 1

```sqf
channelID enableChannel enable
```

**Parameters:**

- `channelID`: [Number](../topics/Number.md) - channel ID
- `enable`: [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md) - [true](../commands/true.md) to enable, [false](../commands/false.md) to disable (both VoN and chat)

**Returns:** [Nothing](../topics/Nothing.md)

### Syntax 2

*since arma3 1.60*

```sqf
channelID enableChannel [chat, VoN]
```

**Parameters:**

- `channelID`: [Number](../topics/Number.md) - channel ID
- `chat`: [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md) - [true](../commands/true.md) to enable text chat
- `VoN`: [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md) - [true](../commands/true.md) to enable voice chat
- `enableMapMarkers`: [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md) - (Optional, default [true](../commands/true.md)) [true](../commands/true.md) to enable map marker placement *(since arma3 2.22)*
- `enableMapDrawing`: [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md) - (Optional, default [true](../commands/true.md)) [true](../commands/true.md) to enable drawing on the map *(since arma3 2.22)*

**Returns:** [Nothing](../topics/Nothing.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
0 enableChannel false; // disable user ability to send voice and text on global channel
```

### Example 2

```sqf
0 enableChannel [true, false]; // enable user ability to send text but disable voice on global channel
```

## See also

[currentChannel](../commands/currentChannel.md) · [setCurrentChannel](../commands/setCurrentChannel.md) · [getPlayerChannel](../commands/getPlayerChannel.md) · [channelEnabled](../commands/channelEnabled.md) · [radioChannelCreate](../commands/radioChannelCreate.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — enableChannel](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableChannel) (revision 378455).</sub>