# Filter Clients by Channel and Broadcast Subscription

The Clients table has two columns that help you prepare a broadcast: **Channels** shows which channels the client has contacts in, and **Receives broadcasts** shows whether broadcasts may be sent to that client. Both columns have a filter in the header. This instruction shows how to select clients with them, count unsubscribed clients and send a test broadcast to part of the base.

## When You Need It

- You want to know how many clients in Telegram (or another channel) have unsubscribed from broadcasts.
- You want to send a test broadcast to 20–30 clients instead of the whole base.
- You want to see which channels a client has contacts in without expanding every row.

## What You Should Know

- **Channels** — icons of every channel where the client has a contact. Hover over an icon to see the channel name; channels without their own icon (for example, Viber) are shown by name. The cell is empty when the client has no contacts.
- **Receives broadcasts**:
  - ✓ — the client has a contact that accepts broadcasts;
  - ✗ — the client has contacts, but none of them accepts broadcasts (the client unsubscribed);
  - "—" — the client has no contacts.
- When the **Channels** filter is set, Receives broadcasts takes only the contacts in the selected channels into account. For example, a client unsubscribed in Telegram but still receives broadcasts in Viber: without a channel filter the cell shows ✓, with "Channels = Telegram" it shows ✗.
- The number of clients matching the filters is shown under the table: "1 - 20 of N", where N is the number of selected clients.
- **Send To All** in the Actions menu does not take the new filters into account — the broadcast goes to all clients, as before. To send only to the selected clients, tick the rows and use **Send to selected**.
- If you changed the set of table columns before, the new columns do not appear on their own — turn them on with the **Columns** button (see step 1).

## Before You Start

- [x] You are logged in with access to the Clients module.
- [x] You opened the **Clients** module via `Menu -> Clients`.

## Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Find the **Channels** and **Receives broadcasts** columns in the table (they are placed before the actions column). If they are not there, click the **Columns** button above the table, tick both columns and click **Save**.

   <!-- screenshot: Clients table with the Channels and Receives broadcasts columns -->

2. To select clients by channel, click the filter icon in the **Channels** header, choose one or more channels and click **Apply**. The table keeps the clients that have a contact in at least one of the selected channels.
3. To select by subscription, click the filter icon in the **Receives broadcasts** header and choose **Yes**, **No** or **All**.

   <!-- screenshot: Receives broadcasts filter with Yes / No / All -->

4. Check the number of selected clients under the table — "… of N".
5. To remove a filter, open it again and click **Clear**.

### Count clients who unsubscribed in Telegram

1. In the **Channels** filter choose **Telegram** and click **Apply**.
2. In the **Receives broadcasts** filter choose **No**.
3. N in "… of N" under the table is the number of clients who have a Telegram contact but do not receive broadcasts there.

### Send a test broadcast to part of the base

1. Select clients with the filters, for example **Channels = Telegram** and **Receives broadcasts = Yes**.
2. Tick the clients you need (for example, 20–30 rows). The selection is kept when you switch table pages.
3. Click **Actions** → **Send to selected** and continue as described in [Send Broadcast to Selected Clients](/en/broadcastusers/how-to/send-broadcast-to-selected.md).

   <!-- screenshot: Actions menu with Send to selected -->

## What Happens Next

The table shows only the clients matching all the filters, and the counter under it shows how many there are. A Send to selected broadcast goes only to the ticked clients and only to the contacts that accept broadcasts.

## How to Verify Success

- Rows of the filtered table show the icon of the selected channel, and the Receives broadcasts column shows the value you chose in the filter.
- N under the table changed after you applied the filter.
- In the Send to selected broadcast window the number of clients matches the number of ticked rows.

## Related Materials

- [Filter Clients](/en/broadcastusers/how-to/filter-clients.md)
- [Send Broadcast to Selected Clients](/en/broadcastusers/how-to/send-broadcast-to-selected.md)
- [Manage Subscription](/en/broadcastusers/how-to/manage-subscription.md)
- [View Client Channels](/en/broadcastusers/how-to/view-client-channels.md)