# Group Channels are returned empty

**URL:** <https://community.sendbird.com/t/group-channels-are-returned-empty/513>\
**Category:** API\
**Tags:** group-channel\
**Created:** [June 25, 2020, 10:04am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/group-channels-are-returned-empty/513 "2020-06-25T10:04:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sayeed\_Shaikh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/sayeed_shaikh/32/302_2.png) [@Sayeed\_Shaikh](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Sayeed_Shaikh)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 10:04am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/group-channels-are-returned-empty/513/1 "2020-06-25T10:04:42Z")

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Hi,  
I have created the user and joined the group channel, but when I am trying to get my group channel then the response returned is empty channels.

here is the API endpoint: https://api-{my\_app\_id}.sendbird.com/v3/users/Jacob/my\_group\_channels  
response:  
{  
“channels”: [],  
“next”: “”  
}  
Please help

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**Author:** ![alex.orr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/alex.orr/32/148_2.png) [@alex.orr](https://community.sendbird.com/u/alex.orr)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/group-channels-are-returned-empty/513/2 "2020-06-25T17:14:31Z")

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This is a pretty common question and usually is an easy fix. By default the `show_empty` parameter is false when listing channels. That means if you haven’t sent any messages within the channel those channels will not be returned. Try setting that to `true` and see if it does the trick.

If that isn’t the issue and you are still having trouble, please provide the body of your request and App Id and I can investigate further.

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**Author:** ![Sayeed\_Shaikh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/sayeed_shaikh/32/302_2.png) [@Sayeed\_Shaikh](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Sayeed_Shaikh)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/group-channels-are-returned-empty/513/3 "2020-06-25T17:22:07Z")

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> [@alex.orr](#):
>
> `show_empty`

Thanks, it’s working