# Manage channels doesnt do anything **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Help\ **Created:** [October 23, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/manage-channels-doesnt-do-anything/43463 "2022-10-23T19:35:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eduardo\_Gutierrez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/db6015/32.png) [@Eduardo\_Gutierrez](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Eduardo_Gutierrez)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/manage-channels-doesnt-do-anything/43463/1 "2022-10-23T19:35:51Z")
Hi, im a newbie using latest Anaconda Navigator 2.3.2 in Windows 10. Im facing this problem:create an environment, and by default it only comes with one channel “default”. Then i click on channels button, where i can see the channels, as said in this moment only default channel with icon trash at the right. In same form i click add button, to add the conda-forge channel. I add the conda-forge channel. Seems it get added because i can see now the two channels. I click on update channels and go to the main window of Anaconda. Then i go back to channels to manage channels in my environment, and i only got the default channel. conda-forge wasnt there. I tried to quit and enter again, reboot computer…anything… Any help would be apreciated ---
**Author:** ![Eduardo\_Gutierrez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/db6015/32.png) [@Eduardo\_Gutierrez](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Eduardo_Gutierrez)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/manage-channels-doesnt-do-anything/43463/2 "2022-10-31T08:59:03Z")
??? Anybody can help ?¿? ---
**Author:** ![Venkat\_Patnaik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/0075a9/32.png) [@Venkat\_Patnaik](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Venkat_Patnaik)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 4:04am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/manage-channels-doesnt-do-anything/43463/3 "2022-11-01T04:04:37Z")
@Eduardo_Gutierrez I think you can also define new channels in the .condarc file ideally located under C:\Users\. Give that a try and see if it retains the new channel when looking up via Navigator