diff --git a/src/components/ChannelContextMenu.jsx b/src/components/ChannelContextMenu.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30a9c66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/ChannelContextMenu.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * @flow
+ */
+
+import React, {
+  useRef, useEffect, useState, useLayoutEffect,
+} from 'react';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+
+import {
+  hideContextMenu,
+} from '../actions';
+import type { State } from '../reducers';
+
+const UserContextMenu = ({
+  xPos,
+  yPos,
+  cid,
+  channels,
+  close,
+}) => {
+  const wrapperRef = useRef(null);
+  const [channelArray, setChannelArray] = useState([]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handleClickOutside = (event) => {
+      if (wrapperRef.current && !wrapperRef.current.contains(event.target)) {
+        close();
+      }
+    };
+    document.addEventListener('mousedown', handleClickOutside);
+    document.addEventListener('touchstart', handleClickOutside);
+    window.addEventListener('resize', handleClickOutside);
+    return () => {
+      document.removeEventListener('mousedown', handleClickOutside);
+      document.removeEventListener('touchstart', handleClickOutside);
+      window.removeEventListener('resize', handleClickOutside);
+    };
+  }, [wrapperRef]);
+
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < channels.length; i += 1) {
+      const chan = channels[i];
+      /*
+       * [cid, name, type, lastMessage]
+       */
+      // eslint-disable-next-line eqeqeq
+      if (chan[0] == cid) {
+        setChannelArray(chan);
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }, [channels.length]);
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      ref={wrapperRef}
+      className="contextmenu"
+      style={{
+        right: window.innerWidth - xPos,
+        top: yPos,
+      }}
+    >
+      <div
+        style={{ borderBottom: 'thin solid' }}
+      >
+        ✔✘ Mute
+      </div>
+      {(channelArray[2] !== 0)
+        && (
+        <div
+          role="button"
+          tabIndex={0}
+        >
+          Close
+        </div>
+        )}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+function mapStateToProps(state: State) {
+  const {
+    xPos,
+    yPos,
+    args,
+  } = state.contextMenu;
+  const {
+    channels,
+  } = state.chat;
+  const {
+    cid,
+  } = args;
+  return {
+    xPos,
+    yPos,
+    cid,
+    channels,
+  };
+}
+
+function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
+  return {
+    close() {
+      dispatch(hideContextMenu());
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(UserContextMenu);
diff --git a/src/components/Chat.jsx b/src/components/Chat.jsx
index 72b08e4..607c4dc 100644
--- a/src/components/Chat.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Chat.jsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   setChatChannel,
   fetchChatMessages,
   setChatInputMessage,
+  showContextMenu,
 } from '../actions';
 import ProtocolClient from '../socket/ProtocolClient';
 import { saveSelection, restoreSelection } from '../utils/storeSelection';
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ const Chat = ({
   fetching,
   blocked,
   triggerModal,
+  openChannelContextMenu,
 }) => {
   const listRef = useRef();
   const targetRef = useRef();
@@ -111,17 +113,19 @@ const Chat = ({
    * for whatever reason (left faction etc.)
    * set channel to first available one
    */
-  let i = 0;
-  while (i < channels.length) {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line eqeqeq
-    if (channels[i][0] == chatChannel) {
-      break;
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let i = 0;
+    while (i < channels.length) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line eqeqeq
+      if (channels[i][0] == chatChannel) {
+        break;
+      }
+      i += 1;
     }
-    i += 1;
-  }
-  if (i && i === channels.length) {
-    setChannel(channels[0][0]);
-  }
+    if (i && i === channels.length) {
+      setChannel(channels[0][0]);
+    }
+  }, [chatChannel, channels]);
 
   return (
     <div
@@ -132,7 +136,6 @@ const Chat = ({
         width: '100%',
         height: '100%',
         flexDirection: 'column',
-        height: '100%',
       }}
     >
       <div
@@ -142,17 +145,29 @@ const Chat = ({
         }}
       >
         <span
+          onClick={(event) => {
+            const {
+              clientX,
+              clientY,
+            } = event;
+            openChannelContextMenu(
+              clientX,
+              clientY,
+              chatChannel,
+            );
+          }}
           role="button"
           tabIndex={-1}
         >⚙</span>
         &nbsp;
-        {(showExpand) &&
+        {(showExpand)
+          && (
           <span
             onClick={triggerModal}
             role="button"
             tabIndex={-1}
           >↷</span>
-        }
+          )}
       </div>
       <ul
         className="chatarea"
@@ -263,6 +278,11 @@ function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
     setInputMessage(message) {
       dispatch(setChatInputMessage(message));
     },
+    openChannelContextMenu(xPos, yPos, cid) {
+      dispatch(showContextMenu('CHANNEL', xPos, yPos, {
+        cid,
+      }));
+    },
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/ChatBox.jsx b/src/components/ChatBox.jsx
index ca30440..b9adaf8 100644
--- a/src/components/ChatBox.jsx
+++ b/src/components/ChatBox.jsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function ChatBox({
         className={(chatOpen && render) ? 'chatbox show' : 'chatbox'}
         onTransitionEnd={onTransitionEnd}
       >
-        <Chat showExpand={true} />
+        <Chat showExpand />
       </div>
     )
   );
diff --git a/src/components/UI.jsx b/src/components/UI.jsx
index 43c0803..2320d68 100644
--- a/src/components/UI.jsx
+++ b/src/components/UI.jsx
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ import Palette from './Palette';
 import HistorySelect from './HistorySelect';
 import Mobile3DControls from './Mobile3DControls';
 import UserContextMenu from './UserContextMenu';
+import ChannelContextMenu from './ChannelContextMenu';
 
 
 const CONTEXT_MENUS = {
   USER: <UserContextMenu />,
+  CHANNEL: <ChannelContextMenu />,
   /* other context menus */
 };
 
diff --git a/src/components/UserContextMenu.jsx b/src/components/UserContextMenu.jsx
index 5da6fa7..f89fc7d 100644
--- a/src/components/UserContextMenu.jsx
+++ b/src/components/UserContextMenu.jsx
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ const UserContextMenu = ({
     };
     document.addEventListener('mousedown', handleClickOutside);
     document.addEventListener('touchstart', handleClickOutside);
+    window.addEventListener('resize', handleClickOutside);
     return () => {
       document.removeEventListener('mousedown', handleClickOutside);
       document.removeEventListener('touchstart', handleClickOutside);
+      window.removeEventListener('resize', handleClickOutside);
     };
   }, [wrapperRef]);
 
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ const UserContextMenu = ({
           block(uid, name);
           close();
         }}
+        role="button"
+        tabIndex={-1}
       >
         Block
       </div>