diff --git a/app/components/edit_channel_info/index.js b/app/components/edit_channel_info/index.js
index 88131056f..63f471da3 100644
--- a/app/components/edit_channel_info/index.js
+++ b/app/components/edit_channel_info/index.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import FormattedText from '@components/formatted_text';
 import Loading from '@components/loading';
 import StatusBar from '@components/status_bar';
 import TextInputWithLocalizedPlaceholder from '@components/text_input_with_localized_placeholder';
+import {ViewTypes} from '@constants';
 import DEVICE from '@constants/device';
 import {General} from '@mm-redux/constants';
 import {t} from '@utils/i18n';
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ export default class EditChannelInfo extends PureComponent {
             return;
         }
 
-        const displayNameExists = displayName && displayName.length >= 2;
+        const displayNameExists = displayName && displayName.length >= ViewTypes.MIN_CHANNELNAME_LENGTH;
         this.props.enableRightButton(displayNameExists);
     };
 
diff --git a/app/constants/view.js b/app/constants/view.js
index 2312d5fc7..2daf50bff 100644
--- a/app/constants/view.js
+++ b/app/constants/view.js
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export default {
     FEATURE_TOGGLE_PREFIX: 'feature_enabled_',
     EMBED_PREVIEW: 'embed_preview',
     LINK_PREVIEW_DISPLAY: 'link_previews',
-    MIN_CHANNELNAME_LENGTH: 2,
+    MIN_CHANNELNAME_LENGTH: 1,
     MAX_CHANNELNAME_LENGTH: 64,
     ANDROID_TOP_LANDSCAPE: 46,
     ANDROID_TOP_PORTRAIT: 56,
diff --git a/app/screens/edit_channel/edit_channel.js b/app/screens/edit_channel/edit_channel.js
index e07d08cb2..6801f9de6 100644
--- a/app/screens/edit_channel/edit_channel.js
+++ b/app/screens/edit_channel/edit_channel.js
@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ export default class EditChannel extends PureComponent {
                 messages.name_maxLength,
                 {maxLength: ViewTypes.MAX_CHANNELNAME_LENGTH},
             )};
+        } else if (channelURL.length < ViewTypes.MIN_CHANNELNAME_LENGTH) {
+            return {error: formatMessage(
+                messages.name_minLength,
+                {maxLength: ViewTypes.MIN_CHANNELNAME_LENGTH},
+            )};
         }
 
         const cleanedName = cleanUpUrlable(channelURL);