diff --git a/api4/channel.go b/api4/channel.go
index f0eb96eb95..f7d1396ba4 100644
--- a/api4/channel.go
+++ b/api4/channel.go
@@ -2056,8 +2056,10 @@ func updateCategoriesForTeamForUser(c *Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.R
 	w.Write(model.SidebarCategoriesWithChannelsToJson(categories))
 }
 
+// validateUserChannels confirms that the given user is a member of the given channel IDs. Returns an error if the user
+// is not a member of any channel or nil if the user is a member of each channel.
 func validateUserChannels(operationName string, c *Context, teamId, userId string, channelIDs []string) *model.AppError {
-	channels, err := c.App.GetChannelsForUser(teamId, userId, false, 0)
+	channels, err := c.App.GetChannelsForUser(teamId, userId, true, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return model.NewAppError("Api4."+operationName, "api.invalid_channel", nil, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
 	}
diff --git a/api4/channel_test.go b/api4/channel_test.go
index abf79030dd..86c12f6871 100644
--- a/api4/channel_test.go
+++ b/api4/channel_test.go
@@ -3996,10 +3996,6 @@ func TestUpdateCategoryForTeamForUser(t *testing.T) {
 			Channels:        []string{channelsCategory.Channels[1], channelsCategory.Channels[0], channelsCategory.Channels[4], channelsCategory.Channels[3], channelsCategory.Channels[2]},
 		}
 
-		t.Log("UserId=" + th.BasicUser.Id)
-		t.Log("TeamId=" + th.BasicTeam.Id)
-		t.Log("category=" + channelsCategory.Id)
-
 		received, resp := th.Client.UpdateSidebarCategoryForTeamForUser(th.BasicUser.Id, th.BasicTeam.Id, channelsCategory.Id, updatedCategory)
 		assert.Nil(t, resp.Error)
 		assert.Equal(t, channelsCategory.Id, received.Id)
@@ -4076,4 +4072,33 @@ func TestUpdateCategoryForTeamForUser(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, customCategory.Id, received.Id)
 		assert.Equal(t, updatedCategory.DisplayName, received.DisplayName)
 	})
+
+	t.Run("should update the channel order of the category even if it contains archived channels", func(t *testing.T) {
+		th := Setup(t).InitBasic()
+		defer th.TearDown()
+
+		categories, resp := th.Client.GetSidebarCategoriesForTeamForUser(th.BasicUser.Id, th.BasicTeam.Id, "")
+		require.Nil(t, resp.Error)
+		require.Len(t, categories.Categories, 3)
+		require.Len(t, categories.Order, 3)
+
+		channelsCategory := categories.Categories[1]
+		require.Equal(t, model.SidebarCategoryChannels, channelsCategory.Type)
+		require.Len(t, channelsCategory.Channels, 5) // Town Square, Off Topic, and the 3 channels created by InitBasic
+
+		// Delete one of the channels
+		_, resp = th.Client.DeleteChannel(th.BasicChannel.Id)
+		require.Nil(t, resp.Error)
+
+		// Should still be able to reorder the channels
+		updatedCategory := &model.SidebarCategoryWithChannels{
+			SidebarCategory: channelsCategory.SidebarCategory,
+			Channels:        []string{channelsCategory.Channels[1], channelsCategory.Channels[0], channelsCategory.Channels[4], channelsCategory.Channels[3], channelsCategory.Channels[2]},
+		}
+
+		received, resp := th.Client.UpdateSidebarCategoryForTeamForUser(th.BasicUser.Id, th.BasicTeam.Id, channelsCategory.Id, updatedCategory)
+		require.Nil(t, resp.Error)
+		assert.Equal(t, channelsCategory.Id, received.Id)
+		assert.Equal(t, updatedCategory.Channels, received.Channels)
+	})
 }