# A selection of private messages with a specific user

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 2, 2023, 6:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-selection-of-private-messages-with-a-specific-user/277550 "2023-09-02T06:52:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aizada\_M](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/aizada_m/32/352050_2.png) [@Aizada\_M](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aizada_M)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 6:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-selection-of-private-messages-with-a-specific-user/277550/1 "2023-09-02T06:52:36Z")

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Under regular circumstances, when I depress the button for “private messages”, a catalogue of my entire personal correspondence is displayed. However, in instances where I have engaged with a multitude of individuals through private messages, the onerous task of isolating the communication history with a singular user surfaces, particularly in the absence of functions for sorting or seeking out private messages. If my intention were to locate all of my messages to a specific user, it would prove advantageous to be able to click on a button (or link) which I have appended to my sidebar, thereby unveiling the entirety of my discourse history with the target user.

From the aforesaid, two queries emerge:

1. How might I assemble a compilation of private messages from one specific user?
2. How might I engender a link directing to this compilation?

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