# Ability to silence users in chat

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-silence-users-in-chat/308426>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** moderation, chat\
**Created:** [May 17, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-silence-users-in-chat/308426 "2024-05-17T14:17:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![jordan-violet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jordan-violet/32/281428_2.png) [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-silence-users-in-chat/308426/1 "2024-05-17T14:17:34Z")

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We have a need for more moderation capabilities—in this case, the ability to silencer a user in chat, directly from that chat/channel.

Beyond the obvious value to a community manager/moderator for easy access to these moderation capabilities, it’s also a need for some legal teams to know that we have fast controls to disable conversations on platforms that we own.

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