# Admin Private Messages Views

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-private-messages-views/231586
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 30, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-private-messages-views/231586 "2022-06-30T17:37:34Z")
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### Author: ![kynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@kynic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kynic)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-private-messages-views/231586/1 "2022-06-30T17:37:34Z")

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Hello

I have not enabled “Log personal message views by Admin for other users/groups” but still admin private messages views counts and shows in view count?

how to fix this?

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### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-private-messages-views/231586/3 "2022-07-01T23:24:32Z")

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That setting records when an admin views personal messages at `admin/logs/staff_action_logs`, it doesn’t suppress view counts.

You can’t view personal messages without leaving evidence of having done so.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-private-messages-views/231586/4 "2022-10-27T19:50:09Z")

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