# Admins can see private messages in user's profiles?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-can-see-private-messages-in-users-profiles/19750>\
**Category:** Site feedback\
**Created:** [Setembro 7, 2014, 11:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-can-see-private-messages-in-users-profiles/19750 "2014-09-07T11:52:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![BhaelOchon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bhaelochon/32/191311_2.png) [@BhaelOchon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BhaelOchon)\
**Post date:** [Setembro 7, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-can-see-private-messages-in-users-profiles/19750/7 "2014-09-07T17:36:52Z")

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Agreed. PMs should only be visible to an admin if that admin is impersonating the user. Oh wait, I feel like we’ve had that discussion before, too…

[https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonation-and-reading-private-messages/8485](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonation-and-reading-private-messages/8485)

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