# Can I create a link to a personal chat in the sidebar?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-create-a-link-to-a-personal-chat-in-the-sidebar/282171
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** chat, sidebar
**Created:** [October 13, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-create-a-link-to-a-personal-chat-in-the-sidebar/282171 "2023-10-13T17:15:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Aizada\_M](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aizada_M)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-create-a-link-to-a-personal-chat-in-the-sidebar/282171/1 "2023-10-13T17:15:45Z")
> [@Exploring features in Discourse Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exploring-features-in-discourse-chat/239695/1):
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> ### Personal Chats
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> You can create Personal Chats by using the ➕ icon to the right of the Personal Chats header. If using Full-Screen Chat, you will need to hover-over the heading for this icon to appear.
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> In addition, user cards have buttons to begin chats with that user (both in chat and in topics).
Hello! How can I add a quick link (what should this link look like) to go to a chat with a user, as is done here on Meta?:
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-create-a-link-to-a-personal-chat-in-the-sidebar/282171/2 "2023-10-13T17:42:09Z")
Yes, you can copy the chat link and create a new section in the sidebar in which you’ll paste your link 🙂
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### Author:  [@Aizada\_M](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aizada_M)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-create-a-link-to-a-personal-chat-in-the-sidebar/282171/3 "2023-10-13T17:57:21Z")
Hello! Please forgive me for not clarifying my question 🙏. In my case, I would like to make a universal link so that this link works for all users of the site. For example, if I set a link like `c/chat/demetrius/` **5** then it will only work for me, since at the end ID 5 is only for my account. I imagine something like `c/chat/demetrius/` **new-chat** , when clicked, each user will have their own ID at the end of the link and a chat window with @demetrius will appear.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2023, 9:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-create-a-link-to-a-personal-chat-in-the-sidebar/282171/4 "2023-10-14T09:32:15Z")
I’m afraid this isn’t currently possible. There is an open feature request for it here [Link for new DM / personal chat message with pre-filled information](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-for-new-dm-personal-chat-message-with-pre-filled-information/256988) (though it seems you’ve already posted to it).
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### Author:  [@Aizada\_M](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aizada_M)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2023, 5:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-create-a-link-to-a-personal-chat-in-the-sidebar/282171/5 "2023-10-18T05:41:30Z")
Thanks for the quick response 🙌
Yes, I already wrote a similar question earlier.
But, this question arose for me because I saw a chat with a chatbot in the sidebar here on Meta. I know that usually a chat with a particular user appears in the sidebar after the users have chatted. But, I had not previously communicated with a chatbot on Meta and therefore thought that now there was a function showing a link to a chat with @Chatbot\_bot by default for all users on forum 🤷♂️
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-create-a-link-to-a-personal-chat-in-the-sidebar/282171/6 "2023-10-18T05:55:31Z")
I’m afraid there’s been some confusion. That appears to be a normal user with the username ‘chatbot\_bot’, not anything connected to our AI. Looking at the records, you initiated a Personal Chat with them back in August, which is why they show in your personal chat list.
I can see how the name could be misleading though. I’ll look into how to prevent that for others. 👍