# Cannot use tags in private message

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-use-tags-in-private-message/219228>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 23, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-use-tags-in-private-message/219228 "2022-02-23T21:09:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![albert\_vu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/albert_vu/32/278482_2.png) [@albert\_vu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/albert_vu)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-use-tags-in-private-message/219228/5 "2022-07-02T05:10:31Z")

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Hi @JammyDodger,

We recently upgrade our forum to the newest & hosted version of Discourse and the option is gone. Any idea why this happened?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/0/6/106a79b251d92340de93bc978e91989b30b4c2c2.png)

Thanks 👍

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