# Chat button on user card when user does not allow chat

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-button-on-user-card-when-user-does-not-allow-chat/288322>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** chat, user-card\
**Created:** [December 11, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-button-on-user-card-when-user-does-not-allow-chat/288322 "2023-12-11T23:45:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-button-on-user-card-when-user-does-not-allow-chat/288322/6 "2023-12-13T23:30:22Z")

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It does not. I can still send you a chat message.

I think you would have to use the setting at [https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/users](https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/users) to disallow users sending you a message

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