# Creating a private message with multiple users
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-private-message-with-multiple-users/141956
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 18, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-private-message-with-multiple-users/141956 "2020-02-18T22:28:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Jason\_Stromberg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jason_Stromberg)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-private-message-with-multiple-users/141956/1 "2020-02-18T22:28:03Z")
Hello,
I am thinking about using Discourse for our project, and I had two questions:
1. Is it possible to create a private message between multiple users specified by another user where those users can talk privately amongst themselves? (almost like a private conversation)
2. If 1) is possible, can a private message between mulitple users be created using the API? I see in the docs that you can create a private message and pass multiple users in ([Discourse API Docs](https://docs.discourse.org/#tag/Posts/paths/~1posts.json/post)), and I just wanted to make sure that I understand how that works.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@anon48433008](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon48433008)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-private-message-with-multiple-users/141956/2 "2020-02-18T23:33:39Z")
You can start a PM with multiple users and walk yourself out if you like/need
don’t know about the API portion 🙂
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### Author:  [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-private-message-with-multiple-users/141956/3 "2020-02-19T00:32:26Z")
> [@Jason\_Stromberg](#):
>
> Is it possible to create a private message between multiple users specified by another user where those users can talk privately amongst themselves? (almost like a private conversation)
Yes.
> [@Jason\_Stromberg](#):
>
> If 1) is possible, can a private message between mulitple users be created using the API? I see in the docs that you can create a private message and pass multiple users in ([Discourse API Docs](https://docs.discourse.org/#tag/Posts/paths/~1posts.json/post)), and I just wanted to make sure that I understand how that works.
Basically, everyone `target_usernames` will be included on the message. They’ll be able to have a conversation that only they can see and interact with. Depending on the site settings, others may be able to be added to a PM, or it could be converted into a public post in a category. To let you know more about PMs. 🙂
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### Author:  [@JimPas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimPas)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-private-message-with-multiple-users/141956/4 "2020-02-19T03:01:06Z")
A user can send a PM to other users as long as those users have “Allow other users to private message me” checked in _Preferences/Notifications_ The “Messages” checkbox is at the bottom of this pages. 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 6:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-private-message-with-multiple-users/141956/5 "2024-01-19T06:34:45Z")