# Direct chat page access via chat bubble

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-chat-page-access-via-chat-bubble/368541
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** chat
**Created:** [June 2, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-chat-page-access-via-chat-bubble/368541 "2025-06-02T13:04:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![MihirR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mihirr/32/475158_2.png) [@MihirR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MihirR)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-chat-page-access-via-chat-bubble/368541/1 "2025-06-02T13:04:10Z")

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When we click on the chat bubble it opens up channel but instead can we do something that it will directly open the chat page instead of channel?

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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-chat-page-access-via-chat-bubble/368541/2 "2025-06-02T13:48:18Z")

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Is the `chat preferred index` setting what you are looking for?  
You can change it from ‘channels’ to ‘direct\_messages’:

 ![The image shows a Slack interface where the user can choose different channels and direct messages for chat preferences, with "direct_messages" highlighted in red. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/0/f/30f92d533c014780af9a25bc946a4e37d7252714.png)

This opens up the chat in the DMs tab instead of the Channels tab.

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### Author: ![MihirR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mihirr/32/475158_2.png) [@MihirR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MihirR)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-chat-page-access-via-chat-bubble/368541/3 "2025-06-02T13:58:56Z")

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Thanks a lot 🙂

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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-chat-page-access-via-chat-bubble/368541/4 "2025-06-02T14:00:02Z")

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No problem, happy to help!

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-chat-page-access-via-chat-bubble/368541/5 "2025-07-02T14:00:36Z")

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