# Disable delete chat

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-delete-chat/308066
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** chat
**Created:** [May 15, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-delete-chat/308066 "2024-05-15T11:31:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![ranjeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ranjeet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ranjeet)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-delete-chat/308066/1 "2024-05-15T11:31:21Z")

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How can I disable delete option for chat

 ![Image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/3/6/736b65aecdcdfc5f4d64da7445d4b7da752f1580.jpeg)

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### Author: ![Firepup650](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/firepup650/32/465200_2.png) [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-delete-chat/308066/2 "2024-05-15T11:34:12Z")

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The only way you could probably do that is with CSS, but might I ask why? Deleting them doesn’t remove any data, it just removes them from the user’s UI.

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### Author: ![ranjeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ranjeet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ranjeet)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-delete-chat/308066/3 "2024-05-15T11:36:45Z")

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Users are deleting chat by mistake on mobile devices and then they are not able to find it again.  
How can I do it with CSS?

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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-delete-chat/308066/4 "2024-05-15T11:54:49Z")

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> [@ranjeet](#):
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> not able to find it again.

Just inform them all they need do is to press the + on the top right and search for the user they were chatting with. As mentioned above no chats are lost if you remove the chat from the ui.

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### Author: ![ranjeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ranjeet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ranjeet)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-delete-chat/308066/5 "2024-05-15T12:11:57Z")

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> [@ondrej](#):
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> Just inform them

We have already done this but still users are raising support request if they can’t find their chat.  
It would be better if it ask for confirmation before removing it from the chat list.