# Hide option to create Group Chat

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-option-to-create-group-chat/374129
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** chat
**Created:** [July 14, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-option-to-create-group-chat/374129 "2025-07-14T12:51:21Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-option-to-create-group-chat/374129/2 "2025-07-14T14:47:50Z")

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In the chat plugin’s settings you can set `Chat max direct message users` to 1, which will prevent people from creating group chats. The option still appears in the menu but only allows one person to be added.

It would make sense if we hid the group chat option if this if the setting is 1 or less. But for now, if you’d like to hide it you can add a little CSS to a theme.

```css
#new-group-chat {
   display: none;
}

```

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