# How to change the max length for direct messages via the flag button

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-max-length-for-direct-messages-via-the-flag-button/63888>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Junho 3, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-max-length-for-direct-messages-via-the-flag-button/63888 "2017-06-03T18:03:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [Julho 31, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-max-length-for-direct-messages-via-the-flag-button/63888/12 "2018-07-31T00:54:13Z")

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> [@tophee](#):
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> That’s a bit unfair. Nobody said anything about preview.

The longer the message your are typing **the more likely** it is that you want preview, and a full composer and so on. It’s just the way it works.

Honestly, I am far more enthused by a “switch to full composer” button vs fiddling with the limits … and I am not #pr-welcome on that quite yet.

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