# 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:** ![adamengst](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/adamengst/32/116607_2.png) [@adamengst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adamengst)\
**Post date:** [Julho 27, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-max-length-for-direct-messages-via-the-flag-button/63888/3 "2018-07-27T18:30:58Z")

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Has there been any movement on this? I keep running into the 500 character max length when using the flag button to plink users about their behavior.

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