# 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:** [June 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:** [July 30, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-max-length-for-direct-messages-via-the-flag-button/63888/6 "2018-07-30T15:43:14Z")

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Thanks for the workarounds, folks. It’s great that they exist, but the mere fact of their existence would seem to suggest that it would be welcome if this setting was configurable, perhaps separately for users and admins.

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