# Hoe schakel ik ALLE DM's/chat van gebruiker naar gebruiker uit zonder andere functies te breken? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-all-user-to-user-dms-chat-without-breaking-other-features/384698 **Category:** Support **Tags:** personal-messages **Created:** [4 oktober 2025 om 19:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-all-user-to-user-dms-chat-without-breaking-other-features/384698 "2025-10-04T19:32:07Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1
### Author: ![Joshua8600](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/joshua8600/32/521474_2.png) [@Joshua8600](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joshua8600) #### Post date: [4 oktober 2025 om 19:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-all-user-to-user-dms-chat-without-breaking-other-features/384698/1 "2025-10-04T19:32:07Z")
Hello. I (along with @GamersInternational ) am a Moderator on a Forum powered by Discourse and we are having some issues with users abusing DMs and Chat, and would like to disable ALL user-to-user private communications. Our Forum Admins have found the corresponding settings: `1. Direct Message enabled groups` `2. Chat allowed Groups` `3. Personal Message Enabled Groups` The 3rd option seems to be the one that breaks it: specifically, changing the 3rd setting to only moderators/admins: 1. Removes the inbox shortcut from all normal users but still is accessible via the URL. Meaning, if they are sent a Personal Message from staff, they can only access from the notifications bar which is _extremely_ annoying and likely a bug [Messages not visible in sidebar if messages are disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/messages-not-visible-in-sidebar-if-messages-are-disabled/241708/1) 2. No longer can allow normal users to add category-moderators, moderators, or ANY staff group to the DM to actually talk to them We need our users to be able to both Access their Inbox as well as be able to add staff groups to flagged message removal inquiries. How do we do this? --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-all-user-to-user-dms-chat-without-breaking-other-features/384698)._