# Hoe Discobot-antwoorden uit te schakelen?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-replies-to-discobot/337719
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [22 november 2024 om 10:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-replies-to-discobot/337719 "2024-11-22T10:39:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Laura.C](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Laura.C)
#### Post date: [22 november 2024 om 10:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-replies-to-discobot/337719/1 "2024-11-22T10:39:36Z")
Hi there,
I’d like to know if its possible to disable replies being sent to the bot from our users. They tend to respond to the bot’s “greetings” messages with their questions about our product which should be asked on our Community page instead. I can’t find how to do this in our Admin settings, can anybody help please?
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### Author:  [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [22 november 2024 om 11:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-replies-to-discobot/337719/2 "2024-11-22T11:22:27Z")
Turn off the site setting `discourse narrative bot enabled`.
Or, even better, keep it enabled but instead change the setting `discourse narrative bot welcome post type` to **Send all new users a welcome message with a quick start guide**. Instead of the tutorial, Discobot will send a simple, non-interactive welcome message that will automatically close to prevent user replies.
Like all Discourse texts, you can customize the welcome message by navigating to **Admin \> Customize \> Site Texts** at the following path:
`/admin/customize/site_texts?q=system_messages.welcome_user.text_body_template`.
Within this string, you’ll find the variable `%{new_user_tips}`, which corresponds to another string: `system_messages.usage_tips.text_body_template`.
By modifying the text of one or both strings and setting the `discourse narrative bot welcome post type` to `Send all new users a welcome message with a quick start guide`, you should be able to create the customized message without triggering the interactive tutorial.
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### Author:  [@Laura.C](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Laura.C)
#### Post date: [25 november 2024 om 11:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-replies-to-discobot/337719/3 "2024-11-25T11:45:46Z")
> [@dax](#):
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> discourse narrative bot welcome post type
Hi Daniela! Thanks for those suggestions, I’m taking a look into those. I wonder if this is also an option which could work? Checking the “Only allow specific users to send me personal messages or chat direct messages” box on the bot’s user profile?
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### Author:  [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [25 november 2024 om 13:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-replies-to-discobot/337719/4 "2024-11-25T13:29:04Z")
> [@Laura.C](#):
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> Checking the “Only allow specific users to send me personal messages or chat direct messages” box on the bot’s user profile?
Disabling that setting only prevents users from sending **new** messages to Discobot, and in your case, it’s unnecessary because it’s Discobot itself that sends the initial message to users, not the other way around.
If it’s the interactive tutorial, the user will still be able to respond and complete the tutorial. Even if you modify the text to remove the reference to the first action - like adding a bookmark - to trigger the next step - copying and pasting a link -, the user can still respond to Discobot.
If it’s the static welcome message, it is automatically closed once it is sent to the user, meaning the user won’t be able to respond in any case. This is obviously the setting you would use if you don’t want to disable Discobot completely and if you don’t want users to be able to reply to it.
If you want to prevent users from sending **new messages** to Discobot, feel free to disable the option, but this is irrelevant when it comes to **responding** to the tutorial.
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### Author:  [@Laura.C](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Laura.C)
#### Post date: [27 november 2024 om 11:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-replies-to-discobot/337719/5 "2024-11-27T11:21:49Z")
Ok didn’t know that! Amazing thanks for all your help and info, that has helped!