# How to enable private messages?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-private-messages/28394>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 6, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-private-messages/28394 "2015-05-06T19:16:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Alex\_Flom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alex_flom/32/41037_2.png) [@Alex\_Flom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alex_Flom)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-private-messages/28394/1 "2015-05-06T19:16:33Z")

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On [meta.discourse.org](http://meta.discourse.org) when clicking on a user’s avatar, there is a blue button called ‘message’ , but there is no such message on my installation, and couldn’t find where to enable it…

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**Author:** ![Qasem\_h](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/qasem_h/32/155935_2.png) [@Qasem\_h](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Qasem_h)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-private-messages/28394/2 "2015-05-06T19:21:17Z")

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Can you give your site url ?

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Flom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alex_flom/32/41037_2.png) [@Alex\_Flom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alex_Flom)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-private-messages/28394/3 "2015-05-06T19:22:26Z")

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Sure,

[http://www.growthtalk.co/](http://www.growthtalk.co/)

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**Author:** ![Qasem\_h](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/qasem_h/32/155935_2.png) [@Qasem\_h](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Qasem_h)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-private-messages/28394/4 "2015-05-06T19:24:00Z")

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check this

admin \> setting \> enable private messages

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Flom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alex_flom/32/41037_2.png) [@Alex\_Flom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alex_Flom)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-private-messages/28394/5 "2015-05-06T19:25:27Z")

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Can’t believe I missed it…  
Thanks!!

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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-private-messages/28394/6 "2015-05-06T21:44:13Z")

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