# How To Get Rid Of The Message Bubbles In PMs

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-rid-of-the-message-bubbles-in-pms/200426
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 14, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-rid-of-the-message-bubbles-in-pms/200426 "2021-08-14T18:16:40Z")
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### Author: ![Don](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/don/32/228726_2.png) [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-rid-of-the-message-bubbles-in-pms/200426/2 "2021-08-15T11:39:41Z")

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Hi Zac 🙂

It is possible with override the current css if you really want to. Try something like this 🤔  
This will looks like the default Discourse Light theme. Probably the best option is remove the `archetype-private_message` class from `body` with js. That keeps the custom theme style.

**COMMON**

```plaintext
.archetype-private_message {
  .topic-avatar,
  .topic-body {
    border-top: 1px solid var(--primary-low);
  }
  .topic-body {
    .cooked {
	  box-sizing: unset;
	  border: none;
	  margin-top: 0;
	  margin-left: 0;
	  padding: 1em 11px 0.25em 11px;
	  border-radius: 0;
	}
	&.highlighted {
	  animation: background-fade-highlight 2.5s ease-out;
	  .cooked {
	    animation: none;
	  }
	}
  }
  .post-menu-area {
    margin-top: 0;
  }
  .small-action-desc.timegap {
	flex-wrap: wrap;
	flex: 1 1 100%;
	align-items: center;
	padding: 1em 0;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: var(--font-down-1);
	color: var(--primary-medium);
  }
  .current-user-post,
  .current-user-post:not(.moderator) {
    .topic-body {
      .cooked {
        background: none;
	    border: none;
      }
      &.highlighted {
	    animation: background-fade-highlight 2.5s ease-out;
	    .cooked {
	      animation: none;
	    }
	  }
    }
  }
  .topic-map {
	border: 1px solid var(--primary-low);
	border-top: none;
	border-radius: 0;
    padding: 0;
	section {
	  border-top: 1px solid var(--primary-low)
	}
	.map:first-of-type .buttons .btn {
	  border: 0;
	  border-left: 1px solid var(--primary-low);
	  border-top: 1px solid transparent;
	  border-radius: 0;
	}
	.participants .user {
	  border: 1px solid var(--primary-low);
      border-radius: 0.25em;
      padding: 0;
      background: none;
	}
  }
}

```

**DESKTOP**

```plaintext
.archetype-private_message {
  .topic-map {
    margin: 20px 0 20px 11px;
  }
}

```

**MOBILE**

```plaintext
.archetype-private_message {
  .topic-post {
    margin: 0;
    article {
       border-top: 1px solid var(--primary-low); 
    }
  }
  .topic-body,
  .topic-avatar {
    border-top: none;
  }
  .topic-body {
    flex: unset;
  }
  .boxed .contents {
    padding: 10px 0 0 0;
  }
  .topic-map {
    margin: 0;
  }
}

```

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