# How to set which options are available for flagging?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-which-options-are-available-for-flagging/83213
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 17, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-which-options-are-available-for-flagging/83213 "2018-03-17T18:39:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@anon61128213](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon61128213)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-which-options-are-available-for-flagging/83213/1 "2018-03-17T18:39:38Z")
> [@Flagging a post for moderator attention](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-a-post-for-moderator-attention/32783/1):
>
> **By default** , clicking the flag button will present a user with the following options:
>
> - Message
> - It’s Off-Topic
> - It’s Inappropriate
> - It’s Spam
> - Something Else
…and that’s how I know it from most forums, but on MetaBrainz’ Discourse the _message_ and _something else_ options are missing.
> **At last for most people.**
>
> I’m a _member_ there and don’t have these options a _regular_ says they do have it, but a moderator confirmed he doesn’t.
Where would the admins find the option to change that?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-which-options-are-available-for-flagging/83213/2 "2018-03-17T21:43:33Z")
There is no way to change that, as far as I know, other than CSS hiding the options.
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### Author:  [@anon61128213](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon61128213)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-which-options-are-available-for-flagging/83213/3 "2018-03-17T21:50:18Z")
So if the admins didn’t do this intentionally this is probably an error caused by some other CSS customization they did?
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### Author:  [@Freso](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Freso)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-which-options-are-available-for-flagging/83213/4 "2018-03-17T22:49:08Z")
> [@anon61128213](#):
>
> a moderator confirmed he doesn’t.
I’m the moderator in question, and I am in fact not just a moderator, but the main admin of the site, if that makes any difference.
@codinghorror What CSS would I be looking for?
Another option maybe: we have user-to-user messaging turned off for the forum (for a couple of reasons), could this be the reason?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-which-options-are-available-for-flagging/83213/5 "2018-03-17T23:01:36Z")
Aha, good catch. With PMs disabled that would indeed remove the user to user PM and the user to staff PM options from the flag dialog.
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### Author:  [@Freso](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Freso)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-which-options-are-available-for-flagging/83213/6 "2018-03-17T23:37:34Z")
Well, I guess that’s one mystery solved then. Thanks @codinghorror!
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### Author:  [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-which-options-are-available-for-flagging/83213/8 "2022-10-11T15:31:20Z")
I would find it useful to hide the Off-topic reason for flagging. (We sort of have a happy-go-lucky style of posting in our community, and off-topic posts are the norm.)
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### Author:  [@khenmu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/khenmu)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-which-options-are-available-for-flagging/83213/9 "2022-10-12T21:32:47Z")
@Rahim123 This should be resolvable through custom CSS.
I’d expect something like the following should work fine;
```css
.controls.off_topic {
display: none !important;
}
```
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### Author:  [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-which-options-are-available-for-flagging/83213/10 "2022-10-12T21:33:20Z")
Nice, thanks very much!
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-which-options-are-available-for-flagging/83213/11 "2024-06-08T12:36:43Z")
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