# Make the default chat view DMs (rather than Channels)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-default-chat-view-dms-rather-than-channels/326100>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** chat\
**Created:** [September 11, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-default-chat-view-dms-rather-than-channels/326100 "2024-09-11T23:14:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![nathank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nathank/32/290039_2.png) [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-default-chat-view-dms-rather-than-channels/326100/7 "2025-02-16T02:32:20Z")

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I note that this has been sorted (🎉 yippee!!!). Via this new chat admin setting:

 ![The image displays a dropdown menu titled "Chat preferred index" with "direct_messages" currently selected and an option to "reset" at the top right. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/5/5/65561b287e7f71f37f93af69d81201ad239567b5.png)

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