# Once chat is disabled, it cannot be enabled any more

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/once-chat-is-disabled-it-cannot-be-enabled-any-more/217271
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** chat
**Created:** [February 6, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/once-chat-is-disabled-it-cannot-be-enabled-any-more/217271 "2022-02-06T18:00:40Z")
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### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/once-chat-is-disabled-it-cannot-be-enabled-any-more/217271/1 "2022-02-06T18:00:41Z")

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Once you uncheck user preferences → chat → enable chat, it cannot be turned back on again.

Discourse: Latest tests-passed `9ddd1f739e4b8fdf59305326b12d61527a453699`  
Chat plugin: `6c2c1b638e7d64df4580c1c4b1766c7cbbd66660`

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