# Preventing/Limiting Group Message Archiving

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/preventing-limiting-group-message-archiving/140016>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [January 29, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preventing-limiting-group-message-archiving/140016 "2020-01-29T04:51:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preventing-limiting-group-message-archiving/140016/2 "2020-01-29T06:09:40Z")

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Maybe you want a private category instead of group messaging? I find group messaging is best for a helpdesk type scenario, where messages get archived once resolved.

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