# Removing "Enable Chat" for topics **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Tags:** chat, completed\ **Created:** [June 30, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-enable-chat-for-topics/231595 "2022-06-30T19:36:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-enable-chat-for-topics/231595/1 "2022-06-30T19:36:22Z")
Heads up! Pretty soon, we’ll be _removing_ the feature that allows you to create a chat channel for a given _topic_ in Discourse. Existing channels that have been created this way will automatically be migrated to a channel in the category which was linked to the topic. [One of the main reasons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734) we started working on adding #chat features to Discourse is because we believe that modes of communicating will be important for many communities, and that there is a lot of opportunity to help communities make better decisions together about which is more appropriate for a given conversation when the tools are integrated well together. This feature was one of our first experiments with how that might work. We thought it was really cool. We tinkered with other ideas for how to take it even further, and [sparked the imaginations of some of you](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tighter-integration-between-chat-and-forum-discussing-ideas/228088) with similar ideas. But right now, we think it’s better to let go of this one… We think that a simpler model for creating channels is likely better in the long run, and that there are better ways to encourage changing lanes between the fast lane of chat, the slow lane of topics, and vice versa. If you’re interested in trying chat on your own forum or meta, please reach out and let us know by joining the @chat-testers group. Things are still gonna be changing quite a bit in the near future, and we’d love your feedback along the way. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-enable-chat-for-topics/231595)._