# Removing oneself from private messages

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-oneself-from-private-messages/56170
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [22.Январь.2017 21:08:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-oneself-from-private-messages/56170 "2017-01-22T21:08:58Z")
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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [26.Январь.2017 11:50:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-oneself-from-private-messages/56170/15 "2017-01-26T11:50:37Z")

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I don’t think we’ve ever written one, but you might be interested in reading this topic

> [@Feature Request: A Civilized Mute for Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-a-civilized-mute-for-users/22114):
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> I’m proposing a feature request here for a mute user functionality in discourse. I’ve seen a lot of people express interest on one level or another for the ability to block or ignore users. There’s been a fair bit of discussion for and against such a feature. The biggest argument for a mute feature it to block a users ability to generate a massive amount of notification spam, which itself could prevent a user from using discourse effectively as notifications are lost. The biggest argument agai…

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