# Restrict chat for certain groups

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-chat-for-certain-groups/390418>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** chat\
**Created:** [December 4, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-chat-for-certain-groups/390418 "2025-12-04T14:19:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shauny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/shauny/32/362012_2.png) [@Shauny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shauny)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-chat-for-certain-groups/390418/1 "2025-12-04T14:19:25Z")

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Currently you can allow chat for people in Trust Level 1 and above but there is no way to disallow chat for certain groups.

If we have a troublemaker who we believe is sending chat messages to people and being disruptive, but we don’t mind them posting publicly, there is no way to disable chat for that user (without putting them on trust level 0 which causes other issues).

Thanks.

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