# "Sorry, you have no access to that topic!" after mod converts a topic into a personal message

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-you-have-no-access-to-that-topic-after-mod-converts-a-topic-into-a-personal-message/121411>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 26, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-you-have-no-access-to-that-topic-after-mod-converts-a-topic-into-a-personal-message/121411 "2019-06-26T16:26:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorry-you-have-no-access-to-that-topic-after-mod-converts-a-topic-into-a-personal-message/121411/3 "2019-06-26T16:53:44Z")

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If you need access to the PM you can ask the user to flag it. Moderators have access to flagged PMs while they are flagged.

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