# Who can access other people's Personal Chats?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-can-access-other-peoples-personal-chats/277365
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** chat
**Created:** [August 5, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-can-access-other-peoples-personal-chats/277365 "2023-08-05T14:17:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-can-access-other-peoples-personal-chats/277365/1 "2023-08-05T14:17:07Z")
Who has access to read other people’s direct or group messages (and individual chats)?
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-can-access-other-peoples-personal-chats/277365/2 "2023-08-31T14:42:25Z")
Sorry for the belated response, Matt. 🙏
Through the UI, it’s not possible to see anyone else’s Personal Chats without impersonating them - though you can use a [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) query to get an overview if you need some moderation oversight.
There’s a query here that may be useful - [Direct Message Look-Up (interval)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-message-look-up-interval/277364)
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-can-access-other-peoples-personal-chats/277365/3 "2023-11-03T13:25:55Z")
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