# Chat Disbale Between Participant

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/chat-disbale-between-participant/98676>\
**Category:** Meetings\
**Created:** [November 20, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/chat-disbale-between-participant/98676 "2023-11-20T03:52:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![abhijit.a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@abhijit.a](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/abhijit.a)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/chat-disbale-between-participant/98676/1 "2023-11-20T03:52:33Z")

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I want to disable chat between participants, it should be only between host/co-host and participant. This is my meeting payload of what changes I need to make. Any suggestion related to this would be helpful for me

{  
“topic”: “Zoom API Demo”,  
“type”: 2,  
“start\_time”: “2023-09-07T10:00:00”,  
“duration”: 30,  
“timezone”: “Asia/Kolkata”,  
“password”: “zoom123”,  
“agenda”: “Learn how to use the Zoom API”,  
“whiteboard”: true,  
“settings”: {  
“host\_video”: true,  
“participant\_video”: true,  
“join\_before\_host”: true,  
“mute\_upon\_entry”: true,  
“watermark”: false,  
“use\_pmi”: false,  
“waiting\_room”: false,  
“approval\_type”: 0,  
“registration\_type”: 1,  
“audio”: “both”,  
“auto\_recording”: “cloud”,  
“enforce\_login”: false,  
“enforce\_login\_domains”: “”,  
“alternative\_hosts”: “”,  
“global\_dial\_in\_countries”: ,  
“registrants\_email\_notification”: true,  
“meeting\_authentication”: false  
},  
“recurrence”: {  
“type”: 1,  
“repeat\_interval”: 1,  
“weekly\_days”: “2”,  
“end\_times”: 10  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/chat-disbale-between-participant/98676/2 "2023-11-21T20:27:04Z")

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Hi @abhijit.a  
To be able to disable chat between participants, you will have to go to the Web portal and change that setting there.  
You can change that setting to user level (for each specific user) by heading to Personal Tab \> Settings \> Meeting \> In Meeting (Basic) and Meeting chat:

 ![Screenshot 2023-11-21 at 3.25.46 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/2/d/2d473c041361ff74f5f980e1b759a00c7118eb51.png)

If you want this setting to be applied to all the users under your account, head to Admin Tab \> Account Management \> Account Settings \> Meeting \> In Meeting (Basic) and you will find the same Meeting chat feature