# Get private Chats with the zoom API **URL:** \ **Category:** API and Webhooks\ **Created:** [July 11, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/get-private-chats-with-the-zoom-api/91606 "2023-07-11T08:05:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pascal.ney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@pascal.ney](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/pascal.ney)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/get-private-chats-with-the-zoom-api/91606/1 "2023-07-11T08:05:58Z")
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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:** [August 21, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/get-private-chats-with-the-zoom-api/91606/2 "2023-08-21T19:17:30Z")
Hi @pascal.ney Sorry for the late reply here! This is the expected behavior, you won’t be able to get private chats ---
**Author:** ![pascal.ney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@pascal.ney](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/pascal.ney)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/get-private-chats-with-the-zoom-api/91606/3 "2023-08-21T21:21:27Z")
Hello, thank you for your reply. I am now encountering another issue. When I fetch channels, and the channel is a chat that was private but a user was added, the name I get from the api looks really weird (Pascal Ney, ja\*\*@\*\* & Pascal Ney). Why is that and is there a way to get the actual name? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/get-private-chats-with-the-zoom-api/91606/4 "2024-08-24T12:57:32Z")
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