# Meeting object does not include way to control chat options **URL:** \ **Category:** API and Webhooks\ **Created:** [September 26, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-object-does-not-include-way-to-control-chat-options/1752 "2018-09-26T16:42:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Thai\_Nguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Thai\_Nguyen](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Thai_Nguyen)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-object-does-not-include-way-to-control-chat-options/1752/1 "2018-09-26T16:42:55Z")
Hi. I would like to know if there is a way within the meeting API that can change the chat options for meetings. Currently, the chat option is user-wide and I would like to toggle those options based on each meetings, i.e: One meeting can have private chat and another would only have public chat and those are independent from the user-wide options. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![michael\_p.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/michael_p.zoom/32/18105_2.png) [@michael\_p.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/michael_p.zoom)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-object-does-not-include-way-to-control-chat-options/1752/2 "2018-10-17T01:52:00Z")
Hi Thai,  You should be able to set it via our Update user settings API - [https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/users/usersettingsupdate. ](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/users/usersettingsupdate.%C2%A0) Let us know if that works for you.  ---
**Author:** ![Thai\_Nguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Thai\_Nguyen](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Thai_Nguyen)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-object-does-not-include-way-to-control-chat-options/1752/3 "2018-10-17T02:01:56Z")
I think you mistook my post. I mentioned that I need the ability to turn off chat for a meeting, not for the user. I know that I can set the chat option within the user and it will be persisted within any meeting that created by that particular user. However, what I want to accomplish is that I should be able to create meetings that does not have the chat turn on and other meetings that have chat feature on. I image it would be under the setting of each meeting and therefore, it would be the meeting api and not the user api. Furthermore, I don’t see this as an available feature within the GUI management, which I have not seen any indication that you can change the chat option inside the meeting settings. ---
**Author:** ![michael\_p.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/michael_p.zoom/32/18105_2.png) [@michael\_p.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/michael_p.zoom)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-object-does-not-include-way-to-control-chat-options/1752/4 "2018-10-17T16:58:15Z")
Hi Thai,  Thanks for the clarification, currently we don’t have a way to disable chat for individual meetings via our API or Zoom portal. I can let our Engineers know about this to see if we can implement something similar in the future.   ---
**Author:** ![DeveloperBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/developerbot/32/12632_2.png) [@DeveloperBot](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/DeveloperBot)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-object-does-not-include-way-to-control-chat-options/1752/5 "2020-08-21T17:55:50Z")
Closed on August 21, 2020, 5:55pm UTC