# While scheduling a meeting through API, can we disable chat?

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/while-scheduling-a-meeting-through-api-can-we-disable-chat/7390>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [January 8, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/while-scheduling-a-meeting-through-api-can-we-disable-chat/7390 "2020-01-08T13:41:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![hemant.shinde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/hemant.shinde/32/2824_2.png) [@hemant.shinde](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/hemant.shinde)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/while-scheduling-a-meeting-through-api-can-we-disable-chat/7390/1 "2020-01-08T13:41:07Z")

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Hi,

We want to create an App and use Zoom for video collaboration. However, we want to keep the record of all the chat messages in our database.  
I came across [this link](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/any-way-to-retrieve-meeting-chat-logs/6560) which says we can’t retrieve the chat logs of a meeting. In that case, we would like our users to use our in-house chat. To enforce this behavior, we would need to disable the chat in Zoom calls that we schedule/start.

Is there a way to achieve that?

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**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/while-scheduling-a-meeting-through-api-can-we-disable-chat/7390/2 "2020-01-08T22:34:26Z")

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Hey @hemant.shinde,

Unfortunately you cannot disable In Meeting Chat with the Meeting API.

Here is how to disable in meeting chat [via the Zoom Web Portal](https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004809306-Controlling-and-Disabling-In-Meeting-Chat#h_3eac4d22-bbcb-4754-bbf8-f07754e6de1b), and [via the API](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/accounts/accountsettingsupdate).

[If you use on of our SDKs, you can disable / enable Chat on a per meeting basis.](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/sdk/native-sdks/preface/introducing-zoom-sdk)

Thanks,  
Tommy

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**Author:** ![hemant.shinde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/hemant.shinde/32/2824_2.png) [@hemant.shinde](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/hemant.shinde)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 8:57am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/while-scheduling-a-meeting-through-api-can-we-disable-chat/7390/3 "2020-01-09T08:57:58Z")

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Thanks for the answer.  
-Hemant

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**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/while-scheduling-a-meeting-through-api-can-we-disable-chat/7390/4 "2020-01-09T16:21:14Z")

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Happy to help! 🙂

Thanks,  
Tommy

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**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/while-scheduling-a-meeting-through-api-can-we-disable-chat/7390/5 "2020-08-21T19:10:52Z")

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Closed on August 21, 2020, 7:10pm UTC