# Is there a way to make chats private?
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-chats-private/77889
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [November 13, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-chats-private/77889 "2024-11-13T20:29:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@bram](https://community.glideapps.com/u/bram)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-chats-private/77889/1 "2024-11-13T20:29:09Z")
Hello!
I want to build a chat via the chat component but I want the users to be able to chat without me as the app developer being able to see their chats? Is this possible?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@MaximeBaker](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MaximeBaker)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-chats-private/77889/2 "2024-11-13T20:30:17Z")
It is not possible to prevent the app developer from viewing the data through the data editor.
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### Author:  [@bram](https://community.glideapps.com/u/bram)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-chats-private/77889/3 "2024-11-13T20:32:43Z")
Isn’t there a way to encrypt the data sent though, so you would get a “comment ID” instead of the text?
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### Author:  [@Sekayi\_Liburd](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Sekayi_Liburd)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-chats-private/77889/4 "2024-11-13T20:36:57Z")
@ThinhDinh might have ideas on how to achieve this.
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### Author:  [@MaximeBaker](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MaximeBaker)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-chats-private/77889/5 "2024-11-13T20:39:48Z")
Regardless of the approach, the data must ultimately be in plain text in the data editor for Glide to display it correctly. Even if you use a JavaScript column for encryption and decryption, the decrypted value will still be visible in the JavaScript column, and the encryption/decryption key will remain exposed publicly.
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### Author:  [@bram](https://community.glideapps.com/u/bram)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-chats-private/77889/6 "2024-11-13T20:41:51Z")
Oh, that’s a shame.
Thanks anyway!
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### Author:  [@MaximeBaker](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MaximeBaker)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-chats-private/77889/7 "2024-11-13T20:42:28Z")
But hey! You should post a feature request !
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### Author:  [@bram](https://community.glideapps.com/u/bram)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-chats-private/77889/8 "2024-11-13T20:48:17Z")
Just did. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-chats-private/77889/9 "2024-11-14T00:04:33Z")
Maxime explained it already, there’s no way of preventing that.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-chats-private/77889/10 "2024-11-21T00:05:09Z")
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