# Make chat option private
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [April 12, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877 "2020-04-12T18:48:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Jack\_London](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jack_London)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/1 "2020-04-12T18:48:53Z")
Hi,
The chat option makes it a ‘group chat’ type of thing.
I’m making a takeaway app and want to make the chat feature come directly to us (the takeaway app) and not for everyone using the app.
So if someone wants to order food, they can message the app to ask questions etc.
Thanks,
Jack
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/2 "2020-04-13T04:27:51Z")
> [@Makerpad healthcare/messaging app](https://community.glideapps.com/t/makerpad-healthcare-messaging-app/5720):
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> Ben Tossell & I put together this app today with a technique we learned from @Robert_Petitto which allows you to create an approximation of a messenger-like experience. You can check out Robert’s original here: [https://messenger.glideapp.io/](https://messenger.glideapp.io/)
> [@In-app chat](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-chat/1952):
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> Hi! Does Glide currently support in-app chat so that users can have 1:1 conversations with each other or with our business team?
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### Author:  [@Jack\_London](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jack_London)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/3 "2020-04-15T02:33:13Z")
Yeah it looks really cool, so is there way to change the current chat into a direct messenger one?
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/4 "2020-04-15T02:34:03Z")
Can’t change it…but you can hide it and then build your own. Here’s the one I built:
[messenger.glideapp.io](http://messenger.glideapp.io)
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### Author:  [@eltintero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/eltintero)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/5 "2020-04-15T04:29:13Z")
Please for for this feature here:
> **[Feature Requests](https://features.staging.glideapp.io/)**
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> Feature requests for Glide Apps
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### Author:  [@Jack\_London](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jack_London)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/6 "2020-04-17T06:53:35Z")
everytime I click one of your apps I have to sign up with my email - it’s like some dodgy funnel you lot have gpt going on 😫
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/7 "2020-04-17T12:48:34Z")
Hi @Jack_London…the majority of Glide apps that require any sort of user customization, user profile (including messaging), etc. requires that users sign into the app. If you’re hesitant about giving away personal identification in order to test out an app, then I recommend creating an anonymous email address for the sole purpose of testing Glide apps.
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### Author:  [@Glider](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Glider)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 10:59am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/8 "2020-06-23T10:59:00Z")
This will help all thanks to @Lisa
> [@Need help on creating private chat](https://community.glideapps.com/t/need-help-on-creating-private-chat/10686/24):
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> Still getting used to Loom grin Hope this helps!
Watch @Lisa last video
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### Author:  [@XL-STEAMS](https://community.glideapps.com/u/XL-STEAMS)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 5:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/9 "2020-07-08T05:49:54Z")
Hey! Great messenger-type app… is there screenshots or steps to how your spreadsheet or behind the scenes app layout? Trying to do something similar.
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/10 "2020-07-08T11:42:09Z")
@XL-STEAMS I don’t know which app you are talking about, or if you meant this for me. I only shared a couple of other posts. There are quite a few posts on this subject and the one that @Glider shared above is pretty descriptive. If you are referring to the [https://concepts2.glideapp.io/](https://concepts2.glideapp.io/) app buried in some of the conversations linked to in my April post, then that app is already able to be copied, so you can copy and see how it works.
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### Author:  [@Glider](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Glider)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/11 "2020-07-08T11:58:36Z")
The app is full delete some notes please
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/12 "2020-07-08T12:38:18Z")
Me? Which app? What notes?
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### Author:  [@Glider](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Glider)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/13 "2020-07-08T12:38:42Z")
concepts app
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### Author:  [@Glider](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Glider)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/14 "2020-07-08T12:39:24Z")
The notes when i copied it it was full and i had to delete some notes @Jeff_Hager
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/15 "2020-07-08T12:40:56Z")
The link I posted above has 3 rows total at this moment. If you are talking about the original concepts app and you have a copy, you can delete what you want from that copy. It’s yours.
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### Author:  [@willmcdonald910](https://community.glideapps.com/u/willmcdonald910)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/16 "2020-08-05T00:29:34Z")
Hello is there a spreadsheet or screenshots of one that would help us build one?
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### Author:  [@Jen\_NYCP](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jen_NYCP)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/17 "2020-12-29T18:50:10Z")
Hi Robert, is this app copyable or a look at the glide data editor?
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/18 "2020-12-29T21:12:20Z")
My messenger app is in the template store (but I recommend waiting — if Glide approves my group messaging template, then I’m going to lower the cost of this template).
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### Author:  [@christoph](https://community.glideapps.com/u/christoph)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/19 "2021-03-11T09:37:25Z")
Hi Robert,
just came across your example of a 1:1 chat app.
I do assume, that you make the chat rows private with row ownership on an array column holding the email addresses of the sender and receiver when the chat record is created, right?
But then you would need to have the email addresses of all potential receivers accessible in the app which could be visible with some tricks, even if they are not shown in any list.
Would there be a way to never expose those email addresses in any way?
Thank you for your ideas.
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-chat-option-private/6877/20 "2021-03-11T11:22:57Z")
Good call. I should redo my app template to instead use rowIDs rather than emails. I’ll let you know when the concept is complete.
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