How To Hide Your Conversations On Google Chat

Do you have a conversation that you want to remove from your chat list on Google Chat? Do you want to preserve the message history in case you need to check it in the future? If so, you can hide the conversation on the app. Check our quick guide below, and we’ll show you how to do so.

When you start a conversation on Google Chat, the app saves the message history unless you turn off the feature. As such, anyone participating in the chat can check the previously sent messages whenever they want.

Having a lot of different conversations on Google Chat can distract you from focusing on the ones you need the most. Thankfully, you can hide chats you no longer need on the app from your chats list.

When you hide a conversation on the app, you’ll remove it from immediate view while retaining its contents in case you need them in the future.

How to hide your chats on Google Chat

If you have a conversation that you no longer need in Google Chat, you have the option to hide it from your chat list. In this way, you can remove the conversation from your view without deleting its contents.

You can hide conversations whether you’re using Google Chat on your phone or desktop. Follow our tutorials below, and we’ll cover the steps to do it on both devices.

On your computer:

1. Visit Google Chat on your preferred browser and sign in to your account.
2. Open the conversation that you want to hide from the Chats section.
3. Tap the name or email on the conversation header.
   
   
4. Select the “Hide conversation” option from the menu.
   
   

After hiding a conversation, it won’t appear on your chat list in the future. If you ever change your mind, use the search bar to find your conversation to add it to your chats list again.

On your phone:

1. Launch Google Chat from your home screen or app drawer and sign in to your account.
2. Head to the Chat tab and open the conversation that you want to hide.
   
   
3. Tap the name or email on the conversation header.
   
   
4. Select the “Hide conversation” option on the menu.
   
   

Please note that you can’t hide spaces on Google Chat. You can only hide conversations with people on the app.

To wrap things up

Now that you know how to hide chats on Google Chat, you can go ahead and remove the conversations you don’t need from your chats list. Hiding a chat doesn’t erase the messages unless you turned off the message history.

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