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Webex App | Chat in a meeting or breakout session
In this articleGet more from your meeting with in-meeting chat. Chat to everyone in the meeting, or directly with a meeting participant. Post messages when you have something to say but don't want to interrupt whoever's speaking. Revisit and share the chat after the meeting ends. If the conversation is focused on the speaker, for example, hosts and cohosts can turn off chat in the meeting.
This feature is available on our Webex Suite meeting platform. Find out if your meetings use the Webex Suite meeting platform.
People who are invited to a meeting associated with a space can send messages to meeting participants, even if they haven't joined the meeting. For example, if you're running late to a meeting, use chat to let the participants who already joined know that you'll be there soon.
Chat to everyone in the meeting
When you join a meeting, you can view all the messages that were sent since the meeting started. If you're discussing sensitive content, we recommend that you don't use your Personal Room for meetings. If you don't lock your Personal Room and have back-to-back meetings, anyone who joins can see messages since the Personal Room was open. Chats to everyone are saved in the post-meeting summary.
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Select Show chat When there are unread messages, a blue dot shows on Show chat
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At the top of the chat window, click Everyone, and type your message in the message area. Add personality with emojis or animated GIFs, and also add formatting or markdown to make your messages stand out or be easier to read. |
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Select Send Message |
What to do next
If your organization saves meeting messages after the meeting ends, you can access the meeting messages and forward them to another person or space in your organization, if you have Messaging enabled.
Chat directly to a meeting participant
Sometimes you just want to chat with one other person in a meeting, and not to everyone. You can't access direct chats after a meeting.
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Select Show chat You can also hover over the participant's thumbnail video or their name in the participants panel and click More options  > Chat directly. |
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At the top of the chat window, click Direct, and search for a participant. You can also use the drop-down list to select a participant.
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Select the participant that you want to chat to, and type your message in the message area. Add personality with emojis or animated GIFs, and also add formatting or markdown to make your messages stand out or be easier to read. |
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Select Send Message |
Turn off chat in a meeting or breakout session
Host and cohosts can turn off chat for all participants at any stage of a meeting or breakout session. Any previous chat messages are available to access after the meeting.
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As a host or cohost, click More options |
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Uncheck Chat, and click Apply. A notice appears to all participants that the chat panel is unavailable.
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