Learn how to disable and hide the chat from your event. Turn off the chat for your busy events.
As a host, you can disable the chat in any session with just one click.
From within the event, click on "options" from the top right-hand corner.
Select "Disable Chat" from the drop-down menu.
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If you want to hide the chat from your view, rather than disable it for your attendees, just click the minimize icon in the top-right of the chat. To bring it back in view, select "view chat" from the bottom of the screen.