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Disable Chat for all Students

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  • Bryan Sanders
    Bug Zapper Beacon of Knowledge Super Star Moderator

    I have never done that, but yes, it was referenced in that old post. Penny?

    But just so everyone is clear-eyed on this, turning off chat will not prevent students from communicating with each other. Minecraft has books and boards and signs, and they can all be written in/on.

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  • Penny Support
    Bug Zapper Super Star Beacon of Knowledge Support

    Yes, chat can be turned off across the entire tenant.  If you would like to do this, open a support request and the team can help you out:  https://aka.ms/MEE_New_Request

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  • Daniel Stence

    If we have chat turned off, will students be able to use local commands for spawning, clearing blocks where they are etc.?

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  • Penny Support
    Bug Zapper Super Star Beacon of Knowledge Support

    Disabling chat for a tenant does not hide the chat window. The following statements are true when chat is disabled:

    • A player can see any text they themselves write and send
    • A player can see text that they sent via the /tell, /msg, and /tellraw commands
    • A player cannot see any messages other player send
    • A player cannot see text that other players sent via the /tell, /msg, and /tellraw commands
    • A player can see anything put into the world by content creators (i.e. any message that is built into the world is still visible to the student)
    • All code executed by the chat commands work
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  • Daniel Stence

    Thank you so much for all of the responses! Are we able to get the chat turned on if we turn it off and want it on at a later date?

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  • Penny Support
    Bug Zapper Super Star Beacon of Knowledge Support

    Yes, you can re-enable chat in the future.  You'll just need to send in a support request at that time.

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  • Patrick Foltyn

    Hello, I work in IT in a school district and just added Minecraft Education Edition to our roster of software. Is there a way that I can disable the chat feature that IT would have access to?

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  • Penny Support
    Bug Zapper Super Star Beacon of Knowledge Support

    Hi Patrick Foltyn, I'll open a ticket for you and the support desk can help.

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