Manage chats & spaces

When you message a person or group in Google Chat, you can choose to save your conversation or have it automatically deleted after 24 hours.

When anyone in the chat turns history on or off:

• A note appears in the message stream that says history was turned on or off.
• A prompt appears in the compose box that says “History is on” or “History is off.”

1. On your computer, open Google Chat or Gmail.
   • In Gmail: On the left, click Chat.
2. Open a conversation.
3. At the top, click the conversation name  Turn on history or Turn off history.

1. On your computer, open Gmail.
2. At the top right, next to your status indicator, click the Down arrow .
3. Choose: Automatic, Do not disturb, or Set as away.

1. On your computer,  open Google Chat or Gmail.
2. From your status indicator at the top, click the Down arrow .
3. Click Add a status.
4. Follow the prompt to choose an emoji, write a status message, or end or clear a status.
5. Click Done.

1. On your computer,  open Google Chat or Gmail.
2. From your status indicator at the top, click the Down arrow .
3. Click the status to delete.
4. Click X.
5. Click Done.

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