# Forwarding messages in personal direct

**URL:** <https://forum.mattermost.com/t/forwarding-messages-in-personal-direct/21913>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 18, 2024, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/forwarding-messages-in-personal-direct/21913 "2024-12-18T09:41:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![narsis92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e79b87/32.png) [@narsis92](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/narsis92)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/forwarding-messages-in-personal-direct/21913/1 "2024-12-18T09:41:14Z")

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I get this message when I try to forward a message :This message is from a private conversation and can only be shared with  
How can I fix the problem?

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**Author:** ![john.combs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/john.combs/32/7118_2.png) [@john.combs](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/john.combs)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/forwarding-messages-in-personal-direct/21913/2 "2024-12-20T01:06:28Z")

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Hi @narsis92! This message appears because private conversations in Mattermost are designed to protect privacy, so messages can only be shared with participants in that conversation; you can learn more about message forwarding and privacy settings in our [Message Forwarding documentation](https://docs.mattermost.com/collaborate/forward-messages.html). 😊

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**Author:** ![th3n0sekn0ws404](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@th3n0sekn0ws404](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/th3n0sekn0ws404)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/forwarding-messages-in-personal-direct/21913/3 "2026-08-15T12:35:06Z")

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Is there a setting to override this?