zulip/templates/zerver/help/quote-and-reply.md

Quote and reply

You can quote a previous message, either replying within a topic or to start a new topic.

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1. Click Quote and reply.

2. (optional) Delete paragraphs not relevant to your reply, just like when replying to a multi-paragraph email.

3. Send your message.

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You can also use the keyboard shortcut > to initiate quote-and-reply.

Related articles

• The first line of the reply contains a permanent link to the quoted message.
• Zulip automatically turns mentions in quoted text into silent mentions to avoid unnecessarily mentioning someone twice.
• You can use quote blocks when quoting emails or other non-Zulip content.