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Restrict editing of old messages and topics
If you are an administrator of a Zulip organization, you can easily change the time limit that your realm's users have to change their messages after sending them. Alternatively, you can choose to disable message editing for your realm users.
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Click the cog (
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Select Administration from the dropdown menu that appears.
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Upon clicking Administration, your view will be replaced with the Administration page. You will be located on the Organization settings tab by default.
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In the Organizations settings section, locate the Users can edit old messages checkbox and Message edit limit in minutes (0 for no limit) input field underneath it.
By default, user message editing is enabled for 10 minutes after sending.
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Users can edit old messages - Uncheck this option if you wish to disable message editing. Upon doing so, the Message edit limit in minutes (0 for no limit) input field will be grayed out.
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Message edit limit in minutes (0 for no limit) - If you enable message editing in your realm, you can restrict the time that realm users have to edit their messages. Simply input the time limit in minutes that you would like to set; for example, if you want to set a message edit time limit of 5 minutes, enter 5 in the field.
If you would like to disable the message editing time limit for your realm, enter 0 in the field. This enables users to edit their messages whenever they want.
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To save any changes you have made to your organization settings, click the blue Save changes button at the bottom of the Organizations settings section.
