Reply to conversations or directly message anyone else in the Workspace.

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Types of chats (chat feature is included with every type of Desktop.com accounts. :

- Direct (between members/guests or between a member  and an external person not associated with the Desktop.com account)

- Group chat (chat with all members of a particular desktop)

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How to start a direct chat

     1) Open the Desktop.com app

     2) Navigate to the People panel on the top right and click the user you want to start a chat with

     3) Click Message button in the drop-down menu

     4) After you started a chat conversation, you can now access this from the Chats menu

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How to start a group chat

     1) Click the desktop you want to start chat with, then click +Add button and choose Enable chat option in the drop down menu

     2) You can expand the chat or open this in the chats section at the desktop

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      3) Alternatively, you can now access this chat from the Chats menu

     4) Use the Pin chat option if you want to see this conversation on the top of your chats' menu

     5) Click Reply button to start threads. A threaded message is created when you can click on any message in chat, and comment/reply to it, which creates a separate thread of messages under the original message

     6) Enter a message and click Reply button

     7) Hide or show messages in the thread

     8) A small tip- you will see if someone is typing a message

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How to start a direct chat on a mobile device (Android)

     1) Open the Desktop.com app

     2) Tap the Expand menu button

     3) Navigate to the People panel on the bottom

     4) Tap the user you want to start a conversation with and then tap Message button in the drop-down menu

     5) You can now access this conversation from the Chats menu

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How to start a group chat on a mobile device (Android)

     1) Open the Desktop.com app

     2) Tap Expand menu button

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     3) Tap the desktop you want to start a conversation with

     4) Tap + button and choose Enable chat option in the drop-down menu

     5) You can now access this conversation by tapping the corresponding desktop and then navigating to the Chats tab

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     5) You can now also access this conversation from the Chats menu

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Find more  useful information in our list of the most related articles:

     Chat, Voice & Video Call with Desktop.com

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     How to invite external users to chat

     How to schedule meetings

     How to create a desktop

     How to import bookmarks

     How to import apps

     How to invite a new user

     How to share my Desktop with other users

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