Send a direct message

Find your DMs

2. On the left, click Direct messages.

Tip:To search for DMs, use the search bar at the top. Learn how to search for messages .

Send a DM

Important:If this is your first time sending a message to someone else, they need to accept your message request before you can chat with them.

2. Click New chat.
3. Enter a name or an email address.
4. Click Start chat.
   • When you enter a name or email address, you can get suggestions.
   • To start a group DM, add more names or email addresses.
5. In the reply area, enter a message.
6. Click Send.

Tip:To start a new DM easily, next to a person’s name:

• Click Start chat.
• Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Enter/ ⌘ + Enter.

Message options

Turn a DM into a space

Important:If there are 2 or more people in the DM, you can turn a DM into a space.

2. Open a DM.
3. At the top, click the conversation name.
4. Click Turn this chat into a space.

Start a new Meeting Conversation

Important:All Business and Enterprise users have access to continuous meeting chat.

You can create a continuous meeting chat when you:

• Select “Chat with Guests” from a Calendar invite.
• Access the group chat within your Chat list of conversations.
• Send the first message with the embedded chat in Meet.
  • These messages sync to the Google Chat group direct message (GDM).
• Click the calendar nudge in the Chat roster.

Tips:

• To find Meeting Conversations in your Chat conversations list, check under the "Direct messages" section.
• To help you organize your chats, you can move your meeting conversations from direct messages to a dedicated "Meeting" section in Chat. Learn how to manage meeting conversations in Google Chat .

Learn how to use Chat with Google Meet .

For every instance of recurring events in Calendar, it generates a separate Meeting Conversation.

The Meeting Conversation name combines the event name and date. For example:

• "Sales Team Weekly - Nov 8"
• "Sales Team Weekly - Nov 15”

The date in the title uses the format and language of your current language settings in your account. Learn how to change your language on the web .

When you use a group chat from a Calendar invite:

• The group chat automatically includes all guests within your workspace, regardless of their RSVP status.
• The chat and event titles match.

Manage updates

• If you add or remove guests or update the event title before the event, your changes are automatically reflected in the group chat.
• If you reschedule a calendar event or change the roster, the group chat stays linked to the original calendar event.
• Users within the workspace can access and send messages in the group after the meeting ends.

Learn how to use Chat with Google Meet .

Tips:

• When you invite external guests to a meeting through the "Chat with Guests" feature in Calendar, they aren't automatically added to the Meeting Conversation.
• If no one sends a message before or during the meeting, Calendar won't create or display a new Meeting Conversation in your Chat conversations list.
• The same retention policies apply to both Meeting Conversations and Google Chat spaces. Learn about message history for conversations with work or school accounts .
• If you reuse an existing meeting code to create a meeting, users who aren’t part of the original meeting-code invite can’t participate in the previous meeting chat in Chat. Learn more about meeting codes in Calendar events .