{"id":4955,"date":"2019-01-07T12:44:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T12:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rumbletalk.com\/blog\/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&#038;p=4955"},"modified":"2026-03-03T13:11:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T13:11:52","slug":"how-to-disable-viewers-from-seeing-the-chat","status":"publish","type":"epkb_post_type_1","link":"https:\/\/rumbletalk.com\/blog\/index.php\/knowledge-base\/how-to-disable-viewers-from-seeing-the-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"How to disable viewers from seeing the chat?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When you want that only logged in users will see the chat, you can set the viewers option to off. 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