Restream Chat Message Filtering
Learn how to filter certain messages from appearing in Restream Chat.
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Written by Lawson Zeugin
Updated over a week ago

Whether you have a command bot and don't want to see the messages or you're trying to keep your stream clean; you can use Message Filtering to prevent certain types of messages from appearing in the application.

1) To enable Message Filtering, open the Restream Chat settings from the bottom of your chat. 

Restream Chat Settings

2) Click on the menu button (☰) at the top left and click "Filtering" from the list.

Restream Chat Filtering

From this section you can do a few things:

  • Hide common chat bots

    When enabled, this will filter out messages from commonly used chat bots. This can be useful if you have a periodic message setup and don't want to be notified every time. 

  • Hide commands starting with '!'

    When enabled it will prevent messages starting with '!' from appearing in Restream chat. This command is ommonly used with chat bots. 

  • Muting

    Enter a username into the "Chatter name" field and click "Mute" to prevent messages from a certain user appearing in the Restream chat. 

  • Word Filtering

    Enter a word or phrase and click "Filter" to prevent matching messages from appearing. This can be useful for keeping curse words from appearing in Restream Chat. 

Restream Chat Filtering Settings


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