How to disable chat on a Rust server

Type chat.enabled False in the server console to turn off text chat for everyone. chat.enabled True turns it back on.

chat.enabled

Toggles text chat for the whole server.

chat.enabled <True|False>

Examples

chat.enabled False

Disable chat.

Values

Value	What it does
TrueDefault	Chat on
False	Chat off

Arguments

stateRequired: True to allow chat.

What it does

Turning it off stops players from sending chat messages.

The game's own description: When enabled, this system is globally active; disable to deactivate the system for the current session

Run it on your server

Type it in the server console or send it over RCON; admins can also use the F1 console in game. To keep a setting, run server.writecfg after changing it, or put it on the launch line as +name value.

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