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Recent conversations

In Zulip, a conversation is a direct message thread (one-on-one or with a group), or a topic in a channel.

Use the recent conversations view to get an overview of all the ongoing conversations. This view is particularly useful for catching up on messages sent while you were away.

  1. Click on Recent conversations (or if the views section is collapsed) in the left sidebar, or use the T keyboard shortcut.
  2. The filters at the top help you quickly find relevant conversations. For example, select Participated to filter to the conversations you have sent messages to.
  3. Click on a topic or DM conversation you’re interested in to view it. You can return to recent conversations when done (e.g., by using the back button in your browser or desktop app) to select the next conversation.

Filter conversations

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Filter by topic status

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In the web app, you can control whether recent conversations includes all topics, just unmuted topics, or only topics you follow.

  1. Click on Recent conversations (or if the views section is collapsed) in the left sidebar, or use the T keyboard shortcut.
  2. Select All topics, Standard view, or Followed topics from the dropdown in the upper left of the recent conversations view.

Filter by keyword

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  1. Click on Recent conversations (or if the views section is collapsed) in the left sidebar, or use the T keyboard shortcut.
  2. Use the Filter topics box at the top to find a conversation. You can filter by channel, topic, or direct message participants.

Filter by folder

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If your organization sorts channels into folders, you can filter recent conversations to show only conversations in channels in a specific folder.

  1. Click on Recent conversations (or if the views section is collapsed) in the left sidebar, or use the T keyboard shortcut.
  2. Select a folder from the folder dropdown at the top of the recent conversations view.

Other filters

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You can filter which conversations are shown to focus your attention:

  • Include DMs: Enable to include direct messages conversations.
  • Unread: Enable to only show conversations where you have unread messages.
  • Participated: Enable to only show conversations where you participated recently.
  1. Click on Recent conversations (or if the views section is collapsed) in the left sidebar, or use the T keyboard shortcut.
  2. Click Include DMs, Unread, or Participated at the top to toggle the corresponding filter.

Load more conversations

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The recent conversations view displays a limited number of conversations containing the most recent messages.

  1. Click on Recent conversations (or if the views section is collapsed) in the left sidebar, or use the T keyboard shortcut.
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the list of conversations, or bring the bottom into view by filtering for a non-existent keyword.
  3. Click the Load more button in the banner at the bottom.
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