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Basically what is the point of the second chat one (the one with the eye in it?) I know clicking on it makes the chat appear and disappear, but the same thing happens with just clicking on the normal chat anyway, so what’s the purpose of having 2? Can I remove the redundant one?
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One is to view chat (the left one), one is to type in chat (the right one)
I’ve seen some people do it; don’t know how though.
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Tapping the one with the ellipses, instantly brings you to typing. Although not needed. I understand why it is there. Although tapping the chat bar also does the same thing. A lot of times you won’t directly hit it when it’s hidden from view when the player is playing around.
The second button makes it easier to begin typing out a message. While the eye button allows you to hide/show the chat easier on mobile as well.
When it comes to disabling it. I don’t see anything in the API that allows you to do so. That doesn’t involve completely disabling the Roblox default chat.
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As @SoftwareEngine said, I have also seen people do it before 
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My approach would be to read the different elements of the CoreGui and if it is defined in there.
After this, you’d have to script a way to determine the person’s device, and if it is mobile then it voids that element. That’s what I think though, I don’t script in Lua.
With PC you can press “/” (slash) and it would instantly open your chat, although you can easily exit the chat. For mobile, it isn’t as easy as one click, although it is still easy.
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