chat recipient defaults to direct message instead of "everyone" after receiving direct message

[Moth]

Hi!
This is driving me nuts: as soon as I receive any direct message the chat recipient automatically sets itself to the sender (instead of everyone) for the rest of the session. I can switch it to "Everyone" and send a message, but as soon as I close the chat and open it again it will once again point to that person.

I tried googling for that problem, but no matter what I try, I just get the standard help pages for chat which do not seem to mention that issue.

Can anybody help me?

[Bort · Accepted solution]

Unfortunately, there is no way I am aware of to change that behavior for in-meeting chat. 

I encourage you to visit our Zoom Feedback form, which is the official way to share any feedback or feature requests with the Zoom team. Thanks!

[Moth]

Thanks for the answer, that is really annoying.
I sent the feedback, though I doubt it will change anything.

[Andy91]

bumping this, it's super annoying

[johnohagan]

This is still happening and is annoying and potentially embarrassing. 

[MiguelXo]

This is precisely happening to me.  And I find it annoying that the answers are just deflection.  

It's a MAC thing.  Its real.  

[NWEOL]

Continuing this thread later than the last post in 2023, I note that the same issue of the chat recipient locked on the sender of a direct message instead of to 'everyone' has occurred even in a meeting in which direct messages have been (theoretically) disabled by the administrator.   Any explanation as to how this could be possible would be gratefully received.