How to Remove Live Chat from Hotstar while Playing the Video

Hrishi Parkhe
3 min readJun 12, 2021

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When it comes to online video streaming platforms, Disney+ Hotstar is a decent source where you will get all new movies, TV shows, web series, and live events or shows. Mind you, Disney+ Hotstar is only available in India but here comes the VPN to consume the source of entertainment via Disney+ Hotstar.

This article is focused on How to Remove Live Chat from Hotstar while Playing the Video.

There are Hotstar users who prefer to catch the show live. When a number of people come together to watch the same show, you can use the live chat to interact with other users by emoji and text under the live chat section of Hostar. But this comes with a little drawback.

You cannot see the description of the video and neither can share it. This can only be possible when the live chat section is removed or turned off.

Make sure to follow the article till the end that will show you How to Remove Live Chat from Hotstar while Playing the Video. Without any further ado, let’s get started.

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1 What are the Benefits when you Remove Live Chat from Hotstar while Playing the Video?

2 Download the viodeo on Hotstar

3 Workaround to Remove Live Chat from Hotstar while Playing the Video

What are the Benefits when you Remove Live Chat from Hotstar while Playing the Video?

As mentioned, live chat is only made for interaction purposes with the other users. Following are the benefits to removing the live chat from Hotstar:

  1. You will get to see the video description.
  2. You will get to see the option of video sharing to other Hotstar users.
  3. You can easily save the video in your Hotstar watchlists.
  4. The option will be available to download the video offline.

So we can remove live chat from Hotstar using two methods.

Download the viodeo on Hotstar

If you download the video on Hotstar or save the video offline. You will not get disturbed by those live chat sections. This is because you have already saved the video offline, but it will not save the live chat.

So you can enjoy watching the video on Hotstar without live chat by saving them offline.

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Workaround to Remove Live Chat from Hotstar while Playing the Video

This is not the actual way to remove the live chat from Hotstar. But this works for sure. This will just remove the live chat from Hotstar so that you can see the description, share button, and watchlist option. Here’s how to do that:

  1. Open Disney+ Hotstar on your smartphone.
  2. Now, go to the home screen and choose to select the content that you want to remove from the live chat section.
  3. When the video starts to play, just forward the video and press the back button.
  4. Once done, you will get back on the previous screen.

Now, you will be able to see the description, share button, and option to add the video to the watchlist.

That’s it for now, hope this helps! We are glad to know your thoughts in the comment section below. Till then, stay tuned for more info.

Images by — Desney+ Hotstar

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