# Is MODE still shown to IRC clients?

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/is-mode-still-shown-to-irc-clients/24942>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [April 12, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/is-mode-still-shown-to-irc-clients/24942 "2020-04-12T17:04:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![vanosg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e47774/32.png) [@vanosg](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/vanosg)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/is-mode-still-shown-to-irc-clients/24942/10 "2020-05-13T22:29:14Z")

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To close this topic out, after engaging with the staff, they now plan to officially remove this functionality

> [@IRC update: removing MODE and NAMES capabilities](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/irc-update-removing-mode-and-names-capabilities/25568):
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> Update: We will eventually remove the NAMES functionality as planned due to its unreliability. However, given the usage discussed below, we will postpone the removal until there is replacement functionality. This post will be updated when it is available and a timeline has been set for a migration and shutdown of NAMES. The MODE and NAMES IRC capabilities that have been documented in the [Chatbots & IRC](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/irc/membership) section have not functioned correctly for some time and will not be supported. Since we do …

From my conversation with them: “Thanks for pointing this out. NAMES and MODE have not functioned properly for some time and will not be supported. As such, we have removed this from the documentation and the functionally will soon be removed from the IRC interface.”

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