diff --git a/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb
--- a/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   verify :method => :post, :only => ['create'],
          :redirect_to => { :action => 'list' }
 
-  before_filter :admin_authorization, :only => ['console','show','reply']
+  before_filter :admin_authorization, :only => ['console','show',
+                                                'reply','hide']
 
   def list
     @user = User.find(session[:user_id])
@@ -48,6 +49,14 @@
     end
   end
 
+  def hide
+    message = Message.find(params[:id])
+    message.replied = true
+    message.save
+    flash[:notice] = 'Message hided (just marked replied)'
+    redirect_to :action => 'console'
+  end
+
   protected
   def build_replying_message_hierarchy(user)
     @all_messages = {}
diff --git a/app/views/messages/_short_message.html.haml b/app/views/messages/_short_message.html.haml
--- a/app/views/messages/_short_message.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/messages/_short_message.html.haml
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
   %td=h truncate(short_message.body)
   %td
     = link_to "[reply]", :action => 'show', :id => short_message.id
+    = link_to "[hide]", :action => 'hide', :id => short_message.id
diff --git a/app/views/messages/show.html.haml b/app/views/messages/show.html.haml
--- a/app/views/messages/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/messages/show.html.haml
@@ -11,3 +11,10 @@
   = f.hidden_field :receiver_id, {:value => @message.sender_id }
   = f.hidden_field :replying_message_id, {:value => @message.id }
   = submit_tag "Post"
+
+%p
+  If you do not want to reply, but want to hide this message from
+  console, you can   
+  = link_to "[hide]", :action => 'hide', :id => @message.id
+  this message.  (This message will be marked as replied.)
+