Removing CHAT "as" radio menu options

1: I would like to eliminate the hyperbolic eleventy-bajillion "as" options from the bottom right of the chat tab. I am in a game where there is a great deal of attrition and I have, literally over twenty options. I only need/want two. 2: r-click on names, no joy; l-click on names, no joy 3: search forums; my google-fu is inadequete (I can eliminate all the chat like a pro now. I know at least three different ways to do so.) 4: search web;  my google-fu is inadequete (I can use a search engine to get to help on the R20 website, which does not seem to have the answers that I need.) 5: ask question on forum to see if a person is a better guide than a web-search 

The list is based on what characters you have edit access to (GMs have access to all characters). There's no way for GMs to change what is available to them. For players, ask your GM to remove you as an editor on dead/retired characters.

Every player will see each character that they control in the 'Speaking As' list.  There is no Roll20 setting to individually select which characters appear there separately from allowing them to control the Character Sheet. (There have been many suggestions for this feature in the past, but I don't think there are any current ones. If you post one there, I will upvote it!) The only way that I am aware of to limit that list is by using the Stylus extension . Unfortunately that is limited to the device that it is loaded on. If you are only worried about what you are seeing, then you just need to load that into your browser. If your players want to limit their list as well, then you can make it easier for your players by uploading code to userstyles.world (I have some brief Instructions on the linked thread) that they can just click on to add to their browser after installing Stylus. You will have to manually add each character to the list of 'allowed' characters in the list.

Hi David! The Aaron has written a script snippet that lets you automatically switch Speaking As to specific character ID. It should suit your needs. You can either use it on a selected token: !switch @{selected|character_id} or get the character ID using @{selected|character_id}   in chat, and set it to run with a specific macro: !switch -123456789abcdefg

I added a macro to use the selected token's ID, then made that a Token Action so it shows up on any token I select. A second macro in the macro bar switches back to "me". 

Mark G. said: I added a macro to use the selected token's ID, then made that a Token Action so it shows up on any token I select. A second macro in the macro bar switches back to "me".  Elegant solution. Probably quicker than navigating even a short list of names in a dropdown, to boot.