diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-page/components/welcome.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-page/components/welcome.tsx
index 71ee035825..ff545b825f 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-page/components/welcome.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-page/components/welcome.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-import { useMutation } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
 
-import { patchMeSuccess } from 'soapbox/actions/me';
-import snackbar from 'soapbox/actions/snackbar';
 import List, { ListItem } from 'soapbox/components/list';
 import { Button, CardBody, CardTitle, Form, Stack, Toggle } from 'soapbox/components/ui';
-import { useApi, useAppDispatch, useOwnAccount } from 'soapbox/hooks';
+import { useOwnAccount } from 'soapbox/hooks';
+import { useUpdateCredentials } from 'soapbox/queries/accounts';
 
 type FormData = {
   accepting_messages?: boolean
@@ -14,28 +12,17 @@ type FormData = {
 
 const Welcome = () => {
   const account = useOwnAccount();
-  const api = useApi();
-  const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
+  const updateCredentials = useUpdateCredentials();
 
   const [data, setData] = useState<FormData>({
     chats_onboarded: true,
     accepting_messages: account?.accepting_messages,
   });
 
-  const updateSettings = useMutation(() => api.patch('/api/v1/accounts/update_credentials', data), {
-    onSuccess(response) {
-      dispatch(patchMeSuccess(response.data));
-      dispatch(snackbar.success('Chat Settings updated successfully'));
-    },
-    onError() {
-      dispatch(snackbar.success('Chat Settings failed to update.'));
-    },
-  });
-
   const handleSubmit = (event: React.FormEvent) => {
     event.preventDefault();
 
-    updateSettings.mutate();
+    updateCredentials.mutate(data);
   };
 
   return (
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/settings/components/messages-settings.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/settings/components/messages-settings.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c96dc14689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/settings/components/messages-settings.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { defineMessages, useIntl } from 'react-intl';
+
+import List, { ListItem } from 'soapbox/components/list';
+import { Toggle } from 'soapbox/components/ui';
+import { useOwnAccount } from 'soapbox/hooks';
+import { useUpdateCredentials } from 'soapbox/queries/accounts';
+
+const messages = defineMessages({
+  label: { id: 'settings.messages.label', defaultMessage: 'Allow others to message me' },
+  hint: { id: 'settings.messages.hint', defaultMessage: 'Only people I follow can send me messages' },
+});
+
+const MessagesSettings = () => {
+  const account = useOwnAccount();
+  const intl = useIntl();
+  const updateCredentials = useUpdateCredentials();
+
+  const handleChange = (event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+    updateCredentials.mutate({ accepting_messages: event.target.checked });
+  };
+
+  if (!account) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <List>
+      <ListItem
+        label={intl.formatMessage(messages.label)}
+        hint={intl.formatMessage(messages.hint)}
+      >
+        <Toggle
+          checked={account.accepting_messages}
+          onChange={handleChange}
+        />
+      </ListItem>
+    </List>
+  );
+};
+
+export default MessagesSettings;
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diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/settings/index.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/settings/index.tsx
index b8a7a33ec7..ca6be98bc8 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/settings/index.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/settings/index.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import { getFeatures } from 'soapbox/utils/features';
 
 import Preferences from '../preferences';
 
+import MessagesSettings from './components/messages-settings';
+
 const messages = defineMessages({
   settings: { id: 'settings.settings', defaultMessage: 'Settings' },
   profile: { id: 'settings.profile', defaultMessage: 'Profile' },
@@ -99,6 +101,13 @@ const Settings = () => {
             </CardBody>
           </>
         )}
+        <CardHeader>
+          <CardTitle title='Direct Messages' />
+        </CardHeader>
+
+        <CardBody>
+          <MessagesSettings />
+        </CardBody>
 
         <CardHeader>
           <CardTitle title={intl.formatMessage(messages.preferences)} />
diff --git a/app/soapbox/queries/accounts.ts b/app/soapbox/queries/accounts.ts
index 7c1e1b106c..228c9a2b1e 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/queries/accounts.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/queries/accounts.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+import { useMutation } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+
+import { patchMeSuccess } from 'soapbox/actions/me';
+import snackbar from 'soapbox/actions/snackbar';
+import { useApi, useAppDispatch, useOwnAccount } from 'soapbox/hooks';
+
 export type IAccount = {
   acct: string
   avatar: string
@@ -21,4 +27,34 @@ export type IAccount = {
   username: string
   verified: boolean
   website: string
-}
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+}
+
+type UpdateCredentialsData = {
+  accepting_messages?: boolean
+  chats_onboarded?: boolean
+}
+
+const useUpdateCredentials = () => {
+  const account = useOwnAccount();
+  const api = useApi();
+  const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
+
+  return useMutation((data: UpdateCredentialsData) => api.patch('/api/v1/accounts/update_credentials', data), {
+    onMutate(variables) {
+      const cachedAccount = account?.toJS();
+      dispatch(patchMeSuccess({ ...cachedAccount, ...variables }));
+
+      return { cachedAccount };
+    },
+    onSuccess(response) {
+      dispatch(patchMeSuccess(response.data));
+      dispatch(snackbar.success('Chat Settings updated successfully'));
+    },
+    onError(_error, _variables, context: any) {
+      dispatch(snackbar.error('Chat Settings failed to update.'));
+      dispatch(patchMeSuccess(context.cachedAccount));
+    },
+  });
+};
+
+export { useUpdateCredentials };
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