diff --git a/TwitchDownloaderCLI/Modes/Arguments/ChatDownloadArgs.cs b/TwitchDownloaderCLI/Modes/Arguments/ChatDownloadArgs.cs
index f062be49..c17b347e 100644
--- a/TwitchDownloaderCLI/Modes/Arguments/ChatDownloadArgs.cs
+++ b/TwitchDownloaderCLI/Modes/Arguments/ChatDownloadArgs.cs
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ internal sealed class ChatDownloadArgs : IFileCollisionArgs, ITwitchDownloaderAr
         [Option('t', "threads", Default = 4, HelpText = "Number of parallel download threads. Large values may result in IP rate limiting.")]
         public int DownloadThreads { get; set; }
 
-        [Option("silent", Default = false, HelpText = "Suppresses progress console output")]
-        public bool Silent { get; set; }
-
         [Option("temp-path", Default = "", HelpText = "Path to temporary folder to use for cache.")]
         public string TempFolder { get; set; }
 
diff --git a/TwitchDownloaderCLI/Modes/DownloadChat.cs b/TwitchDownloaderCLI/Modes/DownloadChat.cs
index fc709410..152cc780 100644
--- a/TwitchDownloaderCLI/Modes/DownloadChat.cs
+++ b/TwitchDownloaderCLI/Modes/DownloadChat.cs
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ private static ChatDownloadOptions GetDownloadOptions(ChatDownloadArgs inputOpti
                 Compression = inputOptions.Compression,
                 TimeFormat = inputOptions.TimeFormat,
                 DownloadThreads = inputOptions.DownloadThreads,
-                Silent = inputOptions.Silent,
                 BttvEmotes = (bool)inputOptions.BttvEmotes!,
                 FfzEmotes = (bool)inputOptions.FfzEmotes!,
                 StvEmotes = (bool)inputOptions.StvEmotes!,
diff --git a/TwitchDownloaderCore/Options/ChatDownloadOptions.cs b/TwitchDownloaderCore/Options/ChatDownloadOptions.cs
index 208db106..aa2e86b7 100644
--- a/TwitchDownloaderCore/Options/ChatDownloadOptions.cs
+++ b/TwitchDownloaderCore/Options/ChatDownloadOptions.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ public class ChatDownloadOptions
         public bool FfzEmotes { get; set; }
         public bool StvEmotes { get; set; }
         public int DownloadThreads { get; set; } = 1;
-        public bool Silent { get; set; } = false;
         public TimestampFormat TimeFormat { get; set; }
         public string FileExtension
         {