If you like to turn off Facebook chat, click the chat icon in the lower right corner of your Facebook page and select ‘Go Offline’.
None of your Facebook friends can IM you as your name won’t show up in their friends list even though you are logged in. And this setting is preserved for future sessions as well.
Related: Put Facebook Chat in Firefox Sidebar
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Reader Comments
wonderful tip……..I was wondering how to remove that bar appearing at bottom…
Written by Roshan Bhattarai on 09.16.08
I use this feature most of the time. Specially when I’m busy with something else, this is very useful.
Written by நிமல் – NiMaL on 09.16.08
Sheesh…such a simple thing that I was not aware of. Thanks for sharing this information :-)
Written by Avinash on 09.17.08
This is great. Nothing more annoying when you’re busy and some random person (who you might actually be glad to hear from, but still) buttonholes you.
I’m sure it’s similar, but I really need to do this in gmail.
Written by DennisSC on 09.18.08