hey! this is cool, and really helpful. Thanks you Haris for such an informative trick :razz:

@Keshav: You are welcome :)

Well, thats a tricky trick. :D
Stumbled.

@Nirmal: Thanks for the stumble! :)

he he he! eye opener :P Don’t mind haris its just that I didn’t thought people even didn’t know about this. I think Google has made it quite simple…that’s what I think. Anyway, if at all there are readers who really don’t know about this, then I’m sure they’ll find it useful!

@Saurus: Nah, I didn’t mind at all :) . Yes, many people are aware of this, but all of them doesn’t know. This post is for those who don’t know how to unblock contacts in Google Talk. I hope you got my point. :)

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Ha!

I think this is the most complicated way ever. A simpler way would be to login to gtalk –> settings —> Blocked —> this shows a list of the blocked contacts. just choose the ones you dont want to block anymore and hit unblocked !

done!

google ain’t that stupid to not include an unblock function. :razz:

@Dee: OMG! So stupid of me :P I never noticed that. Thanks for letting me know :D

:grin: Thanks alot…..

bymistake i unblocked one of my frnd, Thanks alot ……

@Yogesh: You’re welcome :)

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Hi Guys,

There is another way of unblocking,
thought i would like to share for those who did not know this.

Follow these simple steps…

1. login to gtalk.

2. In the TOP RIGHT corner, you will see a link called
“Settings” (alongside ‘Help’),
Click on “Settings”.

3. A pop Up window opens,
In this window, on the LEFT side you will find a menu with
the list

General, Chat, Blocked….. etc.

Click or Select the “Blocked”

4. You have all the contacts you have blocked,
Select the one you want to unblock.

Then you are open to be bugged again……

Enjoy,
Anand.

There’s another I think easier way :lol:
Ok so you’ve blocked the contact, they’re not showing up in your google talk contact list anymore.

So just click on contacts, link right above google chat talk inside of gmail.

Click to edit info of the person you blocked, it will say -Show in chat list: Blocked.
Click on that drop down menu and put ‘always’ or ‘auto.
This will unblock them and put them back on your google talk list and you can easily talk to them again.
I did this coz I also blocked a friend of mine recently and figured out how to put her back on my list later on.

hi

you trick is really helpful for me thanks dude :smile:

yes, i know the above mentioned methods but what about if we blocked and deleted contacts permently? That can’t be undone by these methods, even u add them back. they have to accept you again!

No I don’t think so. I just deleted one of my contacts to check, it puts them back on my chat list through the same process I mentioned. I don’t think it asks them to add you again. Remember you just appear to them as offline whether you deleted them or blocked them.

You are right Lilu, I just tried and seem like gtalk didn’t ask for acceptance from them, unless the other persons also blocked us, may be? Haha.

Actually I did the same thing, I blocked and deleted that person so I am not sure what it says to them but it gave me a notification that says “this person wants to add you on google talk, do you accept or not?”
I am not sure if they were asked to be added on google talk :???:
But either way if they say why are you adding me again, just make up some story how you did it by accident ha ha.
Besides you can always go invisible and then talk to whoever you prefer, others wont know that you’re online :grin:

really? Can we set our status invisible on gtalk/gmail? I don’t know about that. I don’t use meebo btw.

hello all. i want to ask some different question….REVERSE OF THIS! is there any way to unblock my self from list of my friend who has blocked me???!! oooooooor is there any way for g talk or g mail chat to know whether a person who has blocked me is online or not??? will i be able to know that the person who blocked me is online or not?? please tell me way ! and also if u know pls tell this for yahoo chat also ! thanks in advance!

@IM_ADI

Yeah, i’m looking for the other way around…meaning un-block urself from another list….is this possible?

Thanks,

Vladimir

hello.
yes i think i’ve mentioned, if someone blocks you on their list – you cannot unblock yourself on their list – they have to do it themselves.
that’s why the block option exists, if people don’t wanna talk to you they can just block you.
i dont know if this is what you meant.
vladimir, that’s a pretty name, is that really your name :?:
:mrgreen:

Heh, this is stupid.. GTalk is easier than this. It’s under “settings”.

But it would be better to show the user, but with a unique icon indicating that he is block. Just like other IM software.

So google is still doing a not-so-good-job, they are not god, but hell they need to learn from other IM software. GTalk is still beta, so that’s an advantage on google’s side.

Hi

Thats really helpful. the problem had screwd me up but here i got the best easy solution

THANKS

Thanks. Quite helpful.

thanks a ton! this is fabulous :)

Another way to type the name of contact in search contact box choose the contact and click always show in list. It will also unblok

@ALL Talking about GoogleTalk desktop client

It works only on WIndows. This trick is useful on mac as well as linux. :)

Thanks Harisn… :-)

HEYY OMG!! This friend of mine had really gotten me upset and I had blocked her and after like a full week had gone by when I was ready to FINALLY add her back I couldn’t I was soo distraught and now today she texts me to come on gtalk so we can shat and stuff and like i don’t know how to tell her i blocked her and can’t find her lol and i came up on this page WHICH WAS SOOOO HELPFUL!!! THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO VERY MUCH… MUAH!!! KISSESS XOXOXOXO

hey yeah..it is really helpful! thanks a lot for writing this :)

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Hello Haris

I got an issue. I blocked a person on GTalk. But still the person is able to ping me on chat from the same id that I had blocked. Just to confirm, I chkd the blocked list again, the person’s id is still there.

How is this possible?

Pls throw some light on this asap.

this is soooooo helpful!! thanks SO MUCH!

Just wondering…

I blocked some spam (a bot or person with way too much free time posing as “AIM” (AOL IM) on my g chat… and every time I log in they still send me chats! Its so annoying. It says this person is offline, and my only option is to unblock him so I know he’s blocked! If anyone sees this and knows whats up email me!

Thanks dude, This worked fine for me.

Hey thank you so much for this!!! I was going crazy trying to find out how to unblock my friend. And I didn’t want to invite him again because I didn’t want him to know I blocked him in the first place! So thanks again.

hey how do I know if some one has blocked me ………??????

hai i am mag here and i know all the above u said.but i have tried a different way hey its really working ya….
go to GOOGLE TALK- then SETTINGS- have some more titles go to BLOCKED one- in that what ID u block have to be SELECT first- click UNBLOCK to your right side button and make it ok.
ITS REALLY WORKING

hi!
thanks so much!
i was really freaking out coz i blocked my boyfriend from my buddylist and i cant find his name in my list you were of great help to me thank you so much!

Woot! Thanks! I really needed this…unfortunately, lol.

Hey!
THANKS so much for this!
I blocked someone by mistake and didn’t know how to find them back. I took your advice and it worked!

this really helped Me!

Hey that was really helpful.. :) Thanks a lot !!

You have changed my life forever…

thiz iz cooL!!!!!! thankz for sharing this trick!!!!!!!

hey thanks I had the same problem with one of my best friends… couldn’t unblock him for months ’till i googled the issue and found this… thanks

Thanks!! I was just trying it out and I’d lost my “experiment contact” who magically disappeared from my list. Thanks for the tip! ^_^

This helped!

actually, you helped me out, but i found a shortcut along the way! in #2, you open the tab… and well… when i did, i saw under 'show in chat list', 'block so-and-so' with a little green check mark next to it. i clicked on 'block so-and-so', and the check disappeared… so now so-and-so is unblocked… and oddly i tried clicking on his profile and nothing happens. so thanks anyways :)

very handy! Thank you!

Go to Contacts -> The person
And change Block to Always.

Hello! Thank you for this good post : )
I did everything you sed, but still having the same problem!!
just dont know how to deal with this gtalk or gmail “bug”!

Thanks again

i think adding the person is the simplest.. :)… it doesnt go as an invitation since that person has added you prior to this…

theres an easier way that consist on unchecking block afer typing the person's name in the gmail chat search bar.

thank you so much for this…i was playing around with this gmail chat for the very first time and somehow blocked this person i love and was going crazy looking for the unblock method.

so many thanks to you.

You can unblock a contact by typing their name in the Search, add, or invite field at the top of your Chat list. Then, in the blue box that appears, hover over your contact's name and select Show in chat list.

Thanks for that! Great little lesson and it worked like a charm. :)

Very Nice Trick, i alos blocked so many user from my gtalk, due to the distrubons. i dont know really how to unblock them, but finally i understand from your post. Keep it up.

i found out an easier way…as long as you have the persons email address then you should still be able to retrieve it pretty easily…open your email until chat is loaded…on the top of the Chat box there should be a search, add, or invite box…type in their email address there and move right once the contact is found until you find where it says they are blocked with a check next to where it says they are blocked…click on that check mark to unblock the contact…this should do it…hope this was helpful…sry if it was a bit confusing

Thanks a ton! phew :)

u can do it thro gtalk as well. click on settings in gtalk and ull have blocked option on the left side.. select it and ull find a list of users u've blocked. select the user and click on unblock. Its simple

Thank you so much!! Super helpful!

I'm glad this has been of some help to you! :)

Hi Thank you so0o0ooo much:)

Thank you soooo much!!
I have the same experience as you, but I didn't feel bad :D We just made up later on, but still thank you

That's the hard way…. simply type the person's email into that same search bar and click “Block Name” with the check mark to the left. Selecting it will un-check the check mark! Much simpler, but thanks for the advice… never would have thought to type in their name in that search bar, I was trying the one for the whole inbox

This is what i did I looked up there emil on the inbox search, looked up an email they had sent me before pressed it and at the top it said there name I pressed it, it had the option chat I pressed it and there was a little chat box pressed on the video and more icon on the left bottom of the box it said unblock and I pressed it and it said that person is now unblocked.

Thanks for the helpful info. on unblocking chat contacts….I followed your directions and it worked! Very helpful.

Thanks dude

Hi,

There is an easy way of unblocking an address. Instead of clicking the profile button u can click the click the block the person which would be showed with a tick mark

Thanks a lot Bro :) .. It really helped me .. Otherwise I would have lost my gf ;)

Hahaha! Cool! ;)

You can unblock simply by typing in their email address. When it appears it will have “sizzled.test@gmail.com” block with a check next to it. Click that and the check will go away and the person will no longer be blocked.

An easier way to do this:

Click on Contacts in the left hand sidebar (under your mailboxes: Inbox, Trash, et cetera).
In the window that comes up, select “All Contacts”
Find the appropriate person and click on them.
There is a drop-down in the details “Show in Chat List” — which should say “Blocked.” Change it to Auto or Always.

You can unblock the contact if you have the contact information. All that you have to do is type in the email ID where it says Search, add or invite just above the chat list and once you have typed in the email address you will find a popup which will show a tick mark on Block and the contact name, click on it once and the contact will appear on the chat list.

thanks !!! :)

Great article, Thank you for sharing this, Keep up the good work.

What if I have blocked him from Gmail sidebar. Contact is already removed from there???!!!

Thank u buddy. Its really help me… I want to see your profile. Give me your profile link or email id.

Wow this is literally a beautiful technique….thankyou for sharing….

Wow thankyou for this technique…I will sure use it in my works….

I have an easier and faster way to do this:
1. You put in the name on the search bar like it said above
2. Instead of going to “profile” and “chat” you just uncheck the box that says block

Start Gtalk -> Settings -> Blocked -> Select Contact from the blocke contacts list -> Click Unblock button -> Click OK.

Done!!

nothing… just type that mail address in google chat (Search, add, invite) fiels and right click on it. It'll show that you have blocked that person, just check out that tick mark on the block! ur undone with blocking!

THANK YOU!

now how can i add a contact whom i blocked before deleting
would you please help if you know

my re-tryings unblocking a contact:
You have unblocked A#####a.
You have blocked A#####a. You can no longer see each other online or chat together. Unblock A#####a
You have unblocked A#####a.
You have blocked A#####a. You can no longer see each other online or chat together. Unblock A#####a
You have unblocked A#####a.
You have blocked A#####a. You can no longer see each other online or chat together. Unblock A#####a Every day, I click “unblock”. But my retries does not make any effect.o_OCan anybody help me?thx a lot

didnt work!

THANX A LOT… :)

Hey, there is an easer way…just type in the person you accidentally blocked, then scroll your mouse over to the right and click on “block _____” There should be a check mark next to the “block_____”. So if you just click on it, it will add him/her back into your chat list