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How To Appear Invisible in Facebook Chat

Last year, back in April 2008, Facebook introduced Chat to communicate with our friends in real-time right from the Facebook website. For some it proved quite useful, but some people didn’t liked it and keep themselves offline.

Earlier, I used Facebook Chat a lot, but as my friends list got bigger, it started getting annoying that every time I log in Facebook to check my wall, messages etc, 4-5 friends would come by just for a casual chat.

facebook-chat-offlineIf I go completely offline, I can’t even see those who come online. Looks like this application, Be Invisible!, has finally solved my problem.

Be Invisible! can show your online friends list on a separate page, even when you are appearing offline. You see a screenshot below where my Facebook Chat is offline, but still I can see who’s online. It even refreshes the page automatically to see what new friends are online or went offline.

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How To Appear Invisible in Facebook Chat

Update: Facebook has removed that application for some reason. I’ll update this page as soon as it gets back.

Update 2: Another similar application added.

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Comments

  • Al
    http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id... is online now which is working. It isn't perfect but you can go offline and still see who is online by opening another web page.
  • Is there any working application right now? I could not find any.. :(
  • Unfortunately, none right now... :(
  • jens_freiburg
    .. its much morer easyier ... make groups for your friends,
    something like VIP .. VIP2 etc..
    than add the persons to this groups ... (there will be autom. a group for all others)
    for each group you can separatly decide whether you want to be shown on or offline ..

    so you have a minimization of being annoyed by smalltalk
  • KB
    OMG jens_freiburg I LOVE YOU! Thank you for telling me this. I had no idea I could toggle separate lists on or offline. I have one person that keeps IMing me every time I get online and I hate it. I can never talk to who I want to talk to without this one person bugging me. It's family member so I don't feel right just deleting them from my friend list lol. You just solved my problem.
  • ange_23danzel
    yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
  • mikhos
    You can make yourself be invisible by doing this:

    Click on the chat pop-up, and under options, you can go offline.

    This will turn off chat entirely, though, but at least you can go on facebook in peace.
  • ansh_arora68
    Going Offline and Going invisible is DIFFERENT. In Offline we cannot view our frnds who r online
    In Invisible we can view our Onlinr frnd in OFFLINE MODE TOO. To go offline click this link - http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id...
  • mikhos
    You can actually, under the options ability pop-up on facebook, 'go offline', making you inivisible.
  • dianedl
    why cant i make myself invisible on facebook.....
  • nimd4
    you're kidding, right.....
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