Google GMail: How to Turn off or Hide Talk or Chat

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Google has plugged everybody into Google Talk from their gmail interface. However, a lot of people who use gmail, don’t want Google Talk displayed within gmail. Here’s how to turn it off.


Getting google talk out of gmail is not tough. However, google has just made it difficult to find.

Scroll down to the very bottom of gmail after you log in. You should see the standard view without chat link. Click it and you are set.

I’ve included a quick screenshot that shows where it is:

 

9 Comments -


  1. dick said on December 2, 2008

    thanks…is easier to avoid ppl

  2. xxx said on January 2, 2009

    thanks ……its really helped me

  3. aravind said on February 11, 2009

    hi to every one

  4. Claude said on February 19, 2009

    Thanks, I was searching for that option for a while :-)

  5. Anonymous said on August 19, 2009

    Hi,

    Thank you for your suggestion… it doesn’t really fix the entirety of the prob though… I dont want to be distracted by chat, so i want that entire box out of sight… I can’t seem to drag it down under the other features either, like under “google calendar” or ‘web search’ on the left. What do you suggest? Can i hide the box away completely, or… drag it below the rest so its not visible?? thank you!!

  6. Anonymous said on December 30, 2009

    they changed the interface, now it looks like you just hit “turn off chat” in the same area you described. thank you!

  7. Mike said on May 30, 2010

    good one thanks it was driving me nuts

  8. Kaus said on October 2, 2010

    Thank you Bosss

  9. AL said on February 27, 2011

    Mine was showing as “turn on chat” even though it WAS on, or it was showing up. I had to turn it on, then off again to get it to hide.

 

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