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

Contributor Icon Contributed by MickeyMouse Date Icon February 23, 2006  
Tag Icon Tagged: Google

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:

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  • dick
    thanks...is easier to avoid ppl
  • xxx
    thanks ......its really helped me
  • aravind
    hi to every one
  • Claude
    Thanks, I was searching for that option for a while :-)
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