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About a week ago, Facebook was "upgraded" - don't know if it's a world wide issue - and the Facebook chat is always online. No matter I sign out.

How can I disable / completely sign out of Facebook chat?

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  • possible duplicate of How can I disable facebook chat?
    – Mehper C. Palavuzlar
    Commented Sep 20, 2011 at 6:35
  • @Mehper The answer to that question is no longer valid. It refers to the old chat app.
    – Alex
    Commented Sep 20, 2011 at 6:57
  • @Alex: They can be merged or the other one should be deleted then (I'm flagging for deletion). The questions are the same, but Facebook is continuously changing.
    – Mehper C. Palavuzlar
    Commented Sep 20, 2011 at 7:24
  • I have closed the old question as a duplicate of this question as the information stated here is valid for the current version of Facebook. Thanks. Discussion on Meta about this issue.
    – codingbadger
    Commented Sep 20, 2011 at 12:53

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Update:

  1. Click on the "gear" icon in the right-upper corner of the chat window;
  2. Click on Turn off chat.
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Or

  1. Click on the "gear" icon in the right-upper corner of the chat window;
  2. Click on Advanced Settings...;
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  3. In the new window, click on Turn off chat;
  4. Click Save.
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1. Click on the "gear" icon in the right-bottom corner;

2. Click on Available to Chat to set it to disable.

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    Is there any way to get that setting to "stick"? In my experience, the flag gets enabled the next time I log in.
    – ale
    Commented Sep 19, 2011 at 18:07
  • That's strange, but everything is strange with Facebook these days. In my case it sticks from session to session. It never gave me any problems.
    – Alex
    Commented Sep 19, 2011 at 18:11
  • I'll look at it again. It's conceivable it's a browser and/or browser extension issue.
    – ale
    Commented Sep 19, 2011 at 20:12
  • Yeah I would check your browser. My Facebook Chat has not been enabled in months. @Al
    – phwd
    Commented Sep 22, 2011 at 2:03
  • thanks, you saved my day! Though this setting in new facebook is now in "Advanced settings".
    – Aquarius_Girl
    Commented Nov 12, 2012 at 3:24
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I also have this problem, where Facebook keeps signing me back into chat after I go offline.

I found a reasonable, though not perfect, workaround:

Go to the "advanced settings" of the chat sidebar, choose the option "Only some friends see you...", and fill in one name only. Choose a person that you're OK with him/her seeing when you're online (I chose my wife :), and that way the rest of your Facebook friends will never see your online status, and you can remain signed in to chat.

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  • Fantastic idea! I can't wait to see if it persists across sessions. Something tells me it will. Thank you!
    – Justin Force
    Commented May 18, 2013 at 19:05
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2018 Facebook has changed things once again. There is no "Turn Off Chat" anymore, instead you need to "Turn Off Active Status". Steps are similar:

  • Click on gear icon on Chat tab in bottom right (or Chat window on right if open) enter image description here
  • Click on Turn Off Active Status
  • Click on Turn off active status for all contacts
    • Alternatively you can choose to disable active status for just some contacts.
  • Click Okay

After completing the above Chat tab in the lower right hand corner will be labeled "Chat (Off)".

Steps to turn it back on are similar:

  • Click on gear icon on Chat (Off) tab in bottom right
  • Click on Turn On Active Status
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I also updated my Facebook. Go to App Settings and there is an option there to sign off Facebook chat. It worked.

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