Once you’ve made your lists, it’s time to either show or hide your online availability. There are a
couple of methods you could use to do this. You can either decide who specifically can’t see you
online, or you can decide who specifically can see you online. It just depends on the approach you
want to take. Remember, if there are only a few specific people that you don’t want to talk to,
singling them out by name will fit your needs. Whichever approach you take, you need to make
some changes in the settings of Facebook Chat.
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How To See Your Facebook Deleted Messages.
To Edit the Facebook Chat Settings:
1. Return to the Facebook homepage.
2. On the right-hand side of the screen, you’ll see the chat box.
3. Click on the gear icon in the lower right-hand corner to begin.
4. On the menu, click Advanced Settings. A new window will pop up. You will see three options:
- Turn off chat for some contacts only
- Turn off chat for all contacts except and
- Turn off chat for all contacts
The three options are self-explanatory. If you want to restrict access to a few people, or you made a
list of people you want to restrict, choose Turn off chat for some contacts only. If you only want to
allow access for a select group of people or lists, choose Turn off chat for all contacts except. When
you click on one of the two options, Facebook will prompt you to enter the name of a person or the
name of a list. Start typing the name of the list you just created, and the box should automatically
populate itself. The final option makes you appear offline to everyone.
Note: If you have a friend in two (or more) lists and only one of those lists is forbidden from seeing
you online, the friend who’s on both lists can still see you.
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