How to switch back old Facebook Chat (SOLVED)
- erwinbantilan
- July 17, 2011
- 34
- Geeks Internet
Do you have problem on the new Facebook Chat? Hard to find friends who is online on your chat list? No Scrollbars? You need to search A,B,C,D,E,F just to find who is online…
Here are my HACKS on how to switch back to old Facebook Chat.
- 1. You need to open New Tab (CTRL+T for firefox)
- 2. Open your Album Directory (http://www.facebook.com/media/albums/)
- 3. Click the Facebook Chat Box on the Bottom Right
- 4. You can now Enjoy chatting your friends with the old Facebook Chat.

Hope it solved your problem. Please give credit to GensanBlog.com, as you post this solution on your website.
Due to new Facebook update the solution won’t work on some FB Accounts, We are still working on a small Javascript Code to put up a scrollbar and list all your friends on the new chat box..
Help us Send Appeal to Facebook: (Give Feedback or Complain about the new Chat)
Other Solution:
- If the above solution will not work, try to hide Sidebar (Chat box Settings > Hide Sidebar) then close all Facebook Tab and do the above solution.
- You can still used the pop-out chat (http://www.facebook.com/presence/popout.php)
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Comments (34)
Vicky
17 Jul 2011Thank you Erwin Bantillan!
Mandy Lane
17 Jul 2011TNX for your solution gensanblog, I really hate the new changes on facebook.
Hilary Umeoka
17 Jul 2011Great! Super Thanks Gensanblog.com
Gel
18 Jul 2011thanks! it didn’t work.
Katy Knight
18 Jul 2011im so annoyed at the new chat
Unknown823
18 Jul 2011I think that it was just a glitch in the system where it only worked for a little bit because it doesn’t work anymore. I wrote a post explaining how to use the new chat though; click my name to see it.
HilNigel Bouché
18 Jul 2011new facebook chat is just… fucking terrible.
Joe Pak-Blyzniuk
18 Jul 2011Dear facebook,
with all the new changes ur making, why not make a “hate” button so we can hate the new chat
Mandy Jayne Dunn
18 Jul 2011The new facebook chat is shit!!! Please change it back!!!
Reuben Tate
18 Jul 2011I’m really not liking the new FB chat. -__- I just want to know who’s available/inactive. Not a select list of friends that FB thinks are my “closest” friends.
James Bouris
18 Jul 2011For fuck sake Facebook, if it broke don’t fix. this new chat is so fuckin stupid! aint
Abu Shahirfan
18 Jul 2011I hate this new chat box!!!!!
Miko Makalintal
18 Jul 2011RESET THE NEW CHAT BOX IT REALLY SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!! :PPPP
Houston Nunley
18 Jul 2011I know I am freaking older than dirt but what the hell did they do to the chat window…Facebook got to leave shit alone…I am to damn old to keep learning new shit…
Cassie Saddington
18 Jul 2011I hate it Nunley. Whats the go wiith it? WHy do they have to change it?
Shiela Marasigan
18 Jul 2011what a damn thing that facebook has done with the new chat system can’t even do a scroll up and down hard to trace who’s friends are online… nakakabobo utak bia ang programmer na nag update nito engot siguro di man lang inisip bago ginawa hays kakabobo na …
Scott Lane
18 Jul 2011Finally just looked at the new chat window, its fucked!!
Otto Matic
18 Jul 2011Dear facebook, by now, we all know there is a new chat feature. Can YOU PLEASE respect those who want it closed, and keep it closed for us !!!! Thank you !! Please repost if you are fed up with this thing !!!!
Mio Torre
18 Jul 2011PLEASE BRING BACK THE OLD FB CHAT T_T
Jessica Cash
18 Jul 2011no 🙁 facebook chat is so silly and confusing?
94 people online but i can only see 30 of them? huh? 🙂
help please?
waleed bin khalid spidy
19 Jul 2011me too! there are 30 poeple online! but i cant see all! plez help me! if yew can fix the problem! plez inform me! 🙁 🙁 🙁
Chirag
18 Jul 2011Didn’t work for me 🙁
nischal
18 Jul 2011not working anymore
Olddog
18 Jul 2011it didn’t work for me, but thanks!
I really don’t chat. I like the old chat system where i can see those who want to be seen and have the option to go online when I want to. Now every time I log on, I am automatically online in chat.
Is there a way with the new system to do it?
erwinbantilan
18 Jul 2011@Olddog You can try the popout chat here’s the link http://www.facebook.com/presence/popout.php same as the old chat 🙂
Thomas LK
18 Jul 2011If you dont like the chat bar taking up the side of your screen hit CTRL and + (windows) or Command and + (Mac)
this will zoom your page in a little bit
your online contacts will stay on the left of your homepage when the chat list is open also
to go back to the normal size screen press CTRL and 0 (windows) or Command and 0 (mac)
Techjailer
19 Jul 2011Hope people would like this solution 😀
http://www.techjail.net/how-to-turn-old-chat-interface-from-new-one-on-facebook.html
kalpana jaswal
20 Jul 2011it did not work for me and want the option go online when i want to,now every time i am automatically online in chat
sadje
20 Jul 2011LOL!!! it didn’t work….. !
kalabasa
24 Jul 2011it not work….. i think it works in the other OS..
Norbert Kovacs
24 Jul 2011Unfortunately it didn’t work for me. But do you have a blog or something for SEO. I’m trying to help my mom out.
Karan Lugani
25 Jul 2011It isn’t working . Please check it up.
MyNameIs
24 Sep 2011Its not workin.E-Mail Adress
Jake
05 Jan 2012There are other ways to bring old facebook chatbox back without using any applications out there.
Just go to this web source just in case if you are seeking more ways to it.
http://www.fb-secretstips.blogspot.com/2011/12/bring-back-old-facebook-chatbox.html