How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

You may have noticed the fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar when you logged in to Facebook recently. The list of friends displayed in this sidebar is supposed to be the friends you interact with most. (A few friends and I are finding that the relevancy of the friends in this display is not that accurate!)

I infrequently use the Facebook talk feature, so I thought perhaps the select list of friends was ones I email most often, but it’s not. I wondered if the list is based on a social relevancy algorithm and shows those friends whose content I like or comment upon most often. But, nope!

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

The list of friends in your sidebar is based on who you’ve interacted with most frequently or recently on Facebook. Since it updates dynamically, you can’t by hand add friends to the list. The list shows both friends who are available to talk and friends who aren’t.

I’m not a big chatter on Facebook myself. I choose Skype talk and limit myself there to my own team and a puny group of core contacts. I appreciate there are superb benefits to being able to live talk anytime, but for me I like to limit my instant availability and stay focused. (And, as for the fresh Facebook movie talk? Or Google+ Hangouts? Maybe once in a blue moon when I happen to be camera ready anyway!)

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

Facebook states, “The sidebar is sensitive to the amount of free space you have on your screen, so it only shows up if there’s enough room for it. If you don’t see the sidebar, just click Talk in the bottom right corner of your screen, which shows the same list of friends you’ll find in your sidebar.”

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, embark typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and showcase your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Trio. Limit your availability to certain friends:

You can lightly display the fact you’re online and available to talk with only certain friends. Other friends will simply see you as offline. Very first, you’ll need to have Friend Lists set up (see #Four below). Then:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legitimate/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not showcase up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Don’t have Friend Lists set up yet? Just go here and click the “Create A List” button. There are many ways to get back to your list of Friend Lists; one of the easiest ways is to recall the URL is simply facebook.com/friends.

Or, attempt the nifty Circle Hack app, created to emulate the Google+ circles! See screenshot below (click to increase). Circle Hack is a indeed effortless way to segment your Facebook friends – you don’t have to put everyone in a list, maybe just specific friends then leave others as they are. (The Circle Hack app is not affiliated with Facebook.)

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Once you make your friend “circles” via the Circle Hack app, go back to facebook.com/friends to edit as needed. (Sidenote: many people get worried over the word “hack.” Yes, if your account gets hacked by a hacker that’s a bad thing! But hack can also mean a shortcut, a workaround).

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

At some point in the past few months, since Facebook has been rolling out the fresh Messages (email) product, you may have been taken aback to find a conversation history from a long time ago abruptly showcase up when emailing a friend.

The fresh Messages product is fully integrated with your email, talk and texting (if you use it). So, let’s say you have a talk with a friend and then wish to delete that conversation. You can clear the Talk Window by clicking the little cog icon in the Talk Window, then click “Clear Window” per the following screenshot:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

BUT, all that does is clear the Talk Window. The conversation is still in your Messages area. So, what to do is click “See Total Conversation” which opens the talk history in your Messages area. (You can also go to the Messages area any time and just search for your friend’s name). Then click the “Deeds” button in the upper right and select “Delete Messages.”

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

By the way, be careful of any talk messaging scams – they are out there. Unfriend/block anyone if needed Refer to the Talk Privacy section on Facebook’s Help Center. For more information on the fresh talk sidebar, see this section of Facebook’s Help Center. For more extensive help on talk, including movie talk, refer to this section.

I trust this guide is helpful to you. Any questions, let me know in the comments below! Do you use the Talk feature much yourself? What do you think of Facebook’s fully integrated email/talk/texting communication system?

UPDATE : The popout feature still works where you can lightly see all your friends, plus any friend lists you have and turn the talk slider on or off (green or gray) for each friend list. You may find the popout much lighter to use as opposed to the “relevance” list Facebook displays for you!

UPDATE : 7/17/11 Three:00PM PST: Since I published this post yesterday, Facebook seems to have eliminated the Talk Sidebar and reverted back to the old talk. For now, anyway!! �� Let me know in the comments below if you still have the fresh Sidebar.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Pro | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

I uncommonly use the Facebook talk feature, so I thought perhaps the select list of friends was ones I email most often, but it’s not. I wondered if the list is based on a social relevancy algorithm and shows those friends whose content I like or comment upon most often. But, nope!

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

I’m not a big chatter on Facebook myself. I choose Skype talk and limit myself there to my own team and a puny group of core contacts. I appreciate there are good benefits to being able to live talk anytime, but for me I like to limit my instant availability and stay focused. (And, as for the fresh Facebook movie talk? Or Google+ Hangouts? Maybe once in a blue moon when I happen to be camera ready anyway!)

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, embark typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and display your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Eighteen/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not demonstrate up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Or, attempt the nifty Circle Hack app, created to emulate the Google+ circles! See screenshot below (click to enhance). Circle Hack is a indeed effortless way to segment your Facebook friends – you don’t have to put everyone in a list, maybe just specific friends then leave others as they are. (The Circle Hack app is not affiliated with Facebook.)

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

BUT, all that does is clear the Talk Window. The conversation is still in your Messages area. So, what to do is click “See Utter Conversation” which opens the talk history in your Messages area. (You can also go to the Messages area any time and just search for your friend’s name). Then click the “Deeds” button in the upper right and select “Delete Messages.”

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

UPDATE : 7/17/11 Trio:00PM PST: Since I published this post yesterday, Facebook seems to have eliminated the Talk Sidebar and reverted back to the old talk. For now, anyway!! �� Let me know in the comments below if you still have the fresh Sidebar.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Accomplished | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends show up in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

I’m not a big chatter on Facebook myself. I choose Skype talk and limit myself there to my own team and a petite group of core contacts. I appreciate there are good benefits to being able to live talk anytime, but for me I like to limit my instant availability and stay focused. (And, as for the fresh Facebook movie talk? Or Google+ Hangouts? Maybe once in a blue moon when I happen to be camera ready anyway!)

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

Facebook states, “The sidebar is sensitive to the amount of free space you have on your screen, so it only emerges if there’s enough room for it. If you don’t see the sidebar, just click Talk in the bottom right corner of your screen, which shows the same list of friends you’ll find in your sidebar.”

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, embark typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and demonstrate your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Trio. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Eighteen/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not display up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Don’t have Friend Lists set up yet? Just go here and click the “Create A List” button. There are many ways to get back to your list of Friend Lists; one of the easiest ways is to reminisce the URL is simply facebook.com/friends.

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Pro | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, commence typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and display your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Trio. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Eighteen/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not demonstrate up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

UPDATE : 7/17/11 Trio:00PM PST: Since I published this post yesterday, Facebook seems to have liquidated the Talk Sidebar and reverted back to the old talk. For now, anyway!! �� Let me know in the comments below if you still have the fresh Sidebar.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Accomplished | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, begin typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and demonstrate your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Trio. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legitimate/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not display up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Or, attempt the nifty Circle Hack app, created to emulate the Google+ circles! See screenshot below (click to enhance). Circle Hack is a truly effortless way to segment your Facebook friends – you don’t have to put everyone in a list, maybe just specific friends then leave others as they are. (The Circle Hack app is not affiliated with Facebook.)

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Pro | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, embark typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and demonstrate your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legal/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not display up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

UPDATE : 7/17/11 Three:00PM PST: Since I published this post yesterday, Facebook seems to have liquidated the Talk Sidebar and reverted back to the old talk. For now, anyway!! �� Let me know in the comments below if you still have the fresh Sidebar.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Accomplished | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends show up in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

I’m not a big chatter on Facebook myself. I choose Skype talk and limit myself there to my own team and a petite group of core contacts. I appreciate there are superb benefits to being able to live talk anytime, but for me I like to limit my instant availability and stay focused. (And, as for the fresh Facebook movie talk? Or Google+ Hangouts? Maybe once in a blue moon when I happen to be camera ready anyway!)

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, begin typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and display your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Eighteen/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not showcase up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Accomplished | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends show up in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, commence typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and showcase your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legitimate/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not display up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Pro | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, embark typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and showcase your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legal/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not showcase up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Accomplished | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends show up in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

I’m not a big chatter on Facebook myself. I choose Skype talk and limit myself there to my own team and a petite group of core contacts. I appreciate there are excellent benefits to being able to live talk anytime, but for me I like to limit my instant availability and stay focused. (And, as for the fresh Facebook movie talk? Or Google+ Hangouts? Maybe once in a blue moon when I happen to be camera ready anyway!)

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, embark typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and display your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legitimate/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not display up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Or, attempt the nifty Circle Hack app, created to emulate the Google+ circles! See screenshot below (click to increase). Circle Hack is a truly effortless way to segment your Facebook friends – you don’t have to put everyone in a list, maybe just specific friends then leave others as they are. (The Circle Hack app is not affiliated with Facebook.)

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Experienced | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

I’m not a big chatter on Facebook myself. I choose Skype talk and limit myself there to my own team and a puny group of core contacts. I appreciate there are fine benefits to being able to live talk anytime, but for me I like to limit my instant availability and stay focused. (And, as for the fresh Facebook movie talk? Or Google+ Hangouts? Maybe once in a blue moon when I happen to be camera ready anyway!)

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, begin typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and showcase your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Trio. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legitimate/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not showcase up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Accomplished | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, embark typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and demonstrate your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legal/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not showcase up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Pro | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, commence typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and display your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Trio. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legal/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not showcase up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Pro | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, commence typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and display your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Trio. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legitimate/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not display up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Pro | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

I’m not a big chatter on Facebook myself. I choose Skype talk and limit myself there to my own team and a petite group of core contacts. I appreciate there are fine benefits to being able to live talk anytime, but for me I like to limit my instant availability and stay focused. (And, as for the fresh Facebook movie talk? Or Google+ Hangouts? Maybe once in a blue moon when I happen to be camera ready anyway!)

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, begin typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and showcase your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legal/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not demonstrate up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Experienced | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

I’m not a big chatter on Facebook myself. I choose Skype talk and limit myself there to my own team and a puny group of core contacts. I appreciate there are excellent benefits to being able to live talk anytime, but for me I like to limit my instant availability and stay focused. (And, as for the fresh Facebook movie talk? Or Google+ Hangouts? Maybe once in a blue moon when I happen to be camera ready anyway!)

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, begin typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and showcase your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legal/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not demonstrate up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Accomplished | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, begin typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and showcase your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Trio. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legitimate/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not display up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Experienced | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends show up in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, begin typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and demonstrate your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Trio. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legitimate/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not display up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Experienced | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, embark typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and display your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legal/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not demonstrate up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Pro | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends show up in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, embark typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and demonstrate your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Eighteen/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not display up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Pro | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends show up in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, begin typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and showcase your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Trio. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legal/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not demonstrate up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Accomplished | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, commence typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and demonstrate your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Eighteen/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not display up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Experienced | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, embark typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and showcase your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Eighteen/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not display up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Accomplished | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends show up in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, embark typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and display your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Eighteen/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not demonstrate up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Pro | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, embark typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and demonstrate your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Eighteen/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not demonstrate up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Experienced | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends show up in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, commence typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and showcase your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legitimate/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not showcase up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Experienced | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, begin typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and display your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Trio. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Eighteen/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not demonstrate up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Pro | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends show up in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, commence typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and display your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Trio. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Eighteen/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not demonstrate up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Accomplished | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends show up in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, embark typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and display your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legitimate/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not display up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Accomplished | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends show up in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, begin typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and demonstrate your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Trio. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legitimate/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not demonstrate up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Accomplished | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends show up in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, embark typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and showcase your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Eighteen/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not display up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Accomplished | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends show up in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, begin typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and showcase your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Trio. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Legitimate/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not demonstrate up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Pro | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, embark typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and demonstrate your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Trio. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Eighteen/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not display up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Pro | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, embark typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and demonstrate your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Eighteen/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not showcase up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Accomplished | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!

How To Edit Your Fresh Facebook Talk Sidebar and Settings

Facebook Talk Sidebar

Which friends emerge in the sidebar? Can I add specific friends?

There are now several switches to the way you use Facebook talk and edit your settings:

1. Talk with friends

To talk with any friend in the fresh sidebar, click on their name and the talk window opens up.

You’ll know when a friend is available to talk depending on the icon next to their name:

Even if friends aren’t available to talk, you can still send them a message and they can read it later. Talk messages are also viewable via the Messages (email) box.

To talk with a friend not listed in the fresh sidebar, begin typing their name in the search box at the bottom of the list.

Two. Turn off your talk availability entirely:

To “go offline” (not available to talk to anyone):

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Uncheck “Available to Talk.”

Turn Off Facebook Talk

To go back online at any time and showcase your friends your available to talk, click the “Talk (Offline)” bar in the lower right:

…then click the hyperlinked “available:”

Three. Limit your availability to certain friends:

Click the cog icon in the lower right corner.
Click “Limit Availability.” [ UPDATE : 7/Eighteen/11 8:30 AM PST – You may find that the “Limit Availability” option does not display up for you. It seems to be very buggy and intermittent. I had to refresh Facebook several times, clear cache, and attempt different browsers. Sometimes the capability to limit availability shows and sometimes not. Hopefully Facebook is working on correcting this.]
Click the menu in the upper left of the popup window; choose from “Make me unavailable to:” OR “Only make me available to:”.
Select/deselect any Friend Lists as you wish.
Click the Close button.

Four. Create Friend Lists

Circle Hack app for Facebook Friend Lists

Five. Hide the sidebar:

You may want to hide the Talk Sidebar sometimes – that’s effortless: click the cog icon > click “Hide Sidebar.”

6. Delete Talk history:

Clear Facebook Talk Window

Delete Facebook Talk and/or Messages

You can now delete all. Or, select specific parts of the conversation to delete by clicking the check box next to each entry and clicking the “Delete Selected” button.

Mari Smith

Forbes Top Social Media Power Influencer | Facebook Marketing Pro | Globe-trotting Speaker, Author | ‘Mari like Ferrari’ | Bubbly Scottish-Canadian!