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Fast fix - block your *unwanted* contacts from Google Chat
Click on Contacts on the left side of your Google page.
Then, select the person you'd like to block. When you click on their name a window will open and you will see a "Show in Chat List" drop down menu. You can select from Auto, Always, Never, and Block.
Since in this instance, I'm cleaning out my chat list, I would select Block for this contact, and poof, they will automagically disappear from my Chat list. If you make a mistake or you want to put them back on your list, you can just select their name and then click on Auto or Always to get them back on the chat list. Blocked users can't see when you're signed in to Google Talk, and you won't see their status in your Friends list, either. (No offense Leonie, BFF)!
If you don't want Gmail to automatically enable chat privileges with your contacts you can go to Settings
Then click on Chat,
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Yoav Erez said 11:08PM on 9-20-2009
Why is this a post?? are we just randomly stating Gmail functions now?
How about the "reply" functions? you folks heard of that? or "auto-complete" that's pretty cool..
Seriously DownloadSquad - blocking a contact is a very simple function that has been around from day 1 of google chat..
Slow news day?
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kojo87 said 12:27AM on 9-21-2009
i read this whole article post thinking there was going to be something of worth at some point. needless to say i was quite disappointed
Taai said 3:35AM on 9-21-2009
This post was useful for me. I didn't know why almost strangers appears into my chat list. And I wasn't thinking about why it's so.
Thank you for post! ;)
Lefteris said 5:08AM on 9-21-2009
Taai it would be easier for you to read the google help instead of downloadsquad.com.
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peggyf said 8:37AM on 9-21-2009
I agree with Taai - didn't bother me enough to go to help, I was interested in How to Make It Work. Thanks for the post.
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jgs said 10:25AM on 9-21-2009
Why use "Block" instead of "Never"?
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jeadly said 2:26PM on 9-21-2009
@jgs
"Block" prevents you from showing up as online in their contacts list, while "never" just doesn't show them in you quick list. So if you don't care if someone can see your status, but he isn't in your top 20 favorite people, you don't have to look at his name all the time.