How to Turn Off Chat in Google Talk

Google Talk is a good program, but sometimes the pop-up window for chat is annoying. If you wish to get rid of that pop-up window by turning off Chat, you can. This eHow can help you so you can enjoy the program you have come to depend on even more.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

1. Log onto Google Talk when you wish to turn off Chat in Google Talk.
2. Go to gmail, then scroll down to the very bottom of the screen.
3. Select "standard view without chat".
4. Click on the link to turn off Chat in Google Talk.
5. Use a more complicated method to turn off Google Chat by going to Greasemonkey. This site offers a program that works with Firefox to turn off Google Chat (see Resources below).