Hide friends' profile pictures in Facebook Chat

Facebook will by default show the profile pictures of the people with whom you chat; this is very convenient, especially when you are having an active conversation with multiple users - this allows you to quickly see who said what, without having to read the chatter's name before each message. But unlike the chat names, in plain letters, mini profile pictures do take a bit more space, and can take up quite a bit of screen real estate, depending on the number of Facebook users taking part in a Facebook Chat conversation. For reference, this is how the chat client looks by default, when profile pictures are showing next to the names of friends available for a chat conversation on Facebook:

Hide pictures in Facebook Chat client

Follow these steps to block these chat pictures and only show the names of your Facebook friends:

• First, click on the "Chat" button to expand the client in the bottom right corner of the page.
• Then, click on the "Options" button as shown below:
  
  
• When the Facebook Chat options menu opens, check the "Show Only Names in Online Friends" checkbox: notice that Facebook saves and applies the new setting right away.
  
  
• The listing of Facebook friends currently online and available to chat with you has diminished in size quite a bit, with profile pictures now hidden, and only their names showing:
  
  

That's all you have to do to disable and hide profile pictures inside the Facebook Chat client! From this point on, your Facebook friends' photos won't be visible in Chat, only their names - you still get all the previous functionality, seeing their status icon next to friends' name, the ability to click on a friend's name to start a chat conversation, etc. And Facebook "remembers" this chat option, even if you happen to login to your account from a different computer or completely different location.

Facebook Tutorial

• Facebook Chat Tutorials:
• Facebook Chat Tutorial, Tips & Tricks
• See friends available to chat on Facebook
• Go offline on Facebook Chat (be invisible)
• Open Facebook Chat in a new window
• Disable Facebook Chat sounds
• Enable and turn on Facebook Chat sounds
• Hide friends' profile pictures in Facebook Chat
• Always show Facebook Chat popup
• Hide the Facebook Chat popup
• Send message to a friend with Facebook Chat
• Download and save Facebook Chat conversation
• Erase messages in a Facebook Chat conversation
• Recall or unsend Facebook Chat message
• Hide a Facebook Chat conversation
• Minimize a Facebook Chat conversation popup
• Create friends list for Facebook Chat
• Rename friends list on Facebook Chat
• Remove friends from Facebook Chat Friends list
• Add friend to a Facebook Chat Friends list
• Hide friends list from Facebook Chat
• Show hidden friends list on Facebook Chat
• Delete friends list on Facebook Chat

These free Facebook tutorials were written for the new Facebook, and are updated with each latest version of your favorite social networking site on Windows and Mac.