Question:

Rachel asks: I spend lots of time on Facebook. Is there a way to appear offline to my friends on Facebook chat?

Answer:

Thanks for the question. There are two options. First is to appear offline to all your friends (useful if you want to appear offline to all your friends)

1. Login to your Facebook web page.
2. Open the Chat panel (lower right hand side).
3. Hit Options and then select Go Offline. That will set your status to offline on chat.

Second option is to appear offline to specific friends lists. This might be useful if you want to avoid specific people but interact with other friends:

1. If you haven’t defined a friends list yet, go ahead and create a friends list (Lists>> Friends>> Create New List).
2. Add specific people you might want to avoid to that list.
3. In the Chat panel, hit Friends List and enable viewing the list in the Facebook chat.
4. Hit the Go Offline icon at the right hand side of your Friends list, as shown below:
5. That’s it!