Android - How can I turn off Facebook IM permanently?
The newest version of the Facebook app does not include chat. You can uninstall or disable the Facebook Messenger application to keep IM from running.
In the older official Facebook for Android app, you can shut off chat via the following:
- Start up Facebook
- Make sure you're in the main menu (press Back if it shows the news feed)
- Click "Chat"
- Press the Menu button and hit "Go Offline"
If you have the FB messenger app installed on your Droid, go to the apps and open Messenger (FB blue app next to Messaging). Press the menu button (the 4 small squares on front of Droid) and you should see the option to Log Out on the right. Be careful, once you log out there it says Continue. If you continue, it just logs you back in. So, just leave it at that and go back to the App and Continue when you do want to be logged into FB chat.