This is more just a sort of twitter post than a blog post, but since of they told me there is not an answer on the net I decide to write few lines on my blog.
I have to admit I’m a facebook fan, it’s really funny! I don’t spend my spare time on it, but from time to time I like to exchange some words with good old friends. Some days ago I did receive a lot of questions about the chat feature, many people are worried because the developers removed the “clear history chat” option. And now? How can they hide their secrets? Well, a little inspection inside the javascript code reveals the solution to this problem.
The function to call is named clearHistory. To clear the history you only have to put this line inside the address bar of your browser:
javascript:chatDisplay.tabs[id_person].clearHistory();
where id_person is the id of the person you were chatting with.
Good luck and good secrets to everyone! :P
October 12, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Thank you so very much for your post on clearing FB chat. Easy to follow, and worked. I’m feeling a little 1984-ish…..
October 13, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Thanks for this post. Works like a dream for me! I gave the cheat to my buddy in the u.k. though and he claims he can’t get it to work…is that possible? Also, can you think of any reason why people can no longer upload pictures from their computer and send them via FB message? Ever since the Oct. 6 changes, I haven’t been able to send photos and I know other people are having the same problem. Thought maybe it was a problem with Vista but tried to upload from a computer that had Windows XP and same problem…weird…Thanks again for the cheat though. Fab!
November 28, 2010 at 6:20 pm
I have tried this but doesnt seem to work anyone care to help?
November 28, 2010 at 6:20 pm
I have tried this n it dont seem to work or I am doing something wrong,Does anyone care to help me out?
August 28, 2011 at 8:02 pm
can we do the same thing for a group chat also?
but here the case is for the id, there is a name, because the group has an email address. the email user name is there as the id.
so pleas help me
December 20, 2011 at 10:38 am
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