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How to Disable Facebook Timeline – Simple Trick

Note: This is a Trick, only u cant see the timeline! But others can see your timeline. It is not official Disabling. If you need to option to disable official by Facebook, Better send mail to MARK Zuckerberg regarding this issue. I know you can’t, So better read below if you need to know the trick to disable the timeline in your browser.

Few weeks back Facebook started updating Timeline feature for all users. Some people don’t like this new Facebook Timeline Feature. There is no Option to Go back to Old Profile Layout. Most of the people Mailing us regarding “How to Disable the Timeline” so we came up with this post. Before that You should know its not the permanent solution and it only works in your browser, because we are going to do simple trick in your browsers. So others can view your timeline, but u can’t able to view Timeline.

How this Trick Works:

Facebook Time line is Not compatible with Older browsers like Internet Explorer  7, So if you are using Old browsers, you can’t view timeline in your profile. If you are using upgraded Versions, you have to change the Compatibility to Older browser. You have to undo the steps which you are going to do for this step to make the browser works like Latest version.

This Trick yet works only with Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers.

How To Disable Timeline in Google Chrome:

Step 1:

Go to your Desktop and find the Google Chrome icon, where you launch your Google Chrome Browser.

Step 2:

Right Click the Chrome icon and Select Properties. It will open Properties Dialogue box.


Step 3:

In the Properties Dialogue Box, You can see the TARGET Text box which has URL to Launch Google Chrome. Now you should Copy and paste the Following Code in that Target Text box after  ‘chrome.exe’ (Note: leave space after chrome.exe and paste the code).

Code:

Code is Only for Windows 7 and Windows XP users. Not tired in Vista or any other Operating Systems. (Try and Let me know it is working or not.)

For Windows 7

--user-agent=”Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)”

Note the beginning of the  Code line should be two hyphens (–), not the long dash (-).

For Windows XP

--user-agent=”Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1)”

Note the beginning of the Code line should be two hyphens (–), not the long dash (-).

Example:

C:\Users\Wolverine\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe --user-agent=”Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)”

 

 

Now Click Apply and OK.

Then Open the Google Chrome from the Desktop Icon where u changed the Code. Open Facebook, Login and Enjoy the Old Profile Layout.

How To Disable Timeline in Mozilla Firefox:

Step 1:

Open your Firefox and go to Add-on screen.

Step 2:

Search for “USER AGENT SWITCHER” , If you can’t able to find the addon, You just go to this link https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/ and Install the Add on and Restart the Firefox.

Step 3:

After Installing, check User Agent Switcher button is available in Navigation bar, if not Just Right Click on the Navigation bar and Click customize and drag & drop the User Agent Switcher add-on to the Navigation bar.

Step 4:

Click the User Agent Switcher Button in the Navigation bar and Choose INTERNET EXPLORER 7. Now Go to Facebook and See your Old Facebook profile layout, not the timeline.

 

If you have any doubt, we are ready to help you. Just Contact our Facebook Solution Group http://www.facebook.com/groups/imacify

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157 thoughts on “How to Disable Facebook Timeline – Simple Trick”

  1. it says “the name specified in the target box is not valid” im sure i followed every step. btw im using chrome, windows 7.

      1. yup this trick is just aroud your browser in present it,s impossible to remove time line . when time line was on beta version that time we can remove it from developers page but now time line is live for use . so it,s become permanent in present we can’t remove it till facebook provide a way to remove it .

  2. Its not working in chrome, also the above contains mozilla. plz let me know the mozilla is correct for google chrome

      1. Hey I’m using Google Chrome-16.0.912.63 m and windows 7 in ma system, ll u guys be able to help me out to get rid of time line

  3. It worked but it messed up the format. Now when I go to my page or my friends pages, it is blank at the top; you have to scrolled down to get to everything including “Update Status.”

    Also the comment box area looks blank

  4. This has messed up my FB, now I cannot see my friends on the left side- nor on their page, and my messages will no longer load

  5. hey it worked…….!!!! thnx a lot….. but man we are changing dis by putting our timeline into a non compatible mode… is der any way by wich we can remove the timeline permanantly…??? BTW thnx 4 that…

      1. its working jst for me !! but my friends still see timeline on my wall 🙁 tell me how to solve this problem !!

    1. Yep, works for me! Thank you so much! It’s silly how much false information is out there… Again, you are a lifesaver!

  6. It is not working.After inserting the code,My chrome is showing the message “Oops! Google Chrome could not find m” and I couldn’t even load any pages.Please help me.

  7. So what’s the point? All this does is cripple your own browser so that it can’t display what your account looks like to everyone else. You might as well just cover your screen with duct tape so you can’t see the timeline for all the good this does…

  8. hey man, your solution makes a big gap on the screen, i found a way to get rid of the gap, just install the FB Purity browser extension after you have set the useragent to IE7, it fixes the gap, plus has lots of other useful features for tidying up facebook

  9. Its not working for me… 🙁 still even i have inserted the correct code.. its saying th epath is not correct:(

  10. Guys,
    I got problem with
    –user-agent=”Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)” code.
    I followed the instructions, and yes, timeline is gone, but when I click on my fb profile page the whole page is empty besides pic, and need to scroll way down to see activities.
    Also, google chrome isn’t recognized as such and when I start it it suggests me to download Google Chrome, cuz I’m using Internet Explorer, which is not true.

    What should I do? Help me, I want to get rid of Timeline, but it haunts me 🙂

  11. K.. well.. i did it and like before i copy and pasted the code thingy, i accidentally deleted the original like website thing there (i dont know what its called) so what do i do now?

  12. you cant remove it when using latest browsers…its just that you cant view it if you are using old versions of browsers(that what makes you think its gone, but its there actually you just cant see it)…would you want to stay on old version for this? don’t think so..deactivate your account and make a new one..and don’t apply the new apps… that’s for sure..lol

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      1. The name i gave i.e “C:Docu…..” specified in target box is invalid. It ask me to make sure that path and file name are correct.

  14. hi it worked! but everything on my profile is gone! how an i recover back my posts and tagged pics??? help pls

  15. i doesent work for me; i tells that “C:\Users\ANBHU\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe–user-agent=”Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)” specified in the target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct. Plz help me…

  16. Yeah! It works! Now I don’t need to see the crap timeline anymore … so disturbing!
    Thank you very very much …

  17. it does not works for me in error windoew make sure that path and file name are correct. same like you . please inform me if you got the solution of the error.

  18. hey………Its not working and I want my Old FB back please………….plz tell me the solution i dont want this timeline…

  19. No wonder it’s not working for so many people! The post author should really watch his AutoCorrect. Here is the line he posted (taking Windows 7 as example):

    –user-agent=”Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)”

    Here is how it SHOULD look like:

    –user-agent=”Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)”

    Note the beginning of the line should be two hyphens, not the long dash. Also, the quote marks should be ordinary (straight) quotes, not “up-down” quotes.

    Not sure if it will work, but at least as far as the syntax is concerned, this is the proper way to write that line.

  20. This code does not work on google chrome and if it does please post a video to youtube to show exactly how to fix as facebook is doing my head in thanks with timeline.

  21. i am very thank ful to u…………..Thank you so much .. and really believe able information

  22. This does not work for Google Chrome as stated. I did everything in each step (twice) and it didn’t work.

  23. can u guys help me? i cant see my latest activity log on my timeline wall.i cant see likes,comments,shares which i made to my friends wall or picture,etc. It seems like i am deleting all my activity in few sec,after i made them

  24. Broadband Blogger

    Some Facebook users are not quite happy with Timeline. These simple tricks will make it much easier to go back to the old FB look. Thanks for sharing.

  25. Mobile Broadband Blogger

    Not all Facebook users are happy with the Timeline format, I for one wants to have the old FB back!

  26. I finally got rid of timeline, and im using google chrome. Go to ur settings, then go to extensions, click get more extensions, type in timeline removal click on it when it comes up then install it then refresh ur browser. Good luck everyone 🙂

  27. Gosh, I’ve been looking for so long to find a way and disable my facebook timeline, that annoys me so much! I’ve regretted bitterly ever since I was told to try it out and never could go back to the old outlok. You can not imagine how helpful your advice is for me and it works perfectly fine for me,as long as I am not going to see the timeline on my profile. I am using google chrome so it should work:)Thanks a lot!

  28. I really need this trick. I hate this timeline feature of facebook and this is really simple to get my old facebook theme. Thank You Sir for sharing this really helpful article 🙂

  29. dear
    i want to add my work info in my facebook page but it doesnt show me information regarding my work.and just showing me i adding work portion just “No Work”.so please anyone can help me.
    best regards

  30. Software Technology blog

    Best trick ever..! Timeline is one thing about Facebook which I didn’t like. I hope it takes a while for Mark to make it mandatory.

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