How to check if someone has blocked you on Google Talk
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There is a great little instant messaging utility, Pidgin that helps to find who has blocked you in Google Talk. If you not sure how to configure Pidgin with Google Talk, I advice you to first visit this page.
Ok, now when you are aware of how to configure Pidgin to work with Google Talk, I’ll guide how to make smart use of Pidgin to identify who has blocked you on Google Talk.
It’s very simple. Just follow the steps:-
1- Log in to your Gmail account on Pidgin.
2- Go to “Buddies” -> “Show Offline Buddies“. (A person who has blocked you must be showing offline to you. So you need to make all offline friends visible)
3- Now all your contacts are visible to you. Pick any one of those.
4- Right Click on your chosen contact name and select “Get Info“.
It will show you the brief information of your contact. Now, if any of your contact has blocked you on Google Talk, you will not be able to see his/her profile.
6- Select a contact who you think may have blocked you. Again, Right Click on his/her name and select “Get Info“. You will not see anything. Not even the contact’s name.
This goes to show that this particular contact has blocked you on Google Talk and don’t want to talk to you and so it appears to be offline always.
Hope, you like this article. This is the only way I could able to find out to determine who has blocked you on Google Talk. What’s your comment on this?
Nice tip, never know about it
Thanks
Stumbled!!!
Nice tip , stumbled
Nice info. Never thought to beat google in any way. You find the way. Keep it up.
Great tip, Rakshit. Never heard of it before. Thanks for the find.
gud work yaar .mast cheez hain
Hey nice tip out there, I think google talk is acquiring a lot of space in IM world because of its compatibility with http proxy i think, coz in my office no IM works other than Gtalk. I wonder your friends will block you, only certain ppl whom you bug a lot will block.
Thanks friend.
@Kanak, you are absolutely right. Really, GTalk has become 1st choice IM for most of us. Even in my college, everything is blocked except Google Talk.
You’ll also see when someone who has blocked you comes online, because it will show in the system logs “blah changed status from Offline to Offline”
how you maintain “system log” of google talk?
i have question.
I am almost positive that someone has blocked me from gmail chat now, but as I use your suggested method, i still get the picture and the contact info. is it possible that this is due to the fact that I have previously communocated with that person a lot and its information has been stored already in my account, thus making your method not practicable in that casE?
ale, first of all thanks for your comments.
Now, as far as your question is concerned, I am sure this can not happen. I always prefer to store my chat history still I get to know who has blocked me. “information” that is stored has nothing to do with this. May be that person has not blocked you.
If you have any other query, please feel free me to ask me.
yeah, thanks for the reply, however i am still pretty sure about that. BUT i may have not been blocked, but when you log on to gmail and then chat there is another option apart from block, it says gives you the option to choose which contact to appear in gmail chat and you have several options like show “always”, “never” and “block”. the case might be then that i could have been marked as “never” appear in gmail chat what do you think?
Since, I have never tried this “always”, “never” and “bock” option, you can take my gmail id and then we can try each every aspect of this popular chatting service.
What you say?
hahah i thought about this too but wanted to see if you would come up with a suggestion. it is true that if my friend marked me as never appear i should have seen at least some activity on his side.
i know several ppl that would rather avoid me in ggltalk;)
so i am still not 100% sure about the efficacy of your method…
Why do people avoid you. You are no ghost, right?
anyways, all I can say is that probably, you are not blocked by anyone. Let’s hope so.
If in future you come up with any other method, please let me know.
Meanwhile, stay tuned.
So sad, when I know someone blocked in Google talk
This information is great,,,,,,,,,
I think Yahoo,Gtlak and other friends are shown in same window,,,,,,,,Is there a way we can seperately saw Yahoo and Gtalk users in PIDGIN………
Tell a best way to find invisible yahoo users……
I’ll also try to figure out your other query as well.
Thanks for commenting. You made my day.
Stay Tuned.
Thats awesome, now that google comes with invisible mode, is there any way which we can track whos invisible , like the buddy spy that works great on yahoo .. could be fun to code .. i guess
Yeah, I’ll try to come out of it as soon as possible. This service has just launched. Perhaps, it may take some time to get around it.
Though I’m a Pidgin user, I never knew that the feature could be used so effectively because as far as I know, no one had blocked me, but I guess someone has blocked me and I need to check out. Thanks a bunch for the tip.
This was a great tip. Now i can find who hates me.
Hi rakshit, can we find invisible gmail users??
Thanks for the great info..Dude
Thanks dear… I appreciate that you like it. Looking forward to seeing you more on Aarambh.
@WWW Superstars
Thanks for your comments buddy. Lots of people have asked me the same question. I am working on that issue. In no time I’ll get around that too. Meanwhile, Stay Tuned.
Thnks for this useful info, but pls i really need to chk which of my contacts are in invisible mode.
This is awesome, thank you so much. You do good work.
Thanks for the tip. From what you said it seems that I have been blocked by a “friend”. I am wondering, if my friend disabled chat, would it be the same as blocking and no one can see when he is online or offline?
I also wonder if something like that can be checked for skype?
For checking the same for skype, you will get many tutorials over the internet, I hope so. If this is not the case just feel free to contact me, I solve your problems.
Thanks for stopping by and Stay Tuned…
Hi, I’m back again with some info for you and the other impatient users
First, info for the impatient users who want to know how to find if the other person is invisible or not. Use a software called “Buddy Spy” It’s free and easy to use. It’s so simple, Rakshit wouldn’t want to put it on his blog :p
Rakshit, I found out one thing about gtalk. If you have blocked some person and try to retrieve information, it’ll return blank. I still haven’t unblocked that person and tested again as I’m on linux as of now. Will keep you posted
Oh, I forgot to mention. This “Buddy Spy” software is for Yahoo users only.
Just checked by unblocking them on Gtalk on Windows and testing on Pidgin(linux). If you are blocking someone and checking by your method, you can’t see their info. If you can merge these posts, please do so that your blog looks cleaner.
P.S-Why don’t you blur the names and/or photos of your friends in the screenshots? Their privacy matters too right?
Just a thought.
Right?
i want to know how to identify the user that they r in invisible mode in gtalk
Good information !
Rakshit, I think ignoring my 3rd post would be better. Lesser confusion
What I wanted to let you know was, in case you have blocked someone on Gtalk and want to check with the method you have mentioned to see if you are blocked or not, you won’t see any details, even if they have not blocked you. So, in case you want to find out if the other person has blocked you or not, you have to unblock them first(in case you have) and then check.
Hope this helps.
The info about whether you have been blocked by others using pigdin was great. Looking forward to you guys cracking the invisible mode funda in gtalk also. All the best.
We have got much more to share. Stay tuned…
Hi,
I have a question…
When i see a particular contact’s name in my gtalk msg,it shows a diff pic.But when i see the same contact in pidgin ,it shows another pic. wt does this mean?? has that person has blocked me? has anyone faced anthing like this :O
How to find out if someone is invisible in Google Chat: hover over the person’s name in the gchat window and select “Chat.” A normal chat window should appear. Now wait a minute or so and see if the small gray text at the bottom of the chat window includes “Messages will be delievered when they are online” I’m paraphrasing but I noticed that when they are invisible, this line isn’t included. Furthermore, when you send the invisible user a message it says sent. When they are offline it says User did not receive your message, in red text. Let me know if this works for you. Nothing fancy…
nice tips…helped me a lot dude!!!!
thanx a lot…
keep postin such infos…
u r a hit already!!!
Hey Rakshit … good blog … wat abt the invisible mode identification on gmail chat … any updats on that …
Thank you Rakshit. I found who is blocked my id.
I’ll reply to your question soon. Stay Tuned.
@sourav
Those are real good words. Thanks for the appreciation.
@alistair
My next post will be regarding that invisible mode identification on Gtalk. Stay tuned…..
@yarthein
It’s good to know that my article helped you. Thanks for your comments.
@ballsq
The information you provided worked perfectly fine. Thanks for your valuable comments. I’ll mention your name in my next post. Do check it out.
@rakshit
Thanks
Sorry for replying late.
As far as your question is concerned, if you are able to view the profile pic of the other person it is dead sure that you are not being blocked by him.
If your contact is also using Pidgin (older versions) then it may possible that you see different pic in Gtalk and pidgin itself.
The latest version has removed that glitch in the software. I hope you get what am trying to say.
Thanks for your patience.
thanks rakshit.I also arrived to the same conclusion.
Hello,
Is there anyway I can disable or block gtalk?
Thanks in advance for your time!!
Hi Rakshit…
gr88 blog…keep it up…
ok million dollar question…
u know like how the gtalk remains connected even though u have logged off from the cyberroam client…will the same work for this engine as well…
how safe to type my password in Pidgin?
Refer here.
Hi, i have a bit different problem but it seems to be connected somehow with the auto/always/never/block. I am using Pidgin on UBuntu. Some contacts in Gmail contact list a had “never” visible in chat. The point is, that there contacts are always seen in contact list in pidgin. Even if I change their chat status to auto/block whatever, or if I delete them, after restart of pidgin, they are back there. I dont want to have them there. The interesting is, that they are not mostly @gmail.com users..
thx for any suggestions..
Thanks so much - I’m having a little feud with someone and never see her online anymore..was wondering if she blocked me. Turns out she didn’t…I feel better. Thanks.
It may be possible that you have configured Pidgin to work with some other IMs as well. First just check this and let me know.
@Shiva
You’re welcome. You know what? Same was the case with me as well few months back, then later on I came up with this technique to solve all problems.
Great job…Is there a way to detect invisible users in gmail chat? There are lots for yahoo! , but looks like none for gtalk.
see bro i think a person has ignored me …. but his pics change time to time … is this possible ??? coz when m out of his reach then how will the change in the pics will be seen to me????
well if u agree that it is not possible that the change will be observed … we can say that its also an alternative to find out who has blocked u …
hello……..i wanna ask u sumthng.there is a new thing in gmail-being invisible..
Do u kno any way to detect wen sumone becomes aonline and stays “offline ” to others??????????????
If a person has blocked you or not, you will always see his updated profile pic. It has been tested on my own two gmail accounts. So, now it becomes very difficult to find out who has blocked you? It may be possible that your contact has changed the pic when you were offline.
@Rahul
So far I haven’t found any method or trick to know the invisible Gmail users. Got to wait for some more time.
hey no doubt i think this works but still i am not able to get through i hv got the software(thanks a tonne) but its not getting connected …..pls helppp
After configuring Pidgin, please don’t forget to restart it.
Reply me with the details of your problem.
Is there anyway to do this on a mac (with ichat or another program)? Pidgin isn’t mac compatible
thnx for the information about how to know if somebody blocking you or offline .
hey i have a prob in conecting to the gmail by Pidgin…
error is coming…
“SSL Connection Failed”
what to do to get away with this error?
Help me out
Hi, Rakshit…
I really like your blog…
Was just wondering if it’s possible to find out when one of your Google Talk contacts last logged in?… I mean if they’re still using it or not…?
Thank You.
Check your proxy settings. Choose the correct proxy type- HTTP, SOCKS or any other. IP address and port no should be correct as well.
@Nika
Thats a very tough ask. So far its certainly not possible.
i thnk dere’s 1 more way to find if u r blockd on gmail thru pidgin …wen u try to send the person an offlin mssg
pidgin generates an error if dat person has blocked u ..try it .
I have installed pidgin and it was working quite well. Suddenly yesterday I tried connecting through Pidgin and it shows “SSL connection failed” and I see “Error connecting to talk.google.com:5223 (Connection timed out.)” in the Debug window..I changed the port to 443 but no use..Wonder how it was working yesterday but today all of sudden it doesn’t… Plzzzzzzz help.. I need Pidgin badly…
ur just GREAT……….
thanxxxxxxxxxx
I noticed one of my friend blocked me. I was trying to figure out if she was actually blocking me. So I had to look up via google to find out, and now I stumble across this website. Thanks, and I appreciated it. However, if she blocked my IM, does it mean she blocked my email associated with that gtalk IM sn?
Let me know, thanks.
What type of error msg do you get? I tried it but it didn’t work for me.
@Goodie
Replied through mail.
@Rupam
You’re welcome and thanks for those lovely words.
Thanks for visiting Aarambh.
Your contacts cannot block your Instant Messenger (IM) i.e. your Google Talk. They can only block your email id (in your case gmail acc id) so that you cannot see them online.
any way to find out whether the person is online or not??
Online in what sense? For chatting?
If a person in offline for chat it can be 3 possibilities:-
1.) He is actually not present.
2.) He has blocked you.
3.) He is using “Invisible” option.
For 2nd case, refer this post.
For 3rd case, No solution yet. I’ll tell you as soon as I find it out.
i need an answer for the 3rd case u have mentioned
thanks
I Hope that u find the solution for that soon.thanks
Thanks!
Hi Rakshiit,
Pidgin is now working..looks like some gateway problem..
Thanx a lot..
Enjoy!
@Goodie
Good to know that. It happens sometimes.
“They can only block your email id (in your case gmail acc id) so that you cannot see them online.”
But I will be able to send her emails, correct? Thanks.
Of course, yes without any doubt. You can always send mail to any email id. No problem in that. Blocking feature is only for Gtalk or inbuilt Gmail chat.
another user make blocking to me.
i want to solving this problem
Hi man,
I am looking the same info for skype. Another person already asked you but u said we can find these tutorials on the web…for I haven’t been able to find anything till yet specifically for skype.
Thanks for the help
There is a Skype plugin for Pidgin. Get it from this location.
Install the plugin and before you open Pidgin, just make sure that Skype is already running on your system. This way the plugin will automatically export all your skype contacts to Pidgin.
Enjoy!
very nice, but one question..
some one blocked me in googletalk, but how i will see he is online or offline???
I guess if you are blocked then you won’t be able to find that out.
its really very cooooooooooooool
Thanks. This works as I tried it out with friends. Rakshit…this works for finding people who blocked you on both google chat and google talk. Correct?
nice tips,
i want to ask one thing,one of my friend block me in gtalk, i found outthrough Pidgin, but how i will find when he comes online…
Yea, it works for both.
@Mark
If you are blocked then it means you are “blocked” to know any activity of your contact. You cannot find when he/she comes online and goes offline
Thanks for letting us know how we can identify some one who have blocked our name from their chatting list.But How to identify some one, who has logged in as invisible mode in gtalk??
Hi Rakshit..
plz find out any solution for the invisible option, I mean how to detect the invisible person in Gtalk, for Yaho msngr. there are several methods to check it out, but till now I haven’t found any solution for Gmail chat. Please do your best and get solution.
Thanks,
Danny
This was a great tip! Thanks buddy..
Works perfectly.
Thanks man…Now I realized that my girl friend get tired of chatting with me.
We live far apart!
heheh
nice tip
hi rakshit…
can u even help me in finding the persons who r invisible in the
g tak messenger like even in the yahoo
plz rakshit do this for me…..
i am eagerly waitin for ur reply in my mail……..
bye bye
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