The auto-refreshing status ticker in the sidebar of the new Facebook layout is distracting. How do I remove it?
Facebook – How to Disable the New Ticker in the Sidebar
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When authenticating the application to your Facebook account, you should select the option saying that whatever the application posts should be visible to only you and none of your friends.
This is shown in the screenshot below:
If you want to hide the chat automatically, then this most likely means you don't want to chat at the moment.
Select "Unavailable to chat", then hide the sidebar.
Any future requests to the Facebook homepage (whether you are logged out or not) will have the chat window closed.
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Best Answer
Facebook doesn't allow you to disable the ticker - it only allows you to make it smaller:
From the Facebook help page.
However, you can install a Greasemonkey script, or Chrome extension to hide it:
UPDATED: As per Kered Negah's answer below, Facebook have implemented a Hide Ticker / Show Ticker function. Fantastic!
https://webapps.stackexchange.com/a/31049/7932