Have you ever been surprised to find an unwanted “friend” in your Google Talk list whom you do not remember of having invited or accepted for inclusion in your Gtalk list? Worse, you keep finding your Gtalk friends list populating with “friends” who you would not want to be in touch with the messaging application.



The culprit is an option available in Gtalk. When you go to Gtalk setting, you will find that in “general” tab an option that says “add people I communicate with often to my friends list” is checked. This means if you write mails to a person very often, the person automatically get added in your Gtalk friends list. This option is checked by default.

So if you do not want Gtalk to automatically populate your friends list, you need to uncheck this option. You might also not want Gtalk to show your entire Gmail contacts list.

For the “friends” who already have made into your friends list, you can block or remove them. For this right click on the name of the contact and choose the desired action. Blocked users can't see when you're signed in to Google Talk, and you won't see their status in your Friends list, either. If you decide you'd like to communicate with someone you've blocked, just unblock them.