Timeline is a new feature that gives a new all new look to your Facebook profile. Timeline can be considered as a moving mosaic of photos, videos and other data arranged in order of time. That means you can know what your friend posted on his wall, tracking back the information exactly back to time when the data was posted, in short you can know everything from the time your friend started using Facebook.
Now timeline received a mixed response from Fb users, some welcoming it, some feeling it as a necessary burden to carry. Many of my friends wanted their old Facebook profiles back. I have been looking for a way to do so, which brings me to this post about how to disable Timeline. You can do away with your Timeline just by following the steps below :
*Note: It is important to tell all our viewers that Facebook Timeline is a server side feature and using below methods can deactivate this for your Profile and also for others but only visible to you.
GOOGLE CHROME users follow the steps below :
- Right-click on Chrome Browser application (shortcut) and then click “Properties”.
- In the target box, add the following line of code leaving a space after chrome.exe
Windows 7/Vista users need to add this
–user-agent=”Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)”
Windows XP users need to add this
–user-agent=”Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1)”
- Click on “Apply” and go to Facebook.com
- Close your Browser and Restart it and hard refresh your profile page (Ctrl+F5). You will get the Old profile view with some Formatting errors like extra space between header etc. To Fix those errors, Install this Extension in Google Chrome. [LINK]
- You’ll find your Facebook profile has been reverted back to the old interface from the new Timeline view.
FIREFOX users follow the steps below :
- Open Firefox, Install User Agent Switcher add-on & Restart the Firefox.
- Once installed, the UAS icon will be displayed on the navigation bar. If its not displayed automatically, right-click on the navigation bar and click customize. Drag the icon “User Agent Switcher” on to the nav bar of the browser.
- Now, click on the User Agent Switcher button and select Internet Explorer -> Internet Explorer 7.Finally, go to Facebook.com and you’ll get back your old Facebook profile interface.
- Open Facebook and hard refresh your profile page (Ctrl+F5). You will get the Old profile view with some Formatting errors like extra space between header etc. To Fix those errors, Install this . [LINK]
SAFARI users follow the steps below :
- Open Safari & click “Alt” button to display menu.
- Now, go to Developers > User Agent > Internet Explorer 7.0
- Restart the browser and then go to Facebook.com.
- You’ll now see your Facebook profile with the old interface and not the new Timeline interface.
Internet Explorer users follow the steps below:
For those who are using Internet Explorer 7 their is no need to do any change because Facebook Timeline would not be visible to them. For others :
- Open Facebook Profile Page.
- Press Alt Key. Click on Tools > Compatibility View Settings.
- If facebook.com is already filled in, Click on Add else fill in facebook.com and Click on Add followed by Close.
- Refresh the page.
To easily understand the above procedure you may check this video below :
[UPDATED]
The another and the Best way to change Back to your profile is just Go to this [link]. You would be able to change it for Mozilla and Chrome Browser.
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I am sorry to tell you there is no other way to hide Timeline:(.
No your friends will see the version you are using ( old or new )
Follow the video in the post ,, else try the firefox thing..
Download Google chrome or firefox
yes you can always go back.This post makes your browser work like IE7 and timeline is not compatible with IE7. So whenever you change the browser you will be back to timeline.
You Welcome
Sorry no other way
Hey sorry .Google chrome has shown some problems of late. You try the one with Mozilla Firefox, it definitely works.
it works. If it did not for you then try with other browsers. I would recommend Firefox.
Yes its the way it is. Disabling timeline will make older version appear only to you . While all else will see Timeline. Well that’s fair enough i guess. Now u just cant complaint of how your profiles looks to others.
Well hi there. Man u seem to be really angry with all these changes. To be honest there is nothing me and you can do except just using what is given to us. If you have problems , i would suggest you to mail your complaints to Facebook blog or other big sites like Mashable or Techcrunch. I think they have the power to make things matter. It would be a worth a shot. Do try. Thank you.
it totally does. Tell me your problem
no i dont think so.And if it does u can use twi browsers. thats not a big deal.
Well use another browser for surfing other sites than Facebook
Micheal its completely working. Try it again. If still you got some problems then download some other browser. Firefox recommended.
which browser are u using ?
it works little girl, Try the firefox one..
then download some other browser , not that a big deal..
it only shows on your browser.
its given in the post man
which browser are u using. Firefox recommended
try fbpurity.com
try fbpurity.com
you wrote the comment even before reading the title of the article
if u care that much how your profile is gonna look to others, then no solution for that. Sorry
Yes, Timeline is mandatory. Its a part of your profile and don’t worry soon its gonna be a part of your friends profile as well. If you don’t like timeline you can switch back using the info in the post above. Firefox settings recommended.
for removing that extra space try http://www.fbpurity.com
thank youuuuuuuuuuuu it worked thank you thank you thank you
ya they will . There is no way to do that. I run facebook updates not facebook.lol
you just cant remove timeline from your account.
there is a link at the bottom of the post, try it.
Well thank you. Yeah its frustrating to answer silly things over and over .
Yeah true. Your friends will be able to see your profile in timeline mode. Its only be removed for you !
Click on the link and there on the right hand side , proper steps are given. There is a option to download it. Click on it and you are ready to rock.
Hello there. Keep using the same browser and i hope you are aware that old version will only appear on your pc where you have used this article.
Yeah thank you for appreciating my patience. I truly have hard time answering those irrelevant comments.
I am working on to fix it. Earlier method not working now. Will come back to u ASAP.
It DOES NOT work !!!!!! I have tried it for the last 2 hrs and NO luck! Any other suggestions?
I am sorry . It was working fine a little while ago. But its late for disabling timeline. Read this you will understand http://fbupdates.com/2012/04/timeline-is-mandatory-no-disabling-it/