Remain Always Idle On Google Talk! [Free Download]

Google Talk is my favorite messenger like many of you and so my friend-list there is quite long. While I love to chat most of the times, I want some sort of privacy while developing codes. I can not sign out completely from messengers, as at times I need to communicate with many geeks for help. So I was one of the person who delighted when Gmail chat got invisible status. But to my surprise Google Talk is not yet updated. ๐Ÿ™

I personally prefer Google Talk over Gmail Chat so I googled for some solution and found a free software gAlwaysIdle which changes Google Talk context menu shown in screenshot below…

Google-Talk-Always-Idle-Status

It basically adds a set of status options as you can see in above image!

As highlighted you can choose Always Idle if you are too busy at work. Many users will think that you are not at desk or something similar and thus won’t bother you. ๐Ÿ˜‰

Also there is an exactly opposite option – Never Idle. In case you want to look always online no matter even if you forget to shut down your PC at night!

Update: Many user have reported that gAlwaysIdle original site is down from long time. You can download gAlwaysIdle from our server till then.

Links: gAlwaysIdle Home | Download gAlwaysIdle Setup

Related: Gmail chats’ invisible status feature

97 Comments

adi March 23, 2008

good find ๐Ÿ™‚ but my friendlist not so long ๐Ÿ˜› and i dont…(rather i CANT ๐Ÿ™ ) develope any codes either :P…STILL… THANKS ๐Ÿ™‚

Rahul Bansal March 24, 2008

@adi
Thanks but you can still use it while chatting with your girlfriend to avoid disturbance from friends! ๐Ÿ˜›

Gautam March 26, 2008

Facing some problem….Have to re-login to GTalk whenever i change the setting(Always Idle / Normal Idle). Are you facing the same issue?

Rahul Bansal March 26, 2008

@Gautam
I have no such issues.
Are you using Google Talk on slow Internet? Like dial-up or GPRS?
Or just try reinstalling Google Talk as well as gAlwaysIdle!

Gautam March 26, 2008

No, Internet speed is quite good. Its broadband. Ya, will try that. Thanx

sushanta August 26, 2008

Hi, friend
How two down load gtalk with invisible option???

Bappa Mondal March 23, 2011

Go to the following link and download Google Talk Labs Edition and then install the software gtalk, then you must get the invisible option.Enjoy…

SaiChand August 30, 2011

Gtalk Labs doesn’t work for Windows 7. Any solution for this

Olivia August 27, 2008

at which website i can download always idle for gtalk??? help

Rahul Bansal August 29, 2008

@Olivia
I guess the original site is down. I will try finding an alternate location and will update about same soon.
Sorry for inconvenience.

Sal September 3, 2008

@ Rahul
Hi! Do you know an alternative site to download Gtalk? I’m talking about gtalk client not the alwayidle sodtware. It seems impossible to download it form the google home page… Thank you!

Rahul Bansal September 8, 2008

@Sal
I just checked Google Talk site and it seems fine.
Anyway here is direct link

Deepesh Sodhi October 7, 2008

๐Ÿ™‚ this is very useful!!!!thanks dude

Rahul Bansal October 8, 2008

@Deepesh Sodhi
Your welcome buddy… ๐Ÿ™‚

Roger March 10, 2009

Does anyone have a link to the AlwaysIdle program? Their website is currently down? Anyone know of another place to download?

Rahul Bansal May 22, 2009

@Roger & Ram
Added alternative Download link for gAlwaysIdle at the end of above post.
Sorry for delay.

ram May 15, 2009

Website is still down

can any one upload to rapidshare and give link

Mayank June 7, 2009

@Rahul..bro i don’t get the link to download the always idle programme?? can u figure it out plz..thnx!

Moin Haidar June 20, 2009

Gud find ๐Ÿ˜‰

Su June 27, 2009

very good and useful.. thanks…. ๐Ÿ™‚

cyberghost July 18, 2009

Very good and useful …. ๐Ÿ˜€

biju August 2, 2009

Well Guess this wont work on vista is it?..wel i downloaded on xp and was working fine..is there any alterntive way to run it on vista.ls suggest.

Deepak Jain August 9, 2009

@biju
I guess its working for Vista OS too!

John August 3, 2009

it doesn’t do anything when i launch the program, where’s it supposed to be?

rakesh chahar August 6, 2009

gtalk idle not working ……… someone can help me !

Deepak Jain August 9, 2009

@John, rakesh:
As you can see in the comments above, its still working for many others and for me too.
Guess, re-installation of the software should help!

Ann August 28, 2009

When I install this software, it always show the page of “404 Not found”. Please help me. what’s the matter?

Harsh Agrawal August 29, 2009

I’m using this one from long time an it saves me a lot from embarrassment of not replying..Atleast I don’t have to be in invisible mode…

phyominn September 3, 2009

so nice and need for me. because my friends are call me when i do my work. now, its gone okay. they are seeing i’m idle. ๐Ÿ˜›

zinmarthu September 4, 2009

dat’s really nice….i can make a trick to da one who i don’t want to have a conversation… thanx a lot

biju September 6, 2009

wel tried reinstalling the same on my lap which runs on vista,but when i try making it idle,the message pops up saying “google encountered internal problems and need to close”..do i have any solution for this problem.

i have d same downloaded at my work place which runs on XP, and that is working fine.Do anybdy find out the solution to this problem.i shall remain.

thawngcunglian September 23, 2009

Thanks alot!! Helpful

Z September 28, 2009

thank alot!

stuti October 1, 2009

thanx so much…:)…it wud do a lot of more gudif u ppl cud make oder related softwares also available on ur forum

Resveratrol October 3, 2009

I have installed galways idle, but its not working..

vicky October 4, 2009

i downloaded the setup and installed but its not working..it shows some 404 not found error..can anyone help me out..please..

Jomi October 4, 2009

I have installed the program.. but it just doesnt run..
ny ideas folks?

rajesh October 10, 2009

i downloaded the setup and installed but its not working..it shows some 404 not found error..can anyone help me out..please..

Bug Finder October 16, 2009

Hey dude, there is a small bug in the program, The no. of times you right click gtalk icon to change setting that many times it adds the menu options Normal idle,Always idle, Never idle etc.
Other wise it works perfect.

Thanx

Parijat Kanetkar October 21, 2009

its good.. but unable to connect via proxy servers.. pls comment

rony November 2, 2009

thanx man!!!!!!!!!!!!

su mon thet November 10, 2009

i like to chat with this one so many >>>

Rohitesh November 15, 2009

Is this working in WINDOWS 7?????

priyanka November 29, 2009

I am not able to see the options for idle state after installing the software, I tried re-installing gtalk and galwaysidle softwares too. But dint worked.

Please Help !!

samad bayar December 6, 2009

yes its verry nice thanks all
Download gAlwaysIdle Setup

SAMAD BAYAR December 6, 2009

Many user have reported that gAlwaysIdle original site is down from long you can please try this link download and install time http://www.devilsworkshop.org/files/2008/03/galwaysidlesetup.exe

Rajesh Kanuri @ TechCats December 17, 2009

Thanks for the link at last i found it.. galwaysidle is not working

Tanjul December 23, 2009

hey dude…
the link you’ve given right the top works brilliantly uptil windows vista.. is there anything i can use to make it work on windows 7?? coz i just tried it and it doesnt work there…

Sarabjeet December 29, 2009

It will work on windows 7.

Procedure:

Download the software and try installing it. A window will pop up saying that this version is not supported. Click ‘ok’. The setup will then exit.

A new window will pop up which will be the OS prompting and telling that the software did not install properly.

Click on the option of ‘Install using recommended settings’

Proceed with the installation.

It’ll work after this.

Enjoy !!

Jane April 30, 2011

that was awesome and simple, dude. thanks!

Swapnil January 3, 2010

dude !! good job.. you got ny more such stuffs like this ?>>
please lemme know…

ranawat January 4, 2010

I downloaded the setup and installed but its not working..it shows some 404 not found error … i have tried all the links provided by you above……please help…………

kirti gupta January 8, 2010

i think u r trying it on gmail but it works with gtalk

Abhishek Agarwal January 29, 2010

Not working in windows 7 – 64bit.. Any solution?

mamu September 18, 2010

try changing the compatibility
right click–>properties–>compatibility—>select windows xp

bruno January 31, 2010

works on 7 x64. install with recommended settings after faiulure. see previous post.

tanvi February 8, 2010

i installed the setup on vista….but still its not wrking
the ‘alwaz idle’ option is visible but no idle status while on gtalk. ๐Ÿ™

Don March 5, 2010

To make it work on windows 7 (32 & 64bit), follow these steps:

Right click on the setup-file and select “Run as Administrator”, then it will install without issues ๐Ÿ˜‰

sauby March 7, 2010

it doesn’t work on windows 7. can we expect it in near future???

Chinthaka March 28, 2010

hey dude!
This is not working for windows 7. If there any solution this pls tell me. Thanx a lot..!

Umesh December 14, 2010

Right click the setup-file and then select properties. In the properties, there is a compatibility tab. In that there will be a section called,Run this program in compatibility mode, tick that option and select windows xp.

Mannu Verma April 19, 2010

will any1 tell me wat 2 do to become idle on gtalk…..

Brandon April 21, 2010

I use the never idle feature for my website because I use live chat that connects through Gtalk. Cool plugin!

z May 7, 2010

I downloaded the setup and installed but its not working..it shows some 404 not found error โ€ฆ i have tried all the links provided by you aboveโ€ฆโ€ฆplease helpโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

Myittzuri June 7, 2010

Thanks alot.

tanvi June 8, 2010

man itzzz simplyyy supeerb!!
thanxx buddy! ๐Ÿ˜€

Guru June 9, 2010

gtalk lab edition is not installing,,, after i click on the set up,its telling
“The version of this file not compatible with the version of the windows you are running. check your computer system information to see whether you need an x86(32-bit) or x64(64-bit) version of the program. then contact the software publisher”
my OS is windows server R2 2008…

Pyae Phyo Han August 27, 2010

Thanks for Downloads

Joshi August 30, 2010

hi GEEKs,
I know thats this is working fine …
but its only showing idle for u.. not for your frends..check gmail satus (when ur gtalk is in idle status) is available/busy>> means it for u only there is no change in google server folks..
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sreekutty September 7, 2010

hai let me dwnload it

sreekutty September 7, 2010

its really nice dude..thnks..

100% working

Gourav Joshi September 10, 2010

Thanxxx so much….

sheel November 18, 2010

Does this s/w work with gmail. definitely it is working on gtalk but the light on gmail still shows red. any suggestions for that?

Desi Templates November 22, 2010

Thanks for the application. This will be the better option.

Deepak BIT November 25, 2010

Workin…. ๐Ÿ™‚
Really gud one…

Akshay January 11, 2011

do u have any third party software or tool to detect offline users in gtalk ??? plzzz tell me ……………….

Karthik January 27, 2011

As of now no… I’m working on it…will post soon if done

AD January 24, 2011

it doesn’t work with windows 7 ๐Ÿ™ . Do u hv ny updated version which will work on 7 ??

Karthik January 27, 2011

It works on windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit.
Procedure:
Download the software and try installing it.
A window will pop up saying that this version is not supported. Click โ€˜okโ€™. The setup will then exit.
A new window will pop up which will be the OS prompting and telling that the software did not install properly.
If the window does not open run the setup once again and repeat.
Click on the option of โ€˜Install using recommended settingsโ€™
Proceed with the installation.
Itโ€™ll work after this.
Enjoy !!

kasim January 26, 2011

Thanks, very useful

Sush February 14, 2011

Hi,

I tried downloading the s/w with all the links given above. It is giving a 404 error. I am installing it in Windows XP m/c. Could you guys tell me the settings I need to do and help me install it.

Thanks in Advance!

benhur April 22, 2011

thanks a lot ๐Ÿ™‚ it works

Heena April 25, 2011

can someone plz tell me tht after how long gtok shows you idle on chat ?

An Xin June 24, 2011

Thanks! It’s easy to use.

alinyaung July 25, 2011

Thanks . it is useful for all….

La5 July 28, 2011

Thanks for this solution. It’s usefull for me. But when i run this one on windows 7 my context menu doesn’t changes. After this i uninstall my russian version of gtalk and install english version. After this, i restart gtalk and gidle, and i found this items in menu.

Rincy August 2, 2011

does this work with Google lab edition

thantko October 29, 2011

i want to download this!!

Carol February 29, 2012

Hi..yu’ve done a good job..but p.s. help me..its not working..nothing happened after installation ๐Ÿ™ i very badly need this ๐Ÿ™

Thahseena A July 30, 2012

Can this work with gmail. pls let me know.

Sachin July 30, 2012

It will work on windows 7 in 64 Bit or 32 Bit both.

Procedure:

Download the software and try installing it. A window will pop up saying that this version is not supported. Click โ€˜okโ€™. The setup will then exit.

A new window will pop up which will be the OS prompting and telling that the software did not install properly.

Click on the option of โ€˜Install using recommended settingsโ€™

Proceed with the installation.

Itโ€™ll work after this.

check it – Right click in Notification Try Icon it shows option Always Idle Mode.

Wounder Really It Works…

Enjoy !!

Its work in my Pc Windows 7 in 64 Bit.

Sachin July 31, 2012

No, It won’t work with GMail its only work with Gtalk.

Varun November 2, 2012

Sorry Guys,

Installed gtalk then installed galwaysidle (using the troubleshoot compatibility option)…no luck.

Then tried going to the Properties and altering the compatibilty to run under Windows XP SP3.

When I go to Task manager processes, it shows me that galwaysidle.exe is running, but gtalk does not show me ANY options. I’m using Windows 7..any solutions would be greatly appreciated