How to stop new friends list appearing at startup?

[Fandabidozi]

After updating the steam client everytime I restart my PC I have Steam set to load at startup but that annoying new friends list keeps showing up also. I have searched the settings and can't find a way to turn it off. Has anyone found a way to do this?

[munger2k]

Googled looking for an answer and stumbled upon this thread.....This is annoying and absolutely stupid that you can't disable it.
I too have set Steam to no longer run on startup!

[Glimmer]

引用自 munger2k：

Googled looking for an answer and stumbled upon this thread.....This is annoying and absolutely stupid that you can't disable it.
I too have set Steam to no longer run on startup!

Close Friend's List. Close Steam. Start Steam.

The size, position and state (I.E. open/close) of the friend's list is saved when the client closes, and returned to those when it opens. The new beta apparently addresses a few bugs in the process, hopefully it includes how rebooting the computer is improperly shutting Steam down and thus not saving the state (or at least inconsistently saving it)

[Seraphicness]

STEAM PLEASE FIX THIS PROBLEM.
I have disabled steam on start up on all my computers.
please fix it before anything else!

[jboydgolfer1]

引用自 wicked_sick：

here is how to disable the chat from popping up on start-up:

click the cog symbol on the new chat window -> "remember my open chats" to off

solved my problem.

thank You very much, Solved it for me too, no more friends list at launch :)

all the knuckleheads in this thread have the solution from You, but seem to think their issue is different, this Stop the friends list from popping up at startup/launch

Solution to friends list popping up at launch/start of steam........
"click the cog symbol on the new chat window -> "remember my open chats" to off"

[c5wagner]

At least make it hidden on startup like the store is.

[Necrosise]

Great, now we have Steam forcing stupid options upon us without any way to disable them just as Facebook has been doing.

[Pony Flare]

What There really is no way to disable this?? I don't use the friends list. I've probably sent maybe a total of a dozen messages to friends through Steam in my 10 years of use and the last one was like 4 years ago. I really have no use for that thing popping up on me when I restart Steam.

[mal]

引用自 Glimmer：

引用自 munger2k：

Googled looking for an answer and stumbled upon this thread.....This is annoying and absolutely stupid that you can't disable it.
I too have set Steam to no longer run on startup!

Close Friend's List. Close Steam. Start Steam.

The size, position and state (I.E. open/close) of the friend's list is saved when the client closes, and returned to those when it opens. The new beta apparently addresses a few bugs in the process, hopefully it includes how rebooting the computer is improperly shutting Steam down and thus not saving the state (or at least inconsistently saving it)

Some of us never close steam, rather only closing it when our PCs shutdown. Your solution did NOT work for me BUT...
I removed the friends button (the one next to library) and the new chat no longer loads.
steam --> settings --> interface --> set taskbar preferences --> uncheck friends.
For those who'd rather not muck about with our startup settings.

[Lucius]

Cool, I disabled steam on startup too. Will probably browse the store a lot less now.

[Ness]

I have the friends list showing up in the overlay every time I launch a game, even after disabling "remember open chats" from the cog icon. Has this happened to anyone else, and has anyone figured out a fix for it? I'm on Linux, if that might be part of the issue. Steam is not set to start at boot, and I almost always close it manually.

[unittwentyfive]

Looks like they've fixed this in the latest update. Mine was updated on August 8, and now if you go into the Friends List, then click on the settings (gear icon), you should see on that first "Friends List" tab, the bottom option listed as "Sign into Friends when Steam Client starts" with an On/Off switch. I set mine to OFF, restarted Steam, and now the Friends list no longer pops up.

I wanted to get rid of this partly because it was annoying, but mostly because I have no friends and didn't need the constant reminder :-(

[gigi]

Not only this. My whole computer is kind of screwed up. WE NOW HAVE TO JOIN GOOGLE OR FIREFOX who also is connected with Google. I cannot find anything any longer and getting my mail is a drama.

So now USA makes sure they have spies everywhere and can control what we watch and what we thing. AND THEY WANT TO ACCUSE RUSSIA OF SPYING???????
My son just said do not say too much in steam next they cut you off and you can no longer play your games because they probably have also been bought up by USA firm.

So this is the New World Order guys, no more privacy. it is all dictatorship and watch what you do or think!!!
I am soooooo glad to be in my 70ies and close to lights out!!!!!!!!!!! I feel sorry for the grandchildren and children!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guys, dont have kids you are putting them in a world that is not worth living any longer!

[Phantom]

引用自 gigi：

Not only this. My whole computer is kind of screwed up. WE NOW HAVE TO JOIN GOOGLE OR FIREFOX who also is connected with Google. I cannot find anything any longer and getting my mail is a drama.

So now USA makes sure they have spies everywhere and can control what we watch and what we thing. AND THEY WANT TO ACCUSE RUSSIA OF SPYING???????
My son just said do not say too much in steam next they cut you off and you can no longer play your games because they probably have also been bought up by USA firm.

So this is the New World Order guys, no more privacy. it is all dictatorship and watch what you do or think!!!
I am soooooo glad to be in my 70ies and close to lights out!!!!!!!!!!! I feel sorry for the grandchildren and children!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guys, dont have kids you are putting them in a world that is not worth living any longer!

What are you even ranting about?

[NorthstaR]

Wangtastic has solved it... I run steam as I want to not on startup and adding -nochatui -nofriendsui to the shortcut works brilliantly to stop the friends/box. Thanks Wangtastic.

[Phantom]

引用自 NorthstaR：

Wangtastic has solved it... I run steam as I want to not on startup and adding -nochatui -nofriendsui to the shortcut works brilliantly to stop the friends/box. Thanks Wangtastic.

Just so you know, you can disable the pop-up using the settings in the COG icon.

These parameters aren't a solution, they're just a workaround.

They're also going to be defective in 2019 when XP is discontinued.