# How do I turn on the Active Friends sidebar in Facebook? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 16, 2018, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-on-the-active-friends-sidebar-in-facebook/819711 "2018-08-16T02:42:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-on-the-active-friends-sidebar-in-facebook/819711/1 "2018-08-16T02:42:32Z")
There used to be a sidebar on the right side of the Facebook window that showed active and recently-active friends. Now it’s not there. I tried searching for help, finding a question asking how to see which friends are active. The answer was about how to send a friend a message, which wasn’t helpful (especially since it said to find the friend in the sidebar). So how do I get this feature back? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-on-the-active-friends-sidebar-in-facebook/819711/2 "2018-08-16T02:44:10Z")
Nevermind. I randomly clicked on Chat, and the list popped up. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-on-the-active-friends-sidebar-in-facebook/819711/3 "2018-08-16T03:04:48Z")
Closed since the OP has found the answer.