openSUSE-Dokumentation Chapter 17. Instant Messaging with Pidgin / 17.3. Managing Your Buddy List
	17.2. Adding an Account		17.4. Chatting

Managing Your Buddy List

Use the Buddy List to manage your contacts, also known as buddies. You can add and remove buddies from your Buddy List, and you can organize your buddies in groups so they are easy to find.

Displaying Buddies in the Buddy List

After your accounts are set up, all buddies who are online appear in your Buddy List. If you also want your buddies who are not online to appear in the Buddy List, click Buddies+Show Offline Buddies.

Figure 17.1. Pidgin Buddy List

Adding a Buddy

To add a buddy to your Buddy List, click Buddies+Add Buddy, then enter the information about that buddy.


For some protocols, you cannot add a buddy in the Pidgin interface. You must use the client for those protocols if you want to add to your buddy list. After you have added a buddy in the protocol’s client, that buddy appears in your Buddy List.

Removing a Buddy

To remove a buddy, right-click on that buddy’s name in the Buddy List, then click Remove.