How To Turn Off Active Status On Facebook On Any Device – Easy Steps

• Log in to Facebook in a browser.
• Then, click the circular Messenger icon in the top-right corner (click on the messenger icon at corner)
• Click the three-dot icon at the top of the Messenger drop-down menu.
• In the drop-down menu, select Turn off Active Status.
• A pop-up menu will appear asking if you want to Turn off the Active Status for all contacts, Turn off the Active Status for all contacts except, or Turn off the Active Status for only some contacts. When you click the last two options, a box will appear where you can enter the names of specific people.

• When you are done, click OK.

Note: You can also do this by clicking the Messenger icon in the top-right corner and then selecting See all in Messenger from the drop-down menu. Then, on the full-screen Messenger page, click the three-dot icon in the top-left corner, select Preferences, select Turn off Active Status from the pop-up menu, and select your active status.

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Steps on How to Turn Off Active Status in the Facebook Mobile App

To turn off active status on Facebook using the Facebook mobile app, follow the steps below:

• Tap on the Facebook app on your phone.
• On Android, tap the three horizontal lines (the “hamburger menu”) in the top-right corner, or the bottom-right corner on iPhone.
• Tap on Settings & Privacy, and then Settings.

• Tap on Active Status under the Privacy section.
• Then, turn off Show when you’re active by moving the slider to the left and,

• Confirm it by tapping Turn Off in the pop-up. That’s all. Very simple i guess. ok lets go.

• Tap on the Facebook Messenger app on your phone.
• On the main Chats page, tap your profile’s avatar at the top-left of the screen.
• Click Active Status.
• Turn off Show when you’re active. You can do this by moving the slider to the left,

 

• Then confirm by tapping Turn Off in the pop-up menu. This will turn off your active status on your messenger.

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How to Hide Your Google Chat Online Status

In this regard, Google Chat is the polar opposite of iMessage: There is no option to control read receipts, but you can inform your contacts about your online status (or lack thereof).

• Open the mobile app,
• then tap the three lines in the upper left corner
• select your current status (it may well say Active).
• Instead of Automatic (based on your activity), change it to Set as away or a custom status of your choice.

How to hide online status in Instagram

Instagram, like the other apps run by Facebook (now Meta), displays your online status and when you were last active by default. To change this, in the mobile app, follw this steps:

• tap your profile picture (bottom right),
• then the three lines (top right),
• click/tap on Settings and Privacy:
• Choose Activity status to hide your current status, and
• you’ll see a Show activity status toggle switch that looks very similar to the one in Facebook Messenger.

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