Most social media networks and chat platforms these days include a feature that shows when a user was last online or last active on the service, which can be either helpful or a hindrance, depending on your personal or business situation.
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Sometimes though, for whatever reason, you might not want someone – or indeed anyone – to know when you were last active on social media. Fortunately, WhatsApp and Instagram both allow you to hide your activity status in the app. Here our focus is on how to hide your Instagram status, but you can find how to do the same thing in WhatsApp in our dedicated how-to article.
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If you follow or have messaged someone on Instagram, they can see your online status by default. But sometimes, you want a little more privacy. If you want to hide your status, you can do that using your phone or the Instagram webpage, though the option is hidden in Settings and not as easy to find as it could be.
How to turn off active status on the Instagram mobile appThe steps to turn off your active status are the same whether you have an iPhone or Android device, and once you set it, no one will be able to tell if you are active on Instagram.
1. Start the Instagram app and tap your profile icon at the bottom right of the screen.
2. Tap the three-line menu at the top right.
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In the popup menu, tap Settings.
4. Tap Privacy.
In Settings, go to the Privacy page. Dave Johnson5. In the Interactions section, tap Activity Status.
6. Turn off Show Activity Status by swiping the button to the left.
When you turn off your active status, followers on Instagram can't tell if you are online. Dave Johnson How to turn off active status on the Instagram websiteIf you use Instagram in a web browser, you can turn off your active status with a few clicks, so people you follow or have messaged won't know if you are online.
1. Open the Instagram webpage in a browser and log into your account if necessary.
2. Click your profile icon at the top right.
3. In the dropdown menu, click Settings.
Go to your profile icon to open the Settings page. Dave Johnson4. In the navigation menu on the left, click Privacy and Security.
5. In the Activity Status section, clear the check mark next to Show Activity Status.
Your activity status is found on the Privacy and Security page.
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To prevent other users from knowing when you last visited your Instagram page, turn on invisible mode. We'll show you how.
Do you want to sit secretly on Instagram all day without anyone knowing about it? This is possible, it is enough to hide your online status.
This Instagram feature is very similar to Last Online in WhatsApp. With it, you can see when the user last accessed the application. Luckily, this option is easy to turn off.
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On July 19, 2018, online status on Instagram was officially launched.
This status shows which users are online and when they were last active. Status and activity are displayed only in Yandex.Direct — you won't see them on the account page.
Often there is a need to become "invisible" to other users - for example, you logged into Instagram for work and do not want to be distracted by messages. We tell you how to remove the “Online” status on Instagram and how you can set your status.
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The status can be turned off for all Instagram users or for specific ones.
We analyze each case.
Step 1 . Open your profile, go to the menu (3 horizontal bars) and open the settings (gear icon).
Step 2 . We find the item "Privacy".
Step 3 . We need the "Network status" item.
Step 4 . Drag the slider to the off position (gray). Ready.
Important : After turning off your status, you lose the ability to see other people's statuses. It turns out that if you want to see which of the users is online, keep your status turned on.
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This can be done by restricting access to Direct.
Step 1 . Open the account you want to limit, click on the 3 dots in the upper right corner.
Step 2 . In the drop-down window we find the item "Restrict access".
Step 3 . Click on the blue "Restrict account access" button.
Chat with this person will be moved to chat requests, that is, they will not see your status and will not understand if you have read their messages. In this case, the user does not know about the restriction.
How does this limitation affect the status display? The fact is that the status is displayed just the same in Direct, if there has already been a dialogue with the person. When transferring the dialogue to a request for correspondence by setting a restriction, it turns out that the user, as if, has not yet corresponded with you, which means that he cannot see the status.
In addition to restrictions on Direct, this feature will hide this person's comments under your posts from other users. Convenient, since it is not necessary to block the user completely or unsubscribe from him.
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Is it possible to make a personal status, as it is implemented in VKontakte? For example, write the words "Do Not Disturb" or "Busy". You can , but only in the Threads application from Instagram (Insta's product for communicating with loved ones and friends). There are 2 types of statuses available here - automatic and custom.
To set the status, go to the application.
The first time you will be prompted to add close friends from the search.
Then the application will offer to connect ready-made automatic statuses. To see under what condition a particular status works, you just need to click on it.
To enable the function, click "Enable", if you want to skip automatic statuses, click "Finish".
The system will prompt you to confirm the choice again - turn it on or skip it. To set a custom status, click on the "+ Add status" button.
Click on "Your Status".
We write the text, if necessary, add a smiley. Text size - no more than 32 characters , including spaces. By default, close friends will be notified of your new status, but you can turn it off. You can also set up autostatus with your own phrase, tied to geolocation. To do this, drag the slider opposite the "Install automatically" item and select a location. So, for example, you can set up autostatus when you are at your workplace or at the cinema.
