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How to Disable Your Active Status on Facebook and Facebook Messenger

Facebook is the quintessential social network, but you may not always feel like being social every time you log in to your Facebook account. Whether it's because you don't have the energy or the time to engage with friends, you do have the option to browse Facebook without anyone knowing you're online.


The way to achieve this is by turning off your "Active Status," which can be done within the Facebook mobile app or on the Facebook website. The same global setting also lives in the Facebook Messenger app, allowing you to check your latest messages without friends jostling for your attention while you do. Keep reading to learn how it's done.

Disable Active Status on Facebook Website

  1. In a browser, log in to Facebook and then click the Messenger icon the top-right corner of the page.
  2. Click the ellipsis (three dots) icon at the top of the chats window.
  3. Click Active Status.
  4. Toggle off the switch next to Active Status: ON to disable it.

Note that there are a couple of additional options in the Active Status window that allow you to appear as active for some friends, but not others, and vice versa. Simply tap the edit button to select which friends you want to include in either list.

Disable Active Status in Facebook App

  1. Launch the Facebook app and tap the menu tab (three lines) in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
  2. Scroll down and tap Settings & Privacy to expand this section.
  3. Tap Settings.

  4. Scroll down, and under "Audience and visibility," tap Active Status.
  5. Toggle off the switch next to Show when you're active.

Disable Active Status in Facebook Messenger

  1. Launch the Facebook Messenger app and tap your circular profile picture in the top-left corner of the screen.
  2. Tap Active Status.
  3. Toggle off the switch next to Show when you're active.

Note that when you turn off your Active Status in Facebook or Facebook Messenger, you won't see when your friends and connections are active or recently active either.

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How to Turn Your Active Status on or Off on Facebook

  • You can turn active status on or off on the Facebook website, mobile app, and Messenger mobile app.
  • When your active status is turned off, you will appear offline even when you're online.
  • You can also choose to appear offline only for certain people that you select.

Facebook may be responsible for putting the word "social" in social media, but there are times when you don't want — or don't have time — to engage with friends.

If you want to log into Facebook without your friends knowing you're online, you can easily turn off your "active status" so you appear offline.

There are three different places where you can control your active status: on Facebook in a web browser, in the Facebook mobile app, and in the Facebook Messenger mobile app.

How to turn off active status on Facebook in a web browser

To turn off active status and appear offline on Facebook:

1. Open Facebook in a browser and log in, if you're not already.

2. Click the circular Messenger icon in the top-right corner.

Click on the Messenger icon in the corner. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider

3. Click the three-dot icon at the top of the Messenger drop down.

Click the three-dot icon at the top of the Messenger sidebar. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider

4. Click Turn off Active Status in the drop-down menu.

Select the "Turn off Active Status" option. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider

5. A pop-up will appear asking if you want to Turn off Active Status for all contacts, Turn off Active Status for all contacts except, or Turn off Active Status for only some contacts. When you click the latter two options, a box will appear where you can enter the names of specific people.

Choose who you want to hide your active status from. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider

6. Click OK when you're done.

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

How to turn off active status in the Facebook mobile app

1. Open the Facebook app on your phone.

2. Tap the three horizontal lines (called the "hamburger menu") in the top-right corner on Android or the bottom-right corner on iPhone.

Tap the icon of three horizontal lines. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider

3. Tap Settings & Privacy, and then tap Settings.

Tap "Settings" in the "Settings & Privacy" drop-down. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider

4. Tap Active Status under the Privacy section.

Select "Active Status" at the bottom of the "Privacy" section. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider

5. Turn off Show when you're active by moving the slider to the left and then confirm by tapping Turn Off in the pop-up.

After swiping the slider to the left, select "Turn Off" in the pop-up. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider

How to turn off active status in the Facebook Messenger mobile app

1. Open the Facebook Messenger app on your phone.

2. Tap your profile's avatar at the top-left of the screen.

Tap your profile icon in the upper-left corner. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider

3. Tap Active Status.

Select "Active Status." Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider

4. Turn off Show when you're active by moving the slider to the left and then confirm by tapping Turn Off in the pop-up.

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How to turn off active status in the Facebook app and on the web

With so much free time, we turned to social media apps to fill the gap. Now that Facebook Watch is available on the app, people are spending more time on it than ever. But it also means that everyone knows what you're up to thanks to that little green dot that appears next to your name. If you want to learn how to turn off your active status on Facebook, this article is for you!

What is Facebook active status

Facebook wants your friends to know you're available on the app so they can contact you. While this definitely helps Facebook, you may not need it. Facebook adds a small green indicator next to your name as soon as you launch the Facebook app or log in to the site.

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This active status indicator remains while you are in the Facebook mobile app, the Facebook website, or even Facebook Messenger. To learn more about the Facebook active status indicator, check out our article below.

► What does the green dot mean on Facebook or Messenger?

How to turn off active status on Facebook

Here's how you can turn off the active status indicator on Facebook. Once you do this, no one will be able to determine when you go online or go offline!

In the Facebook mobile app

Disabling active status in your Facebook mobile app will only remove your active indicator in the app. Your active status will still show up in the Messenger app.

To disable Facebook active status, launch the Facebook app and log in with your credentials. Now tap the hamburger menu in the top right corner of the app.

Under Settings & Privacy, select Settings.

In the "Privacy" subsection, select "Active Status". Turn off the setting.

In the Messenger app

It's easy to hide your active status in the Messenger app. Hiding your active status will prevent Facebook from adding a green dot next to your name, and will also prevent you from appearing in the Active section of the Messenger app.

To turn off being active in the Facebook Messenger app, launch the app and tap your profile picture in the top left corner.

Now in the Profile section, click on Active Status. Turn off the setting.

On the Facebook site

You can disable your active status on the Facebook site with ease. When you do this, your active status will also disappear from the built-in messaging feature.

To turn off being active on the Facebook website, go to the website and click the three dots next to Contacts. Now click "Disable Active Status".

Now you can choose whether you want to appear inactive to certain people or to everyone. When you're done, click Save.

Why do you want to disable your active status?

Well, let's put it this way. Your active status indicates that you are currently using the Facebook app. So if someone sends you a message and you don't reply, it will be obvious that you received the message but chose to ignore it.

Turning off your active status also prevents people on your friends list from talking to you and expecting immediate replies. Now you can safely browse Facebook!

Important!

Oddly enough, the Facebook active status setting only applies to the device on which you change it. Facebook makes it clear that you need to change your active status setting on all devices you're signed in to for the changes to take effect. Yes, it's quite annoying and annoying.

So if you want to make sure no one can see your active online status, use the guides above on all of your devices that are signed in to Facebook.

We hope this article has helped. If you have any questions feel free to contact us in the comments below.

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Hide Active Now From Facebook Messenger

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Sometimes we resort to hiding the active now from Facebook Messenger, and for many reasons, here's how to hide your active status.

There are times when a person just wants to calm down, and constant notifications from social networking applications make it impossible. And in this article, we will explain the simple steps to hide your active status in the app. facebook messenger For Android, iOS and desktop web browser.

How to turn off the active status in the messenger step by step

How to disable active status in Messenger on PC

How to Turn Off Your Active Status in Messenger Step by Step

Before we get into these steps, let's explain what it really means to hide your active status in Facebook Messenger.

In short, when you're online on Facebook Messenger , your friends won't be able to know about it because there won't be a green icon to indicate it.

  • Open app Facebook messenger
  • Click on the circle icon in it Your profile picture is located in the upper right or left corner (depending on the language). Circle icon with your profile picture
  • Select option Activity status أو Activity status Select the activity status option
  • Disable option Show when you are active أو Show when you are active
  • Click on " turn off A warning message will appear stating that your Facebook Messenger friends will not be able to see that you are active.
  • Click on turn off أو turn off To confirm again.
  • If you want to enable the activity status again, follow the same steps, this time just enable the last option. This method works with Android and iOS operating systems from within the app.

It should be noted here that in this way you will also not be able to find out when your Facebook Messenger contacts were active or inactive recently.

How to disable your active status in Messenger on PC

Here's how to hide your active status in Facebook Messenger through your computer browser. To do this, follow these steps:

  • Go to the facebook website.
  • Log in to your account if you are not logged in with your account.
  • Click the Messenger icon in the top right or left corner of the Facebook page (depending on language).
  • From the drop-down menu, click View all in Messenger أو View all in Messenger .
  • Click on the gear icon to open settings In the upper left or right corner of the messenger window (depending on language).
  • Click the icon Suspend To change the activity icon from green to white, you will find this button at the top next to your name.
  • Once you click on it, it will turn white, which will hide your profile's activity status from your friends list. is currently active أو is now online .”

It should be noted here that in this way