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How to Make Yourself Invisible on Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger was a built-in feature of Facebook that grew to become a standalone app. With billions of active monthly users, it’s one of the most popular messaging apps after WhatsApp.

Though the point of social media is to be, well, social, there are times when we’d prefer not to talk. If you want to access Messenger but appear invisible, this article will show you how.

We’ve put together the steps for appearing offline to everyone or particular contacts, how to turn off your last seen timestamp, and some other tips for additional privacy whilst using the app.

How to Appear Offline on Facebook Messenger?

To seem offline when using Facebook Messenger via a web browser:

  1. Navigate to messenger.com and sign in to your account.
  2. At the top-right corner, select the Messenger icon.
  3. From the Messenger pull-down menu, click on the three-dotted menu icon.
  4. Select the “Turn off Active Status” from the pull-down menu.
  5. From the pop-up window, select “Turn off Active Status for all contacts.”
  6. Click on “OK” to confirm.

To seem offline when using Facebook Messenger via Windows 10:

  1. Navigate to messenger.com and sign in to your account.
  2. Select the Messenger icon then click on the three-dotted menu icon.
  3. Click on “Turn Off Active Status.”
  4. Select the “Turn off active status for all contacts” option.
  5. Click on “OK” to confirm.

To seem offline when using Facebook Messenger via Mac:

  1. Navigate to messenger.com and sign in to your account.
  2. Select the Messenger icon, then click on the three-dotted menu icon.
  3. Click on “Turn Off Active Status.”
  4. Select the “Turn off active status for all contacts” option.
  5. Click on “OK” to confirm.

To seem offline when using Facebook Messenger via Android:

  1. Launch and sign in to the Messenger app.
  2. Click on your profile icon at the top-left corner of the screen.
  3. Select “Active Status.”
  4. Move the “Show when you’re active” slider towards the left to turn it OFF.
  5. Click on “Turn Off” in the pop-up to confirm.

To seem offline when using Facebook Messenger via iPhone:

  1. Launch and sign in to the Messenger app.
  2. Click on your profile icon at the top-left corner of the screen.
  3. Select “Active Status.”
  4. Move the “Show when you’re active” slider towards the left to turn it OFF.
  5. Click on “Turn Off” in the pop-up to confirm.

Hiding on Facebook Messenger Chat

From a List of Friends

To seem offline to selected contacts via a mobile device:

  1. Launch and sign in to the Messenger app.
  2. Click on your profile icon at the top-left corner of the screen.
  3. Select “Active Status.”

    Move the “Show when you’re active” slider towards the left to turn it OFF.
  4. Click on “Turn off active status for only some contacts.”
  5. Enter the names of the people you wish to appear offline to.
  6. Select “OK” to confirm.

From an Individual

To seem offline to a contact via a mobile device:

  1. Launch and sign in to the Messenger app.
  2. Click on your profile icon at the top-left corner of the screen.
  3. Select “Active Status.”
  4. Move the “Show when you’re active” slider towards the left to turn it OFF.
  5. Click on “Turn off active status for only some contacts.”
  6. Enter in the name of the person you wish to appear offline to.
  7. Select “OK” to confirm.

From All Friends Except

To seem offline to all friends except a selected few via a mobile device:

  1. Launch and sign in to the Messenger app.
  2. Click on your profile icon at the top-left corner of the screen.
  3. Select “Active Status.”
  4. Move the “Show when you’re active” slider towards the left to turn it OFF.
  5. Click on “Turn off active status for all contacts except.”
  6. Enter the name[s] of the person/people you want to appear online to.
  7. Select “OK” to confirm.

Hiding on Facebook Messenger Chat via Desktop

  1. Navigate to messenger.com and sign in to your account.
    • Ensure you’re not signed in anywhere else since the settings will only be applicable via desktop.
  2. From the top-left hand corner, click on the three-dotted menu icon.
  3. Click on “Preferences.”
  4. Click on the “Turn off active status.” Then to:
    • Appear offline to all your contacts, select “Turn off Active Status for all contacts.”
    • Appear offline to all your contacts except a selected few, select “Turn off active status for all contact except.” and enter the name[s] into the text field.
    • Appear offline to only some contacts, select “Turn off Active Status for only some contacts…” and enter the name[s] into the text field.
  5. Click on “OK” to confirm.

How to Undo Hiding on Facebook Messenger?

To switch from offline to online when using Facebook Messenger via a mobile device:

  1. Launch and sign in to the Messenger app.
  2. Click on your profile icon at the top-left corner of the screen.
  3. Select “Active Status.”
  4. Move the “Show when you’re active” slider towards the right to turn it ON.
  5. Click on “Turn ON” in the pop-up window to confirm.

To switch from offline to online when using Facebook Messenger via PC and Mac:

  1. Navigate to messenger.com and sign in to your account.
  2. Select the Messenger icon, then click on the three-dotted menu.
  3. Select “Turn ON Active Status” from the pull-down menu.
  4. Click on “OK” to confirm.

Additional FAQs

How to Ignore Messages on Facebook Messenger?

To ignore messages received on Messenger via mobile devices:

1. Launch and sign in to the Messenger app.

2. Locate the message you wish to ignore and swipe right on it.

3. Click on the hamburger menu.

4. Select the “Ignore messages” option.

5. From the confirmation pop-up, click on the “IGNORE” option to confirm.

How to Undo Ignore Messages on Messenger?

To undo ignore messages received on Messenger via mobile devices:

1. Launch and sign in to the Messenger app.

2. Click on your profile icon at the top-left corner of the screen.

3. Click on “Message Requests” > “Spam.”

5. A list of conversations you’ve previously ignored will display; click on the conversation you wish to unignore.

6. To respond to the message, at the bottom-right of the screen, click on “Reply.”

How to Ignore Group Chat in Facebook Messenger?

To ignore a group chat in messenger via your mobile devices:

1. Launch the Messenger app.

2. Find the group chat you wish to ignore.

3. Press and hold down on the chat and select “Ignore group.”

How to Block Someone on Facebook Messenger?

To block someone on the messenger app via your mobile devices:

1. Launch the Messenger app.

2. Open the chat with the person you want to block.

3. At the top of the screen, tap on their name to bring their profile up.

4. From the menu labeled “Privacy & Support” at the bottom, select “Block.”

5. To remain Facebook friends but stop receiving messages from the person, select “Block on Messenger” from the pop-up menu.

To unblock the person, navigate to “Privacy & Support” again and click on “Unblock” > “Unblock on Messenger.”

When You Block Someone on Messenger What Do They See?

The person you have blocked on Facebook Messenger and not Facebook may experience the following:

• When sending you messages, they may receive a “Message Not Sent” or “This person isn’t receiving messages at this time” message.

• If you’ve had conversations via Messenger in the past, and they happen to look them up, your picture will appear in a black bold color, and they won’t be able to click on it to access your profile.

How Do You Make a Private Conversation on Messenger?

The “Secret Conversation” feature is for a private and secure conversation with your friend using end-to-end encryption; Facebook will not have access to it. It’s currently only available via the Messenger app for mobile devices. To start a secret conversation:

1. From your mobile device, launch the Messenger app.

2. Locate a previous message for a contact you wish to enter into a secret conversation with or carry out a search for them.

3. Click on their name to bring up their profile.

4. Select “Go to Secret Conversation.”

5. In the “Secret Conversation” window, next to the left side of the text field, click on the time icon to set the time for the message to disappear after it’s read.

6. Then send messages as you normally would.

How to Turn Off Last Active on Facebook Messenger?

To stop displaying your last active time on Messenger via your Android or iOS device:

1. Launch the Messenger app.

2. From the top-left corner, select your profile icon.

3. Click on “Active Status.”

4. Turn off last active on Messenger. This will remain off until you turn it back on.

Hide-and-Go-Seek on Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger app allows Facebook contacts to send each other messages and do all the things regular instant messaging apps do. Thankfully, Messenger has given us the option to hide from everyone or particular individuals, and various other ways to protect our privacy.

Now that we’ve shown you how to appear offline, how to block people, and send secret messages, how did you feel using Messenger without disturbance? Have you used any other methods for extra privacy whilst using the app? Let us know in the comments section below.

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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Dave Johnson is a technology journalist who writes about consumer tech and how the industry is transforming the speculative world of science fiction into modern-day real life. Dave grew up in New Jersey before entering the Air Force to operate satellites, teach space operations, and do space launch planning. He then spent eight years as a content lead on the Windows team at Microsoft. As a photographer, Dave has photographed wolves in their natural environment; he's also a scuba instructor and co-host of several podcasts. Dave is the author of more than two dozen books and has contributed to many sites and publications including CNET, Forbes, PC World, How To Geek, and Insider.

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19 Facebook Messenger Tricks

Alla Rud 06/23/2020 1

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Facebook is the most popular social network in the world, and the messaging app Facebook Messenger is also very popular among users. Almost everyone who uses Facebook uses Messenger to communicate with friends. However, most people are unaware of the great features that Facebook has added to the Messenger app. This review lists some of the best and most useful Facebook Messenger tips to help you get the most out of the app.

1. Blocking messages from a business account

If you previously interacted with a business page on Facebook Messenger, and now you are receiving promotional messages that annoy you, then there are solutions for this case.

Open a conversation and in the upper right corner, tap the blue tick icon, then tap Mute Messages . Now, if a business tries to send you a message, they'll get a message that the person can't be contacted on Messenger. Also, after blocking a contact, if you open More options, you can hide, delete, or unblock the conversation.

2. Hiding ads

Even though Facebook Messenger ads are not that annoying and appear as one of the conversations, if you want to hide these ads, there is an easy way to do so. On the Chats tab, swipe on the ad. Click on the menu that appears and select Hide Ads.

3. Search in conversation

Sometimes you want to find something that you or your friend has shared in a Facebook Messenger conversation. So, instead of scrolling through the whole conversation, you can use the Search in conversation option.

Open any conversation and tap your contact's profile picture. In the settings, click Search in Conversation and now in the search field, enter any keyword you want to search for. It will instantly return all results that match your keyword.

4. Messenger Room

An interesting feature of Facebook Messenger is the Messenger Room. This is video chat where you can chat with people through link sharing and anyone with a shared link can join even if they don't have a Facebook or Messenger account. To create a Messenger room, go to People and click Active. Press 9 here0016 "Create a room" , and then click "Try".

Your device's camera will now be activated for the video call. However, at this point, you will see two options for adding members:

  • People with a link (anyone with a link can join the room).
  • Only people on Facebook (Only those with a Facebook account can join the room).

Once you've decided who can join your room, click Share Link to invite people to your video chat.

5. Enable dark theme

Dark Mode is the latest UI trend among apps and operating systems. Like many other apps, you can change the user interface of your Facebook Messenger to dark mode. Here is how you can activate it:

Click on your profile picture to go to your settings.

Click "Dark Mode" > "On" to activate the dark mode user interface.

6. Using the desktop version (messenger.com)

Your browser has the Facebook Messenger mobile app, and your browser has a Messenger that you can access through Facebook. But did you know that there is a third way to access Messenger, that is, through messenger.com. Though messenger.com won't have all the features of the Facebook Messenger app, but it can be a good option when you can't access Messenger in any other way0007

7. Secret Chat Features

There are times when you want to chat secretly with one of your Facebook contacts. In such a case, Facebook Messenger allows you to start a secret conversation, which is encrypted. To start a secret conversation in the Messenger app:

Click the new message icon in the upper right corner. Tap "Secret" and then select the contact you want to have a secret conversation with. You can also change an existing conversation to a secret one by clicking on the person's name at the top and selecting Go to Secret Conversation.

What's interesting about secret conversations is that you can set a timer for each message by clicking on the timer icon in the text field and then selecting any time from 5 seconds to 1 day, after which the message will disappear as soon as it will be read by the recipient.

If you don't see this option in your Messenger app, you'll have to enable it in Settings. For this:

Click on the profile picture in the upper left corner.

Go to Secret Conversations and turn it on.

You can also delete secret conversations on the same page.

8. Show your location

Facebook Messenger allows you to share your current location with any of your Facebook friends so they can easily contact you. To share your location:

Open any conversation and tap the plus sign (+) in the bottom left corner.

Touch the Location icon (arrow icon on the right) and you will see a map with a pin displayed at the exact location.

Click Start Sharing Live Location and your friend will know where to find you.

9. Sending a video message

Just like sending voice messages, you can use Facebook Messenger to send video messages to your contacts. To do this, in Facebook Messenger in your browser:

Open a conversation and click on the camera icon in the lower left corner.

Select Capture Video, record your video message and send it.

Similarly, to send a video message in the Facebook Messenger mobile app:

Open any conversation and tap the camera icon On the camera screen, press and hold the button in the center to create a video. As soon as you release this button, your video will start playing.

Now click Share to share it with your contact.

10. Audio / video calls or sending a voice message

Going beyond a text conversation, Facebook Messenger allows you to make voice and video calls with your contacts. Just open any conversation and tap the voice or video call icon in the top right corner. You can also send voice messages to your contacts by pressing the microphone icon at the bottom of and then pressing the red record button.

11. Group management

Most messaging apps allow you to create and manage group conversations, and Facebook Messenger is no exception. This feature is especially useful when you have to coordinate with several of your Facebook friends, and sometimes even non-friends.

You can create a group by doing the following:

Tap the new message icon in the top right corner and a list of suggested contacts will appear.

Select the ones you want to add to the group and click Done.

If the people you want to add to the group are not in the list of suggested contacts, you can find them in the search box above. You can even add people to your group who are not among your Facebook friends.

After creating a group, you can proceed to the group setting, from which you can change the color theme of the group, assign aliases to members, change the name of the group, and make other settings.

12. Disable group notifications

Facebook Messenger group conversations are very useful for communicating and coordinating with a group of friends at the same time. However, when group members start sharing messages that have nothing to do with you, then you don't see a choice but to turn off notifications. To disable group notifications:

On the Chat tab, swipe left on a group conversation.

Click on the bell icon and choose how long you want this group chat to be disabled.

You will see a menu window with different time intervals - from 15 minutes to 24 hours and even 'until turn it back on' turn in which you can disable notifications.

If you don't want to just turn off notifications but not receive them at all, there is an option in the group settings to ignore messages.

After enabling this option, the group will be moved to the list of filtered messages and you will not receive any notifications. In addition, none of your group members will know that you have ignored group messages.

Note . The notification mute feature is not available on the Messenger mobile app.

13. Making stories

You can use Facebook Messenger to create and share a story with your friends. Like Instagram and Snapchat, you can share a photo or video that your friends can view and it lasts for 24 hours. To create history :

Go to the "History" button in the upper left corner and click on the plus (+).

It will go to your photo album where you can select photos or videos or access your camera to take it right away.

You can publish your story to all the people in your Facebook contacts or send it to selected people as a message. Just select the contacts you want to share your story with and click send.

Note . This option is only available in the Messenger mobile app.

14.

View history anonymously

If you want to see your friends' history on Facebook Messenger anonymously, then this feature is for you. In the Messenger app, click "People" at the bottom, and then click "Stories" in the top right corner of . Here you will see all the stories your friends have shared in the last 24 hours. Even though the story will be shown as a thumbnail, it's still big enough for anyone to understand what it's about.

However, one of the downsides of this trick is that you can't see all the stories your friends have shared, and only the most recent one will be visible to you.

15. Adding aliases

Facebook Messenger allows you to change any of your contact names and give them a nickname of your choice. Here's how to do it:

Click on your contact's name and go to Edit Aliases.

Set a nickname for your friend.

Now click Save.

Setting aliases can also help you distinguish between your contacts if more than one of them has the same name.

Note . Only you and your friend will be able to see the nickname you have given them.

16. Games with friends

Facebook Messenger invites you to play games with any of your contacts that you are talking to.

Just open a conversation with one of your contacts and click the 9 icon0016 game console on the chat panel . This will open a menu window showing many different games.

You can simply click "Play" to send an invitation and start playing the game with your contact right in the conversation.

Note . This option is only available in Messenger in your browser, not in the Messenger mobile app.

17. Adding additional accounts

For those who have more than one account Facebook, Facebook Messenger allows you to add all additional accounts in the same application. To add more accounts to the Messenger app:

Click on your profile picture to go to your settings.

Click "Switch Account" and then click "Add" in the upper right corner. From here, you can add as many accounts to the Messenger app as you like.

You can also click "Create a New Account" at the bottom of the same page to create a new Facebook account directly from the Messenger app.

18. Checking messages from “not friends”

In Facebook Messenger, you only see messages from people who are already on your friends list. However, sometimes you may receive messages from people who are not on your friends list. To check messages like this:

Click on your profile picture to go to your settings.

Click Request Messages and you will see all messages sent to you by non-friends on Facebook.

19. Creating a survey

It can be really difficult to get a group to make a decision or to ask their opinion on a certain issue. However, through Facebook Messenger, you can solve this problem by creating a poll with any number of questions. In the group conversation window, click the plus sign (+).

Click the histogram icon on the left.

In the window that appears, write the question you want to ask your group members and add options below it.

After that, click the "Create Poll" button and your survey will be published to all members of this group.

As you can see, there are really a lot of additional features in Facebook Messenger, and all of them make communication with your friends more convenient and faster. What additional features do you use?

Translation from hongkiat.com.

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