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How To Hide Your Activity Status On Instagram So You Can Scroll In Peace
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To help you keep up with your followers, Instagram recently released a feature that lets your friends know when you're active on the app. While I am a big fan of receiving hilarious memes from my friends on Instagram, I don't think they need to know my every single move on the app. Of course, it can be helpful if you want to make sure that your BFF sees your message right away, but what about those times when you simply want to scroll in peace? Read on to learn how to hide your activity status on Instagram.
On Thursday, July 19, Instagram announced its new feature, which displays a green dot next to your Instagram handle to indicate to your friends that you are currently active on the app, but you can easily switch it off to stay on the down-low. The feature appears in your Direct inbox next to friends who show up in a list when you send a post from the Instagram Feed, per the blog post on the Instagram website. The only friends who will see your activity status are those accounts that you follow back or anyone you've talked with in Direct.
Even so, you might want to turn off your activity status for a little more privacy.
It's super simple to hide your activity status from your pals on the 'Gram, per Lifehacker. First, you need to go to your Instagram profile. Then, tap on the three lines on the top right corner of the app. Next, tap onSettings. Then, you can scroll down to the Privacy section and tap on "Activity Status." Finally, toggle off the button that says "Show Activity Status” and your whereabouts on Instagram will no longer be public.
InstagramIt's important to note when you turn off your own activity status that you will also no longer be able to see the activity status of other Instagram accounts.
That doesn't mean your besties won't get your Direct Messages right away, but you won't be able to know if they're currently active on the app.
Thankfully, being aware of the activity status of your friends on Instagram isn't the only way to know if they open your message right away. If you do want to make sure you see all of your Direct Messages as soon as they're sent from your favorite meme-sharing BFF, you can enable notifications for Instagram Direct.
To make sure that you get an alert when you have a new message in your Direct inbox, you can enable the notifications in your Settings. Once you're in Settings, scroll down to the “Notifications” section. From there, you can control which features you get immediate notifications for by tapping on “Direct Messages.”
From there, you can open the message immediately or whenever you want to. Since there's no option yet to only make your activity status available to select people on the 'Gram, you may simply want to turn it off altogether to maintain some privacy.
Thankfully, it's so easy to do, and you can always turn it back on if you want to. No matter what your activity status is, you'll always be able to receive Direct Messages, so you can keep sending all the hilarious memes your Instagram besties can handle.
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(Pocket-lint) - Instagram offers a number of similarities to other social media and chat platforms, including Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp.
Features are constantly added, including options like "Show Activity Status". If you use Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp - both owned by Facebook like Instagram - you'll know that they show when you're online and last active, or last seen in WhatsApp's case. Instagram does the same. However, although the "Show Activity Status" option is enabled by default inside of Instagram's settings menu, you can toggle it off like you can on WhatsApp - something you can't do in Messenger.
Here's how to hide your activity status on Instagram, as well as how to tell if someone is online.
How to hide your Instagram activity or online status
Those of you who don't want people to see when you're online in real-time do have the option to turn off Instagram's Show Activity Status feature, though, if you do, you won't be able to see anyone else's activity.
To change the visibility of your activity status:
- Open Instagram.
- Tap on the Profile icon in the right corner.
- Tap the three lines in the top right.
- Tap on Settings.
- Click on Privacy.
- Tap Activity Status.
- Tap the toggle next to Activity Status to turn off your activity status.
Note: Just like in Facebook Messenger, there's no option to disable read receipts on Instagram. Direct messages (DMs) always show as "seen" once recipients have opened them.
Who can see when you're active on Instagram?
Your followers can't see when you were most recently on Instagram.
Only people you follow or have previously had direct conversations (DMs) with will see how many minutes or hours ago you were online. This feature makes sense for Instagram users who rely on the service to chat with businesses or creative professionals and want to see whether they're online or even quickly respond.
How to tell if someone is online on Instagram
There are a few ways to see when someone's online or active:
- You'll see a green dot near their username and photo in your Direct inbox.
- You'll see a green dot near their username and photo elsewhere on Instagram.
- In your direct inbox, you'll see their most recent activity status.
Note: Recent activity status will show as: Active 25m ago, Active yesterday, Seen, Typing, etc.
Want to know more?
See our Instagram guides for more tips:
- Instagram tips and tricks: How to master the app
- 15 secret Instagram tips
- What is Instagram Stories and how does it work?
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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.
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How to hide online status in the Instagram app
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.
Hiding online status on Instagram- Open the Instagram app and go to your account settings.
- Scroll down the page until you see the "Show Online Status" section. Move the slider opposite this item to the inactive state. nine0032
- Now no one will know when you last visited your page. But you also can't see when someone was active on Instagram.
How to delete your Instagram search history
Delete your Instagram search history- Open the Instagram app on your smartphone and go to your profile settings.
- Scroll to the bottom of this page - there you will find the item "Clear search history".
- Instagram will ask you to confirm your action. Click "Yes" to permanently get rid of the history.
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