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.
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/Insider3. 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/Insider4.
Click Turn off Active Status in the drop-down menu.
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.
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.
3. Tap Settings & Privacy, and then tap Settings.
Tap "Settings" in the "Settings & Privacy" drop-down. Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider4. Tap Active Status under the Privacy section.
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/Insider1.
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/Insider3. Tap Active Status.
Select "Active Status." Grace Eliza Goodwin/Insider4./cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/12803103/facebook-ios7-redesign.1419979915.jpg)
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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New Delhi,UPDATED: Aug 6, 2020 15:48 IST
Steps you can follow to appear offline on Facebook | Representational image
By India Today Web Desk: Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 and today, it has become one of the world's largest social network sites. Facebook has a large base of an audience; billions of people use Facebook to stay connected with each other. Now, if you are a Facebook user and you don't want to be disturbed with chat requests while you're on Facebook, you can set your active status to unavailable in the chat function to make it look like you're not online.
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When you turn your active status off, you'll still receive messages, but they'll go into your inbox to read later. You can turn off your Facebook active status using both computer and mobile devices.
Here is a step by step guide you can follow to appear offline on Facebook using a computer, android and iOS.
Steps to appear offline on Facebook using a computer or MacStep 1: First, open Facebook in a browser and log in.
Step 2: Next, in the chat tab, click the Gear icon.
Step 3: From the given option click Turn Off Active Status
Step 4: In the dialogue box, select any one option.
You'll be given the option to choose who you want to be available toStep 5: After selecting, click Okay.
That's it! Your activity active status will remain off until you turn it back on. If you want to be extra careful that you appear as inactive on Facebook, switch your active status to "off" across all the devices where you use it.
Steps to appear offline on Facebook using an Android deviceStep 1: First, open your Facebook app on your Android device.
Step 2: Next, tap the hamburger icon (three horizontal lines) in the upper-right corner.
Step 3: Now, scroll down to the Settings & Privacy Section and tap Settings.
Step 4: Now scroll down to the Privacy section and tap Active Status.
Step 5: Tap the switch to the off position, by moving the slider to the left and then confirm by tapping Turn Off.
Now, your friends can't identify you as being online. If you using an iOS device then also you can turn off your activity status. The process for turning off your active status on the Facebook app is slightly different for an iOS device than for an Android one.
Steps you can follow to appear offline on Facebook using an iOS deviceadvertisement
Step 1: First, open your Facebook app on your iOS device.
Step 2: Next, tap the hamburger icon (menu) in the lower-right corner.
Step 3: Now, scroll down and tap Settings & Privacy and tap Settings.
Step 4: Scroll down to the Privacy section and tap Active Status.
Step 5: Tap the slider next to Show when you're active to turn it off.
You're prompted to confirm your choice, then the slider will become white. Once Active Status is disabled, others won't be able to see when you are actively using Facebook.
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that in the Facebook Messenger app you have enabled the option to hide your active status? No, you are not crazy and are not at all alone: this happens to many and today we will tell you how to solve this problem.
And the problem is that if your smartphone or tablet, in addition to the messenger, also has a regular Facebook application, then their settings may conflict with each other.
In addition to the fact that the messenger has the ability to disable the display of your status on the Web, the same setting is available in the Facebook application itself, which can notify everyone separately from the messenger that you are online. This option is hidden deep enough in the settings and can easily be overlooked.
By now, you probably guessed it, solving the problem of showing your status is very simple: all you need to do is go to the Facebook settings menu -> “Settings and privacy” -> “Settings”:
Here, scroll through the list of options to the “Online Status” item, tap it and switch the “Show me that you are online” switch in the window that opens to the “Off” position.
Of course, you will need to make sure that Facebook Messenger's online status mode is turned off.
To do this, open the application and click on your profile icon in the upper left corner of its main screen to enter the application settings. Find the “Online status” option in them and click on it to open the corresponding section. Here you just need to toggle the "Show when you're active" switch to the off position.
That's it, from now on your status will be completely hidden from everyone and no one else will know when you were online, chatting with someone or just browsing the news.
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Where it appears
The "online" mark on facebook looks traditional: a glowing green dot next to the user's name.
However, it is not visible everywhere.
When you open an account, you can't find any mention of the time of the last visit, this can only be determined indirectly: when the last post was made, a new friend was added, or reactions were left (but only if the user made this information public).
You can definitely see if there is a person on the social network at the moment, only in chats on the site or in the messenger:
Important:
So, as soon as you enter the social network, a green circle lights up next to your name in correspondence. Sometimes this is not convenient, as those who do not want to answer at all can call or write.
It is for such cases that it is possible to turn off the status on the Facebook network.
On the computer:
The second way how to become invisible on Facebook:
The third way.
The messenger itself also has a switch for this function:
