How to make whatsapp online invisible


WhatsApp Online Status: How to Appear Offline or Hide Online Status on WhatsApp Web, Mobile App

WhatsApp Messenger is one of the most extensively used applications across the globe. Whether it be chatting with friends, sending some urgent documents to a colleague or simply video calling your closest friends or family members, WhatsApp Messenger has made a special place in our lives. The platform has a host of interesting features like showing the online status of a user, and more.

However, there are times when you just need to go invisible on WhatsApp. There are times when you need to hide your online status or just appear offline when using WhatsApp. Or just want to avoid someone seeing your ‘Last Seen’ on the platform. So, if you are looking for solutions for these problems, you have come to the right place. In this article, we are going to show you a step-by-step guide through which you can easily appear offline on WhatsApp while using the application. So, without wasting much time, here’s what you need to do.

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How to Hide WhatsApp Online Status on Mobile

You can easily hide your Online Status or appear offline on WhatsApp by following some easy steps. The messaging app gives you an option to hide the online status feature on both Android and iOS platforms. All you need to do is follow these steps:

  1. Open WhatsApp.
  2. Go to the three vertical dots in the upper right corner and Tap on Settings. iOS users can simply tap on Settings from the bottom menu.
  3. In the Settings menu, you will find Account. Click on it and then go to the Privacy option.
  4. There you will find the Last Seen option. The app gives you two options to choose from. You can choose between My Contacts and Nobody. The former will show the online status to your contacts, while the latter will not show the Online status to anybody.
  5. Click on the ‘Nobody’ option to hide the Online status on WhatsApp messenger.

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How to Hide WhatsApp Online Status on the Web

WhatsApp Web does not allow you to hide your online status like the Android counterpart. However, there are some Chrome extensions that help you to appear offline for WhatsApp Web. One such extension is WAIncognito. The extension offers a host of interesting features. To start with, it helps you to toggle on and off last seen updates and Read receipts for messages on WhatsApp Web. Furthermore, it allows users to set a safety timeout that allows them to automatically send the read receipt after a certain period of time. Here’s how you can use it:

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  1. Go to Chrome Web Store and search for WAIncognito.
  2. Install the extension on your Chrome browser.
  3. Now open the web.whatsapp.com and you will see an incognito option right next to the WhatsApp Status.
  4. You can select ‘Don’t Send Last Seen updates’ from the menu and it will block it easily. One can also block read receipts using this extension.

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How to Hide WhatsApp Online Status For Specific Contacts on Mobile?

WhatsApp also allows you to hide the Last Seen status for some specific contacts as well. Android and iOS users can both hide online status from specific contacts present in their phone library by following these steps:

  1. Open WhatsApp on your Android or iOS device.
  2. Go to the three vertical dots in the upper right corner and Tap on Settings. iOS users can simply tap on Settings from the bottom menu.
  3. Go to Accounts and then click on Privacy.
  4. Users can then go to the Last Seen option and there you will find the option to select My Contacts expect…
  5. Click on it and tap on the circle box next to the contacts that you don’t want to see your Last Seen status. Tap on the green circle at the bottom and you are good to go.

With this, the specific contacts will not be able to see your online status on WhatsApp.

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How to Hide Your Online Status on WhatsApp

  • You can hide online status on WhatsApp — known as Last Seen — in your Privacy settings. 
  • Choose whether only your contacts or nobody should see your Last Seen status.
  • You can also choose to exclude certain people from seeing your Last Seen status.

If you use WhatsApp regularly, chances are you've spotted the login status next to the name of some of your contacts. 

Though WhatsApp makes your online status visible to everyone by default, you can easily change it.

WhatsApp online status

WhatsApp online status allows users to see the last time their contacts were active on the platform and whether they are currently using the app.

When someone is online, it doesn't necessarily mean they've seen your message — it simply means they're currently using the app. 

Last Seen refers to the last time the person used WhatsApp and also doesn't mean that they have seen your most recent message. The only way to tell if someone has seen your message is the blue check marks beside the message.

If you don't want your WhatsApp contacts to know your Last Seen or online status, you can easily hide your status from everyone, make it available to only your contacts, or exclude certain contacts from seeing it through the app's settings.

Note: When you hide your own WhatsApp online status, you also can't view other people's statuses.

The steps to hide your Last Seen or online status on Whatsapp are simple:

1. Open WhatsApp on your phone and head to the settings.

2. Open the account settings, and then head to the privacy settings.

3. Go to the Last Seen settings.

4. Tap either My Contacts, My Contacts Except, or Nobody to choose how you want to hide your Last Seen status.

Here's the full guide on how to hide your online status on WhatsApp.

How to hide WhatsApp online status 

1. Open WhatsApp on your iPhone or Android.

2. Go to your WhatsApp settings.

  • On iPhone, tap Settings – the gear icon – in the bottom right corner.
Tap the gear icon to access WhatsApp's settings on iPhone. Stefan Ionescu
  • On Android, tap the More icon – the three vertical dots – in the top right corner, and then select Settings in the menu.
Tap the three vertical dots to access WhatsApp's settings on Android. Stefan Ionescu

3. In Settings, tap Account.

4. On the Account page, tap Privacy.

5. Tap Last Seen to change your online status.

Tap "Last Seen." Stefan Ionescu

6. You have two options to hide your online or Last Seen status — you can choose for only My Contacts to see your status or for Nobody to see your status.

You can also choose My Contacts Except and select people from your contacts list who you don't want to see your "Last Seen" status. Then, tap Done in the top right corner on iPhone or the check mark in the bottom right corner on Android.

Note: While hiding your Last Seen means people won't be able to see when you were last online, it will still show them when you're currently online.

7. Once you've made a selection, your online or Last Seen status will be visible to just your contacts, no one at all, or the contacts you didn't exclude, depending on your selection.

Meira Gebel

Meira Gebel is a freelance reporter based in Portland, Oregon. She writes about business, culture, and technology for Insider. Her work has been featured in Digital Trends, Willamette Week, USA Today, and more. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School and San Francisco State University.  Feel free to reach out to her on Twitter, where she can be found most of the time, @MeiraGebel.

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