How To Hide Your Online Status On Facebook

If you are active on Facebook with your Active Status turned on, your friends will all know that you are currently on the platform even if you aren’t interacting with their content or posting anything yourself.

For sure, this feature is great, but not all of the time. Sometimes, you may want to be invisible on Facebook, or you simply hate being disturbed by someone you don’t want to talk to. If that’s the case, it’s a good idea to turn off your online status. And here’s how to hide your online status on Facebook; let’s see!

How to hide your online status on Facebook

There are 03 places on Facebook where you can control the active status or online status: in the Facebook app on your mobile device, on Facebook.com in a web browser, and in the Facebook Messenger mobile app.

Turn off your active status on your computer

Step 1. Open a web browser on your computer and go to https://www.facebook.com/.

Step 2. Log into your account. Skip this step if your account is already signed in.

Step 3. In the top-right corner of your Facebook screen, simply click on the curricular Messenger icon.

Step 4. In the Messenger drop down, click on the three-dot icon at the top.

Step 5. In the menu that appears, click on the "Active Status: ON" option.

Step 6. Toggle off the option for "Active Status: ON" if you want to turn off your online status for all contacts on Facebook.

Note that here, you will see 02 other options: "Active Status: ON for some" and "Active Status: OFF for some," which allow you to turn your active status on and off for some contacts.

So, if you want to turn on your online status for someone, simply click on the Edit button right next to the option "Active Status: ON for some," then select the people that you want to display your online status to. Next, click "Save."

Similarly, if you want to turn off your online status for someone, simply click on the Edit button right next to the option "Active Status: OFF for some," then select the people that you want to hide your online status from. Next, click "Save.

Step 7. Click "Save" to finish.

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Turn off your active status on your Facebook mobile app

Step 1. Open the Facebook app on your iOS or Android device.

Step 2. Tap the three-horizontal-line button. (It's in the bottom-right corner on the iPhones or in the upper-right corner on Android devices.)

Step 3. Next, scroll down and tap Settings & Privacy and then select Settings.

Step 4. Scroll down and tap "Active Status" under the "Audience and visibility" section.

Step 5. Toggle off the option for "Show when you’re active."

Step 6. Tap "Turn Off" in the pop-up to confirm.

That’s how to hide your online status on Facebook in the mobile app.

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Turn off your active status in the Facebook Messenger mobile app

Step 1. Open the Facebook app on your iOS or Android device.

Step 2. Tap the three-horizontal-line button in the upper-left corner of the screen.

Step 3. Tap the Settings icon (the gear icon).

Step 4. Tap Active Status.

Step 5. Toggle off the option for "Show when you’re active."

Step 6. Select how long you want to turn off your active status, and then tap "Pause" to finish.

That’s it! Now that you know how to hide your online status on Facebook for one, several, or all of your friends. It’s pretty simple and easy, right?