On Facebook Messenger, you’ll be able to see if someone is offline or online.
However, the person’s active status needs to be enabled.
Similar to WhatsApp, you have the ability to turn off your active status on Facebook Messenger.
If the person’s active status is turned off, they will always be offline.
In other words, you won’t be able to tell if they’re active or not.
If you want to appear offline on Facebook Messenger, read on to learn how.
- How to appear offline on Facebook Messenger
- Can you appear offline on Messenger but still see the message?
- How to hide myself on Facebook Messenger?
How to appear offline on Facebook Messenger
To appear offline on Facebook Messenger, first tap your profile picture.
Then, navigate to “Active Status” and disable the “Show While You Are Active” option.
After you turn off the “Show when you are active” option, your activity status will no longer be displayed.
Before turning off the “Show when you are active” option, your Facebook friends will be able to see the green dot on your profile picture.
If you disable this feature, the green dot will no longer show up on your profile.
However, keep in mind that you won’t be able to see your friend’s activity status either.
If you want to see the activity status of your friends, you must enable the option “Show while you are active”.
With that said, below is a step-by-step guide on how you can appear offline on Facebook Messenger by turning off your active status.
Step 1: Tap your profile picture
Open Facebook Messenger and tap your profile picture on the top navigation bar.
The first step is to tap on your profile picture on the Messenger app.
To get started, open the Messenger app on your mobile device.
You can also use Messenger on desktop, but the user interface is a bit different.
The screenshots in this guide were taken on the mobile version of Messenger, not the desktop version.
Therefore, you’re better off using the Messenger app instead of the desktop version when following this guide.
Once you’ve opened Messenger, you’ll be redirected to your conversation.
Next, tap on your profile picture on the top navigation bar.
If you’re using Messenger on desktop, tap the three dots next to your profile picture.
This will open a navigation menu with several options.
Proceed to the next step to learn how to navigate to the active status settings.
Step 2: Tap on “Active Status”
Tap on the “Active Status” option.
On the navigation menu, you will see many options including “Dark Mode”, “Switch Accounts”, “Active Status”, etc.
“Dark mode” allows you to switch the look and feel of your apps to a dark theme.
“Switching accounts” allows you to switch between Facebook accounts.
Finally, you can enable or disable your active status via the “Active Status” option.
Tap on the “Active Status” option to go to the active status settings.
This option will allow you to appear offline on Facebook if you turn it off.
If you’re using Messenger on desktop, tapping the three dots will open another navigation menu.
On that navigation menu, click “Preferences” to open your preferences.
Then, tap “Turn off active status” to go to the active status settings.
Take the final step to learn how to turn off active status to appear offline on Messenger.
Step 3: Turn off the option “Show while you are active”
Active Status > Show when you are active > Off.
After you tap on the “Active Status” option, you will switch to the “Active Status” setting.
On the settings section, you will see the option “Show while you are active”.
The “Show while you are active” option is enabled by default.
If this option is enabled, your friends and contacts will be able to see when you are active.
Otherwise, if this option is turned off, your friends and contacts won’t be able to see when you’re active.
Turn off the “Show while you are active” option by tapping the switch.
After you tap the switch, a message pops up confirming whether you want to disable Active Status.
Tap “Off” to turn off your Active Status.
Once your Active Status is turned off, you’ll appear offline to your friends and contacts on Facebook Messenger.
However, you won’t be able to see the Activity Status of your friends or contacts.
This setting is similar to hiding your “Last Viewed” status on WhatsApp.
You have successfully learned how to appear offline on Facebook Messenger!
Can you appear offline on Messenger but still see the message?
Yes, you can appear offline on Messenger but still see the message.
Going offline on Messenger will hide your Activity Status from your Facebook friends and contacts.
In other words, they won’t be able to see that you’re online.
However, you can still see the messages people send you.
In addition, you can still view your existing chats.
How to hide myself on Facebook Messenger?
To hide yourself on Facebook messenger, you need to turn off your Active Status.
After you turn Active Status off, your contacts and friends won’t be able to know that you’re online.
However, you won’t be able to tell if they are online or not.
Normally, whenever you’re online on Facebook, a green dot will appear on your profile picture.
Now that you’ve turned off your Active Status, the green dot won’t show up on your profile picture even if you’re online on Facebook Messenger.
Conclusion
Going offline on Facebook Messenger is a great way to reduce stalkers.
It also prevents others from thinking that you are intentionally ignoring their messages.
If you often take a long time to respond to someone’s messages, appearing offline is ideal.
The only hitch is that you won’t be able to see the Active Status of your contacts and friends.
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Categories: Social Media
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