How to Hide Last Seen and Online Status in WhatsApp on Mobile and Desktop

Used by more than two billion users worldwide, WhatsApp has finally added privacy features to hide your status, profile picture, and information about strangers and specific contacts. However, the same is not available for online and last seen status. Behavior changed with recent update. Now you can easily hide your online status on WhatsApp for iOS and Android. Read along to find out how.

Anyone in your contact list can check if you are online on WhatsApp. To avoid messages from specific contacts, you can disable WhatsApp reading (blue check mark) and online status. After you make relevant edits, no one, not even your friends, family or unknown number, can check your online status and last view your WhatsApp.

How to hide online status on WhatsApp for iPhone

WhatsApp tweaked the Settings menu on iPhone with a recent update. You can now hide your online status and last seen from everyone or select contacts. Of course, we recommend you get the latest build of WhatsApp app from the App Store before proceeding.

Follow the steps below to hide your online status on WhatsApp.

Step 1: Launch WhatsApp on your iPhone.

Step 2: Select Gear Settings in the bottom right corner.

Step 3: Select ‘Privacy.’

Step 4: Tap ‘Last Viewed & Online’.

Here are the four options you will get –

• Everyone: Any WhatsApp user can see your last viewed and online status. It also includes people who are not on your contact list.
• My Contacts: Only your contacts can see their online status and last seen on the phone.
• Except My Contacts: You can exclude contacts from checking last viewed and online WhatsApp.
• Nobody: Option to hide your online and last seen status from everyone.

Step 5: Select No one in the ‘Who can see my last seen’ menu.

Step 6: Check out the ‘Who can watch when I’m online’ menu below.

Step 7: Select ‘Same as last seen.’.

From now on, no one will be able to see your online status and last seen.

How to turn off online status on WhatsApp for Android

You can also clear your online status and hide last seen on WhatsApp for Android. Go through the steps below to make changes.

Step 1: Open WhatsApp on Android.

Step 2: Tap the kebab menu (three vertical dots) in the upper right corner.

Step 3: Open Settings.

Step 4: Select ‘Privacy.’

Step 5: Tap ‘Last Viewed and Online.’

Step 6: Check the same security options as discussed in the iOS section.

Step 7: Tap the radio button next to ‘Nobody’.

Step 8: Under ‘Who can watch when I’m online’, select the radio button next to ‘Like last seen’.

Your ability to hide your online and last viewed status is not limited to the WhatsApp mobile app. If you like WhatsApp on the desktop, you can make the same edits without leaving your desk.

How to delete online and last seen status on WhatsApp Web and Desktop

WhatsApp offers native apps on Windows and Mac. Both the desktop app and the web version have a similar user interface. We will be using WhatsApp for Mac in the screenshot below. You can follow the same steps on WhatsApp for Windows and the web to hide your online status. If WhatsApp doesn’t open on your PC, read our dedicated guide to fix the problem.

Start.

Step 1: Launch WhatsApp on your desktop.

Step 2: Click the down arrow in the upper right corner.

Step 3: Open Settings.

Step 4: Select Privacy.

Step 5: Click ‘Last Viewed and Online.’

Step 6: Click the radio button next to ‘Nobody’.

Step 7: Under ‘Who can watch when I’m online’, select ‘Like last seen’.

How to hide online and last seen on WhatsApp for a person

You can also hide your online and last seen status for a person. Here’s what you need to do

How to prevent someone from seeing you online on WhatsApp for iPhone

Step 1: Open WhatsApp and go to menu Settings > Privacy > Last Seen & Online.

Step 2: Tap My Contacts Except.

Step 3: Select a contact for whom you want to hide your online status. Click Done. Tap ‘Like last seen’ and now the contact can’t see your online status and last seen.

How to turn off a person’s online status on WhatsApp for Android

Step 1: Launch WhatsApp and go to Settings menu > Privacy > Last Seen & Online.

Step 2: Tap ‘My Contacts Except’.

Step 3: Select contacts from the following menu. Check mark. Tap the radio button next to ‘Like last seen’ and now selected contacts can’t see your online status and last view.

Disable online and last seen status for a person on WhatsApp Desktop

Step 1: Open WhatsApp on your desktop and go to Settings > Privacy > Last seen and online menu.

Step 2: Click ‘My Contacts Except’.

Step 3: Enable the check mark next to contacts.

Step 4: Select ‘Similar to Last Watch’ in the ‘Who can watch when I’m online’ menu.

Other tricks to not show online status

In addition to the official privacy options from WhatsApp, you can use the tricks below to hide your online status on WhatsApp.

Chat from the Bulletin Board

Both Android and iOS allow you to reply to WhatsApp messages from the notification panel. You can send replies without being online on WhatsApp.

Android users can expand the message and tap Reply to enter the message.

If you have an iPhone, tap and hold a message, then type and send a reply.

Answer in Airplane Mode and Internet On

It’s another great trick that many people use to hide their online status and last seen by others.

Step 1: Enable Airplane mode on your iPhone or Android.

Step 2: Open a chat thread in WhatsApp and send the message.

Step 3: Close WhatsApp and enable Airplane mode.

WhatsApp Online Status: FAQ

When you hide your online status, can you check other users’ status?

If you do not share the last seen and online you will not be able to see other users last seen and online. This feature works both ways. If you want to see someone else’s online and last seen status, revert the same status from the Privacy menu.

Can I hide WhatsApp online while chatting?

When you turn off online status using the steps above, the service will completely disable online status for your account. Recipients can’t see your online status even during chat.

Keep prying eyes away from your WhatsApp account

The ability to hide online status is a welcome add-on from WhatsApp. After you turn off ‘Mark as Read’ in WhatsApp Settings, no one can check if you have read their messages. Use the tips above and stop annoying contacts from bothering you on WhatsApp.

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