Do you spend a lot of time on Facebook Messenger? While your friends may find that endearing, you want a select few to be unaware whenever you’re active. Fortunately, you can turn off active status in Facebook Messenger, and others won’t see the green dot that indicates your active status.
This guide shows you how to turn off active status on Facebook Messenger and continue chatting in peace without feeling like you are being monitored.
How to hide your activity status on Facebook on desktop
Turning off your active status on Facebook will prevent your friends from seeing you online and when you were last active. If you tend to use Facebook Messenger on your desktop, here are the steps you need to take to disable your active status. In our testing, we found that you need to turn off your active status on all devices where you’re signed in if you want to go completely offline on Facebook Messenger.
Step 1: On your PC, open the Facebook page in the browser of your choice.
Step 2: Click the Messenger icon in the upper-right corner of the page. Select the three-dot icon at the top of the Search bar.
Step 3: From the options that appear, select the ‘Turn off active state’ feature.
Step 4: Facebook offers granular control over who can see when you’re online, so you have 3 options to choose from:
- Turn off active status for all contacts: If you don’t want anyone to know when you’re online, choose this feature.
- Turn off active status for all contacts except: This option hides you from most of your contacts with a few exceptions.
- Turn off active status for some contacts only: An option that allows you to appear online only to select the contacts that you need to sort manually.
Select the option that works for you and press the OK button.
How to turn off your activity status in the Facebook and Messenger mobile apps
If you want to make sure you’re invisible on Facebook, you should disable your Active Status on the Facebook and Messenger mobile apps. Let’s start with the Facebook app.
Step 1: Open the Facebook app on your phone.
Step 2: Tap the hamburger menu in the upper right corner.
Step 3: Select ‘Settings & Privacy’ at the bottom.
Step 4: Tap Settings.
Step 5: Scroll down until you get to the ‘Audience and visibility’ section.
Step 6: Tap Active Status and enable the ‘Show while you’re active’ option.
Alternatively, you can do the same from within the Messenger app. Here are the steps to do it.
Step 1: Open the Messenger app on your phone.
Step 2: Tap your Profile Picture at the top of the screen on the left.
Step 3: Tap Active Status.
Step 4: Turn off the ‘Show while you’re active’ option.
How to sign out of Facebook on desktop
Facebook can be a trouble maker, sometimes showing you online even when you’re not. Even with the active state turned off, this can still happen. If you want to ensure that you don’t appear online when you are not online, we recommend that you sign out of your account. Here’s how you can do so on PC.
Step 1: On your PC, open the Facebook page in the browser of your choice.
Step 2: Click the downward-facing icon in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Step 3: Click the ‘Sign Out’ button to log out of your Facebook account.
Step 4: Alternatively, select ‘Settings & privacy’ from the drop-down menu.
Step 5: Now select Settings.
Step 6: Click ‘Security & Login’ from the left side of the screen.
Step 7: In the ‘Where you’re signed in’ section, you’ll find your device (except the one you’re currently working on) and click the three vertical dots on the right and select Sign out. You can also sign out of your mobile device from the dashboard.
How to log out of Facebook on mobile
You can do the same from your mobile device. Just be aware of one thing – you can’t sign out of the Messenger app; you will need to go through a Facebook.
Step 1: Open the Facebook app on your phone.
Step 2: Tap the hamburger menu in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Step 3: Scroll to the bottom and tap the ‘Sign Out’ button to sign out.
Step 4: Alternatively, tap ‘Settings & Privacy’ after displaying the menu.
Step 4: Tap Settings.
Step 5: Go to ‘Passwords and Security.’
Step 6: Find ‘Where you’re signed in’ and select the device you want to sign out of (not the current device). The app tells you whether you’re signed in with Facebook or Messenger on a specific device.
Step 7: Find the device you want, tap the three vertical dots on the right, and select Sign Out.
Keep Peace of Mind When Using Facebook
Prevent others from constantly knowing what you’re doing by turning off your active status on Facebook and regaining your privacy. If you think you’re ready, you can even go one step further and uninstall Facebook and Messenger.
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