Did you know that anytime you use Facebook Messenger app on your smartphone, your friends can also see that you are online?
If you are receiving messages from your friend and don’t want to reply, you won’t be able to pretend to be offline! Because your activity status shows your friends whenever you are online or when you were recently active. Fortunately, there is a solution for this.
You can easily switch the Facebook Messenger’s active status off so nobody would see when you are online. Keep reading further and you will find out how to do this.
Let’s get started!
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How to disable the Active status on Facebook Messenger?
Follow the steps below to disable the active status on Facebook Messenger app using your smartphone:
- Open up Facebook Messenger app on your smartphone and login to your Facebook account if you haven’t already;
- Tap on your profile picture at the top left corner of your screen;
- Go to “Profile” section;
- Tap on the “Active status”;
- Use the toggle to turn your active status off and confirm your choice afterwards. Done!
Now your activity status won’t be visible to your friends and they won’t know when was the last time you were online on Facebook.
Keep in mind that you won’t be able to see activity status of your friends too after you disable your activity status. But why would you care, right? It is more important to keep your privacy secure.
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I hope that you found this guide helpful and were able to disable your active status on Facebook Messenger app. If you have any more questions related to this topic, don’s hesitate to leave a comment below!