Facebook is a social media platform, but you don’t have to be social when you’re not. Though you have the option to browse Facebook without friends or family catching you on, most people would prefer you were not on at all. In this guide, I will help you how to turn off active status on Facebook & messenger.
How to turn off active status on Facebook.
If you want to keep your privacy on Facebook and avoid interruptions, allowing people to find you more quickly, disabling your active status on Facebook is a good idea. This guide is going to explain to you how to turn off your active status on Facebook.
On desktop
- Go to your browser and log in to Facebook.
- Go to the top right and click on the messenger icon.
- Then click at the top on the three dots icon.
- Toggle off Active Status by clicking it.
- Click on Save.
On mobile
Then, you can turn off your Facebook active status by following these few steps.
- Open Facebook on your device.
- Open the menu on the screen by tapping the three lines in the top right.
- Getting there is as easy as tapping on Settings & Privacy and selecting Settings.
- Then toggle it to off in the Active Status section.
- Tap on TURN OFF.
A Guide To Turning Off Active Status on Messenger
By turning off your active status on Messenger you will be making you less distracted. Read on to know how to turn off active status on Messenger.
- Select Open on the Messenger app on your device.
- Go to the three lines in the top left.
- Navigate to the app and scroll down; select Privacy & Safety.
- To find out about your Active Status, scroll down, and tap on Active Status.
- If you’re active, tap on Show.
- Tap on pause, and choose which option you prefer.
Facebook and Messenger Active Status Management Tips and Considerations
- If you don’t want to show everyone that you’re offline, you can turn off your active status for certain contacts on both Facebook and Messenger.
- If you turn off your active status you can still see when your contacts are active unless they’ve turned off their own active status as well.
- Disabling your active status doesn’t change what you look like to other visibility settings, like last seen or read receipts.
- To turn your active status on at any time follow the same procedure.
