To appear offline on Facebook simply means that your friends won’t know when
you’re active on Facebook. To achieve this, you need to configure Facebook using the
feature that lets you turn your active status on or off.
For those that wish to know, Active Status shows your friends and contacts when
you’re active or recently active on Facebook or Messenger. You’ll also see when your
friends and contacts are active or recently active. How to know when one is active or
not active on Facebook or Messenger Here’re ways one could ascertain if someone is
active or not on Facebook or Messenger;
When your active status is on:
1. Your friends and contacts will see a small green sign or recently active time next to
your profile picture and in other places on Facebook and Messenger.
2. You’ll see when your friends and contacts are active or recently active.
When your active status is off:
1. If you turn off Active Status in one place, you’ll still appear active or recently
active anywhere else you’re using Facebook or Messenger unless you also turn off
the setting in those places.
2. You won’t see when your friends and contacts are active or recently active in each
place or app that you’ve turned off your Active Status.
In this post, you’ll see how to appear offline on both Facebook and Messenger. So if
you want to appear inactive and still see your friends on Facebook or Messenger, this
article got you covered.
How to Appear Inactive or Offline on Facebook
To turn your Active Status on or off on your computer, do the following:
1. Log in to your Facebook account if you’ve not already done that.
2. Next, you’ll need to click the gear menu at the bottom right on the chat sidebar.
3. Click options in Messenger from the drop-down menu
4. Now, click the gear menu again at the top left column of the page
5. Click Settings to open a dialog box
6. Click Turn On Active Status or Turn Off Active Status.
7. Finally, click done at the top right corner of the box.
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