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This article shows you how to prevent some of your Facebook friends from seeing your activity status on the Facebook Messenger app and on the Facebook website. On phones, turning your Active status to “Off” on Facebook Messenger will make all your friends see you’re offline; If you only want to be visible offline to certain people, you’ll need to temporarily block those people. When using the Facebook website on a computer, you can choose to turn off Facebook chat for some users and they’ll see you’re offline but can still send you messages.
Steps
On the phone
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Open the Facebook Messenger app with a white lightning bolt icon on a blue background.
- If you are not logged into Facebook Messenger, enter your phone number and password to continue.
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Tap the People tab with the three horizontal lines in the bottom-right corner of the screen (iPhone) or the upper-right corner of the screen (Android).
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Tap a friend’s name. This will open their chat page; If you haven’t chatted with them before, this page will have no information.
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Tap their name at the top of the chat page to open a selection list.
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Tap Block at the bottom of the selection list.
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Push the “Block Messages” slider to the right. The slider will turn green or blue, depending on your device. Here’s how to not show this friend your activity status, but you also can’t receive messages from them.
- Repeat this for each person for whom you want to hide the active status.
On the computer
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Visit the Facebook website at https://www.facebook.com/ . This will open the News Feed page if you’re logged into Facebook.
- If you are not logged into Facebook, enter your email address (or phone number) and password to continue.
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Click the ⚙️ icon in the lower-right corner of the Facebook window, just below the chat bar, to open a drop-down menu.
- If chat has been turned off, you’ll need to click Turn on chat first.
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Click Turn Off Chat near the middle of the menu that appears.
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Click the “Turn off chat for only some contacts” circle . This selection allows you to be visible offline to some contacts.
- If you only want to be visible to a few people online, click the “Turn off chat for all contacts except” circle.
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Select the friends you want to hide. To do this, type the friend’s name, and then click their name when it appears below the input field.
- If chat is only on for a few people, enter the names of the people you want to show active status.
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Click the blue Okay button at the bottom of the window. This will turn off Facebook chat for the selected friends and they will see you are offline.
- You’ll still receive messages and notifications from these contacts, but they won’t see you in their “Active Now” section.
Advice
- You can turn off active status on Facebook Messenger by opening the People tab, tapping the Active tab, and then pushing the slider next to your name to the left.
Warning
- “Last Online” information – showing your last activity – will show when you turned off chat for contacts.
- If you want to receive messages or send messages to people who have been blocked on Facebook Messenger, you will have to unblock them.
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