Hide or Deactivate Online Status for Facebook Messenger on Android

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Turn Online Status Off

Turn Online Status On

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There are many instances when you may want to quickly check or respond to a specific message, without having to chat with anyone. With a healthy list of contacts, it's inevitable that some of them will be online, pretty much all the time. A good way around this, without of course having to explain to friends and family why you can't chat, is to hide or turn off your Facebook Messenger status. To demonstrate how to do this, we used a Samsung Galaxy S5.

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   First thing we need to do is open up Facebook Messenger app

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   Tap the messenger icon and sign in (if you're not signed in automatically).

   

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   On the home screen, tap the menu icon in the lower right corner.

   

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   On the following screen, tap the "Active" tab near the top.

   

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   Once you've tapped the ACTIVE tab, a toggle switch will appear just below it

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   Tap the switch to hide your online status.

   

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   Now that your online status is hidden, you'll no longer be able to see if your contacts are active

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   You'll also appear as offline to your contacts.

   

    

   1. You can still see and reply to all of your messages while chat status is turned off.

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   Turning your online status back on can be done it two ways

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   The first is by simply tapping the "Active" toggle switch back on.

   

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   The second way is to tap the home screen icon in the lower left corner.

   

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   On the home screen, tap the "TURN ON" button near the top.

   

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Follow the five steps above the next time you want to send or read a quick message but don't want to appear online. If you're short on time, or would rather not explain to your contacts why you're not available, turning your online status off is a great alternative.

• If you find yourself having to constantly hide your online status, it might be a good idea to explain to your friends why you're always showing as offline.

How do I remove the Green Dot from Facebook and Messenger on my ZTE Android phone?

I have a ZTE Android LTE 4 model number n9136 all the information I've gathered from YouTube and from just asking Google it shows how to do it but on my phone I don't have that menu icon at the very bottom it's very frustrating I need to remove that Green Dot from Facebook and messenger please help me I'm very very annoyed by this been at it for 2 hours. My situation is different because all of the tutorials and YouTube videos and explanations my phone doesn't have the same icons to do it that easily there has to be another way for this model please help me. I have tried: YouTube videos Googling the question trying all of the options that are shown and all those phones that they show all the menu screens are all different than mine. I think it was caused by: Nothing really caused the problem it's on everyone's phone that Green Dot with Facebook and messenger I just can't remove it on my phone because there's got to be another way to do it other than the ways that they show on YouTube and all the tutorials my phone just does not have the same icons and Graphics that the phones that they show on mine

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How do turn off my online status in messenger kn am Android phone?

I have tried to follow the steps but my messenger does not seem to have the menu icon at the bottom of the screen. Where else can I find the menu icon in messenger kn an Android phone? I can't find the menu icon on the bottom of my screen. It's not there.

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Why can't I expand Facebook messenger contact list, without turning my status to ON?

Hi. I know how to turn off active status but, still like to see who's on & how long since they were on.. Lately, I've noticed that the chat window is reduced to bottom of page, where I can't see who's on. . If I click on it to expand it, it also turns my status to active. I only want to see who is on, not show. as active. In the past, the window would stay open and I could see who was on. Now, when I get on Facebook,. the window is reduced & I can no longer see who is on and then have to expand it, . thus turning my status on, as well. Why is this happening suddenly? Here is my e-mail, in case I can't find your site again, to read your answer. It's: Thanks so much. Your site covers how to turn off & turn on active status but, doesn't explain why messenger window is reduced, when I sign into Facebook. Also, haven't see a solution or anyone addressing the problem of why my active status is turned on, when I just try to expand the messenger window

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