Facebook is one of the social networks that has lasted the longest, before it was exclusively for PC use, but today, it can be used on most smart devices.
It is a widely used tool to share ideas, photos of our trips with friends, or simply spend some free time, looking at entertaining images. But not only that, this social network is also well known for its chat, since in this way we can communicate with any user.
What happens on days when we don’t want to talk to someone? We can simply deactivate the option that indicates our activityX at the moment. That way, no contact in our friends book will be able to know if we are online or not. Here in look how it is done, we will show you the step by step, so that you can go unnoticed in this great social network.
Index( )
- How to use Facebook with offline chat on PC
- How to avoid appearing online in Messenger
- Disconnect Facebook chat on iOS
- How to appear offline on Facebook from your cell phone?
- How to appear offline on Facebook lite?
- How to appear offline on Facebook from PC?
How to use Facebook with offline chat on PC
To use your Facebook with chat deactivated from a computer it is very simple you just have to:
- Log in to Facebook and locate where the chats are, you will find this at the bottom right of the screen. Once there, clicking this will cause an expanded window to appear where the chat panel and your friends who are online will be displayed.
- After the chat panel is open, you will find a gear-shaped icon at the top that are the settings you can make.
- After clicking on setting, select where it says disable chat, this to appear offline with your Facebook friends. If you want to go back, it appears online, you just have to select activate chat.
It should be noted that when you deactivate chat, the option deactivate chat for some friends will also appear. If you choose this option, it will allow you to appear as offline only to the people you want to select.
How to avoid appearing online in Messenger
The first thing you should do is go to the application panel and open the Facebook Messenger application which must be updated in which you will appear online until you complete the following steps.
Once you are in the application, you must go to where your profile photo is , which is commonly located in the upper left part of the screen, you must click on said photo.
After this, you must slide the options, until you find the one that says ” active status “, in general, it is accompanied by a green symbol, you must click on it.
Immediately a switch will appear on the screen which is activated, you just have to press on it. Once you do, a window will open, where you will ask yourself if you are sure to carry out this action, in which you must press where it says “deactivate”.
Ready, you will stop being active in Facebook Messenger . In case you want to be active again, you must follow the same steps and activate the switch.
Disconnect Facebook chat on iOS
You must open the Facebook application for iOS and then follow these steps:
- When you are on the main screen, look for the lower menu, there will be the option people you must select it.
- Where the upper windows are, select the Assets option.
- You will see a Switch where your profile photo and your contact will be, deactivate it.
As with Android and PC, on iOS you can also activate and deactivate chat whenever you want.
How to appear offline on Facebook from your cell phone?
The first thing you should do is go to the central application panel and click on the previously updated Facebook application, after that, you must follow the following steps.
Once you are inside the application, you must go to where the options are, which are represented by three horizontal lines, located in the upper right part of the screen, press them.
You must scroll all the options until you find ” settings and privacy ” and as soon as you press it, a series of options will be displayed where you will click on “settings”.
At this point you should look for the option called “active status” and click on it. After this, a kind of switch will appear, which once you deactivate it will ask you if you are really sure to perform this action. You must press where it says “deactivate”. After this you will be able to navigate the Facebook home, without the need to go out as an online contact.
How to appear offline on Facebook lite?
If you use Facebook Lite, to appear offline is very simple . To start, you have to open the application on your device and log in using your email and password as you normally do; then you must perform the following steps:
- You must select the menu button which is in the upper right and is represented by three horizontal stripes.
- Search the application settings is where it says help and settings.
- Now look for where it says active status, you must press it and you will get the option to deactivate chat . In the same way, if you want to have your chat active again, you must follow this same procedure but this time select activate chat.
It should be noted that from Facebook Lite , it is the only way in which you can deactivate your status and be able to observe the status of the other contacts, since it is not possible in the other applications.
How to appear offline on Facebook from PC?
This is much simpler, if you are from your browser and you do not want to appear active, you just have to go to where the chats are, specifically in the lower right side of the screen.
You press on the gear wheel and it will direct you to the settings, after that you just have to look for the option ‘active status’ and deactivate it.
