How to ‘Appear Offline’ on Facebook or Messenger? – Do not know if you are connected

Of the number of social networks that exist now, Facebook is the most recognized platform among all and the most used worldwide since its creation in 2004. And as it is always updated and improved, it draws more attention, for example, with the feature of appearing offline in chat Messenger or Messenger Lite.

For that reason, in this article we want to show you how you can use Facebook chat without appearing connected and what are the advantages and disadvantages.

How to use Facebook with offline chat from my PC?

It is normal that when creating a Facebook account, its configuration have activated the option to appear active in the chat or on the platform. In this way, the application informs your contacts or Facebook friends that you are online, and that if they wish they can talk to you.

To use offline chat from your PC, what you have to do when you are at the beginning of your Facebook account is go to the ‘Contacts’ option. There, you will see in the upper right corner the icon with 3 horizontal dots, where you will find the ‘Chat Settings’.

Among some of the options that appear there, you will see the one to ‘Deactivate active status’, click there, and a box will appear on the screen with 3 options. Those options are for you to mark on the circle if you want deactivate your active status to all your contacts or just some, and finally select ‘OK’.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of appearing inactive?

For people who like to stay incognito in Messenger chat there may not be many disadvantages or at least they do not think about it. If we talk about the advantages of deactivating the active state of the chat, we can say that this way you prevent someone with whom you don’t want to talk see you’re online.

We can also see as a disadvantage the fact that, if you chat with someone late at night, no one will notice or record your last time. Now, a downside to disabling your active state is that you won’t be able to see who of your friends is active either on Facebook; it’s like removing the last time on WhatsApp.

How can I remove my ‘online’ from Messenger?

To remove the status ‘online’ from Messenger, the steps you have to follow are simple; we are going to explain how do it from Messenger, Messenger Lite or through the mobile browser.

A Facebook messenger

If you are using the Facebook Messenger application from your mobile, you have to click on the photo of profile that appears at the top of the screen, next to ‘Chats’. Once there, you will see on the screen the various options you have to configure in your Messenger account, such as the ‘Active status’, which you must select and then touch the lighter.

Con Messenger Lite

To do it from the application Lite what you should do is locate yourself on the menu, with the icon of three horizontal lines, to be able to go to ‘Settings’. Once you are in there, go to ‘Active status’ to be able to touch the green dot that appears in the upper right side and then deactivate the chat.

From a mobile web browser

If you are on the Facebook platform from a browser on your mobile, the steps are still simple; click on the 3 horizontal lines in the upper right. The ‘Configuration’ option will appear on the screen under ‘Help and settings’, where the ‘Active status’ option is clearly displayed.

On the next screen you will find the option to ‘Deactivate active status’; and by following these simple steps you may appear offline. This function to deactivate it from the browser on a mobile is a new detail on the platform, since before it could only be done from the PC browser