{
  "id": 18662530,
  "title": "How to Hide Your Online Status on Facebook",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/how-to-hide-your-online-status-on-facebook",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-07T07:18:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/how-to-hide-your-online-status-on-facebook/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Facebook offers a feature called Active Status that displays a green dot or indicates when a user was last active. Users can hide this information to enhance their privacy while using the platform. To disable Active Status, log into Facebook on a phone and open the application's settings. Navigate to the Audience and Visibility or Preferences section, then select Active Status. Turn off the Show when you’re active option. This action will prevent Facebook friends from viewing the user's online presence. For those using Facebook Messenger, the steps to turn off Active Status are slightly different. Open the Messenger application, tap the Menu icon or profile picture, select Settings, find Active Status, and turn off the Show when you’re active toggle. Additionally, users can limit their last active time information by following the same steps within Facebook or Messenger settings. It's important to check these settings across all devices where the account is used, as Facebook may display activity differently depending on the service being used.",
  "summary": "Learning how to hide your online status on Facebook is useful when you want to browse the platform without letting other people know that you are active. Facebook has an Active Status feature that shows a green dot or indicates when you were last active. By turning off this feature, you can improve your privacy [...] The post How to Hide Your Online Status on Facebook appeared first on…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": "Managing visibility settings across both Facebook and Messenger allows users to reclaim digital privacy by preventing friends from tracking their real-time presence and recent activity on the platform.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}