How to Appear Offline on Facebook?

Facebook is one of the most popular social media platforms worldwide with around 2.9 billion monthly active users. The most important feature of Facebook and the one it was actually designed for is to make communication effective with friends. This platform allows you to communicate with your friends via texts, calls and video chat any time you want to. But what to do when you don’t want that?

Yes, Facebook is there for talking and connecting with your friends. But sometimes it can be a little overwhelming. Somedays you might be on the app for work or, just to scroll the newsfeed in utter silence and when you do not receive your friend’s calls even when you are actively online, it may upset them. In those cases, you can appear offline on Facebook.

If you are new on this platform or are having problems figuring out how to do so, worry no more because with this article we have your back.

How to Appear Offline on Facebook?

When you appear offline on Facebook, you will receive all the texts message and call notifications your friends send you but, you do not have to bother about replying to them immediately. Turing your chat off shows the other party that you are currently unavailable on Facebook making them know that you will not be able to talk to them at that time. You can appear offline on Facebook by:

1. Using Phones

2. Using PC

1. Using Phones

To appear offline on Facebook using phones i.e. the phone app, follow the given steps:

1. Open Facebook app and log into your account.

2. Click on ‘Hamburger icon‘.

3. Go to ‘Settings and Privacy‘ and then ‘Settings‘.

4. Under account and visibility, click on ‘Active Status‘.

5. Click on the ‘Green button‘ to gray turn off your active status.

Your account will be turned to offline. To turn it of again, follow the same steps and toggle on the button from gray to green.

2. Using PC

To appear offline on Facebook using your desktop/PC, follow the given steps:

1. Open Facebook on web and log into your account.

2. Click on the ‘Messenger‘ icon.

3. Tap on ‘Three dots‘ option.

4. Select ‘Active Status‘ option.

5. Toggle off the status from green to gray.

6. Click on ‘Save‘.

You account will be set to offline.

How to Appear Offline to Specific People on Facebook?

That’s right. You can customize the list of people that you want to appear as offline on Facebook. If someone texts, calls and disturbs you constantly on Facebook and you cannot block or unfriend them, this is one of the best ways to keep them at bay since if you aren’t online they will hit you up less and lesser. To do so, follow the given steps:

1. Open Facebook on web and log into your account.

2. Click on the ‘Messenger‘ icon.

3. Tap on ‘Three dots‘ option.

4. Select ‘Active Status‘ option.

5. Select ‘Edit‘ beside Active Status: OFF for some‘.

6. Select the people you want to appear offline to and click on ‘Save‘.

You will now appear offline to them always. To turn this option off, follow the same steps again and deselect the name of these people and hit save. Or, if you want the notifications to not appear at all from those specific people, you can also mute them. Click here to learn more: How to Mute Someone on Facebook?

Conclusion

Hence, by using the steps mentioned above in the article, you can now easily appear offline on Facebook. To turn the status on again, just follow the same steps for both phones and PC then toggle the button to green. And if just doing it to get away from some people, better customize that list and let them be.

Hope this article was helpful and cleared your doubts. Feel free to leave comments in case of any queries.