{"id":27072,"date":"2022-07-21T09:01:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T09:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=27072"},"modified":"2022-08-18T02:12:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T02:12:34","slug":"why-does-facebook-messenger-show-my-status-as-active-even-when-im-not-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-does-facebook-messenger-show-my-status-as-active-even-when-im-not-online","title":{"rendered":"Why Does Facebook Messenger Show My Status As Active Even When I&#8217;m Not Online?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f56b995a663\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f56b995a663\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f56b995a663\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-does-facebook-messenger-show-my-status-as-active-even-when-im-not-online\/#Why_Does_Facebook_Messenger_Show_My_Status_As_Active_Even_When_Im_Not_Online\" title=\"Why Does Facebook Messenger Show My Status As Active Even When I&#8217;m Not Online?\">Why Does Facebook Messenger Show My Status As Active Even When I&#8217;m Not Online?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-does-facebook-messenger-show-my-status-as-active-even-when-im-not-online\/#Can_Facebook_Messenger_show_active_status_when_youre_not_online\" title=\"Can Facebook Messenger show active status when you&#8217;re not online?\">Can Facebook Messenger show active status when you&#8217;re not online?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-does-facebook-messenger-show-my-status-as-active-even-when-im-not-online\/#Reasons_for_showing_active_status\" title=\"Reasons for showing active status\">Reasons for showing active status<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-does-facebook-messenger-show-my-status-as-active-even-when-im-not-online\/#Ways_to_prevent_showing_active_status\" title=\"Ways to prevent showing active status\">Ways to prevent showing active status<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Does_Facebook_Messenger_Show_My_Status_As_Active_Even_When_Im_Not_Online\"><\/span>Why Does Facebook Messenger Show My Status As Active Even When I&#8217;m Not Online?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 42% max-height:358px; height: auto; margin: 0px 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/PmTCLeI.jpg\" alt=\"Does Facebook Messenger show active when youre not\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering, &#8220;Why does Facebook Messenger show my status as active even when I&#8217;m not online?&#8221;, then you&#8217;ve come to the right place. This article covers the Reasons why this is happening and how to avoid it. In this article, you&#8217;ll learn how to turn off the &#8220;active&#8221; status of your account in Facebook Messenger. You&#8217;ll learn how to turn off the Facebook Messenger status if it&#8217;s showing your status when you&#8217;re not online.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_Facebook_Messenger_show_active_status_when_youre_not_online\"><\/span>Can Facebook Messenger show active status when you&#8217;re not online?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Can Facebook Messenger show active status when you&#8217;d rather not? Yes, this feature can be disabled. You can choose to show your active status only to specific people or to all of your contacts. You can choose to keep your online status hidden from all of your friends. However, you&#8217;ll be unable to see whether someone is online when you&#8217;re offline. To disable the active status, go to your settings and tap on the &#8220;Privacy&#8221; tab.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to know that not every Facebook user wants to be available to others all the time. There are some people who value their privacy, time alone, and entertainment over socializing with others. If you&#8217;re one of these people, it&#8217;s important to know how to hide your status from others, as showing an active status may cause false accusations. Therefore, the easiest way to hide your status is to switch off your Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering whether this feature is enabled by default, you can find out by changing the setting on your Facebook Messenger account. There is a &#8220;Show when you&#8217;re online&#8221; option in Messenger&#8217;s settings. If this setting is set to &#8220;On,&#8221; you can find out if someone is online by sending them a message. If you&#8217;re not online, the messages will go into your inbox.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reasons_for_showing_active_status\"><\/span>Reasons for showing active status<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While the Facebook Messenger app is associated with your Facebook account, you need to sign in with your Facebook credentials before you can access the chat section. Scroll down to the top-left corner of your screen and find the icon for your profile picture. This icon is linked to &#8220;Show when you&#8217;re online&#8221; and &#8220;Active Status.&#8221; Click on it to toggle your active status. If you want to keep your Messenger active, turn off the &#8220;Background Refresh&#8221; option in Messenger&#8217;s settings.<\/p>\n<p>Another reason to keep the active status set is to respond to queries from customers quickly. This way, they can avoid having to wait hours for a response from you. You can avoid this situation by simply clearing your cached data and turning off the settings in Facebook Messenger. Another reason to not show your active status on Facebook is that you&#8217;re concerned about the backlash that other users might get when they see you&#8217;re online. However, you should remember that Facebook Messenger doesn&#8217;t work if you&#8217;re offline, so make sure your network connection is stable.<\/p>\n<p>One reason that Facebook keeps showing you as &#8220;active&#8221; on the app is because you&#8217;re not using it. Sometimes, you don&#8217;t have your Facebook phone on you may accidentally click the active button. Another reason that Facebook might show you&#8217;re active on Messenger is that you&#8217;re busy on other applications, or simply using the application in the wrong way. Since these apps work independently, technical errors may occur between them.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ways_to_prevent_showing_active_status\"><\/span>Ways to prevent showing active status<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re one of the millions of users who&#8217;s frustrated by your friends&#8217; active statuses, there are several ways to change the settings of Facebook Messenger. In most cases, the only difference is the application itself &#8211; the desktop version works just as well. On mobile, however, it is important to follow the steps below to prevent your active status from being seen by your friends. You can also change the status of your group members, which you can do by tapping on their avatars at the top-left corner of the screen.<\/p>\n<p>To disable this setting, go to the settings page and tap on the three-dot icon. This will open the Chat Settings tab, where you can select Turn off Active Status. 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