Facebook Messenger is a great app for communicating with friends and family. However, if you’re not careful, you can easily lose your Facebook Messenger status. Here are a few tips to help keep your Facebook Messenger status hidden:

  1. Make sure you have the latest version of Facebook Messenger installed on your phone. This will help to keep your account active and hidden from others.
  2. Use different names for your Facebook Messenger account and profile picture. This will help to protect your identity and prevent others from finding out about your account or profile.
  3. Keep your communication channels open but secret. If you only use Facebook Messenger for communication with friends and family, they may not be aware that you have another account that they can access without having to sign in or know about it.

Disable Active Status on Mobile

If — like most users — you use Messenger on mobile, finding where to disable your Active Status can be a little confusing because it’s tucked away a bit.

Fire up the Messenger app, and then tap your profile picture — it’s in the top left.

Next, tap the “Active Status” tab near the top.

Tap the toggle to the right to disable your active status. Just note that doing so also disables your ability to see the active status of other people. It seems Facebook wants this to be a two-way street. If you’re cool with that, you’re done here.

Disable Active Status on Messenger.com

You can also disable your status on the Messenger web front end. Head to Messenger.com, and then click the three small dots in the upper left corner.

Click “Turn Off Active Status” once you’re in the Preferences menu.

The next menu allows you to control who can see you active — if you want to be totally invisible, select “Turn Off Active Status For All Contacts.” The other two options let you be a bit more specific. The second from the top allows you to hide your status from everyone barring a few chosen exceptions. The third option is the exact opposite — it lets you change your activity status so specific people cannot see that you’re online.

Pick whichever option you prefer, and then click “Okay.”

Again, note that turning off your active status also means you won’t be able to see other people’s active status.

Enjoy living the free life.