How To Hide WhatsApp Online Status While Chatting

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To hide your online status from a person whom you want to ignore, you can ignore the person just by blocking the person on WhatsApp.

But, while you’re chatting with someone, first install WhatsApp ++ (apk for Android, IPA for iOS) on your mobile and create a last seen that is one day before.

Now when you chat with the person that will display an old date instead of showing ‘Online’.

This is normally caught when you reply to messages on WhatsApp it would appear online on chat.

The default settings can help you hide your last seen status from showing to such people who are not on your contact list.

To hide online status for all users,

1️⃣ You have to install one of the WhatsApp Offline Status apps on Mobile.

2️⃣ Then go to settings and turn off the online status directly from the app.

That’s all.

But, for the easier way without an app,

🔯 Privacy Settings: Set Last Seen to Nobody

The simple method to hide your Online status while chatting follow these steps:

🔴 Steps To Follow:

Step 1: Open your WhatsApp and tap on the three-dots icon in the top right corner.

WhatsApp and tap on the three-dots icon

Step 2: Now go to settings, there you’ve to go to and tap on Account.

Now go to settings, there you've
you've to go to and tap on Account

Step 3: Next, tap on the Privacy settings and you will find the ‘Last Seen‘ option.

Next, tap onto the Privacy settings
and you will find the 'Last Seen' option

Step 4: Now set it to nobody and your status will never show as ‘Online’ upon saving the changes.

Now set it to nobody and your status

But, this restricts you to see the other person’s last seen as well.

Although, there is a trick to show a fake last seen or find out if someone applied to you.

The person will know you have made your last seen hidden from him. However, this will make your LIVE status invisible while chatting.

You can either create fake last seen status or make other choices to be invisible while you’re ACTUALLY online on WhatsApp.

Besides, you have other options for not showing online on WhatsApp by using a few android apps which will make some changes in WhatsApp to present you offline and this works great.

How To Hide WhatsApp Online Status While Chatting:

There are some ways by which you can show yourself disconnected on WhatsApp regardless of whether you are on the web.

1. Turn on Airplane Mode & Reply

Putting on Airplane mode is simply the most ideal approach to escape from the web. When you’re hiding your online status you just need to make sure that you’re opening chats while not on WhatsApp.

Like, even if you open WhatsApp but have no internet then it is considered as ‘Not Online’ as the WhatsApp server would not get you.

Airplane mode on

🔴 Steps To Follow:

Step 1: First of all, go to settings on WhatsApp.

First of all, go to settings on WhatsApp

Step 2: Open the Wireless and network option.

Step 3: Turn the Airplane mode on.

Airplane mode on

Note: You can miss any important message while keeping your smartphone in Airplane mode, as it turns off the whole network of your phone. No calls, no texts.

2. Blocking the person on WhatsApp

If you do not want any particular contact on your phone to outreach you, then you can always block this particular contact.

It will certainly stop them from sending you any texts also they cannot see you online while opening the chat.

3. Disabling Last seen: Changing to Nobody

Well, this is one of the most common ways to hide from your WhatsApp contact while still getting all the text and notifications.

It does not stop any notifications but can reduce them to some extent.

🔴 Steps To Follow:

Step 1: Go to settings.

Now-go-to-settings-there-youve

Step 2: Tap on Account.

youve-to-go-to-and-tap-on-Account

Step 3: Tap on Privacy.

Next-tap-onto-the-Privacy-settings

Step 3: Tap on Last Seen.

and-you-will-find-the-Last-Seen-option

Step 4: Set it to Nobody.

Now-set-it-to-nobody-and-your-status

Note: This setup would not let others see the last time you were active but might see the ‘Online’ status still on chat while he is online.

4. Swiping OFF Read Receipts

This step actually all about the ticks on sent messages and if someone tracks you by seeing the seen messages then these steps are useful.

One tick for the sent message, double for delivered and the ticks turn blue when they are read. But you can still hide, by turning off the read recipient in the privacy setting of your WhatsApp.

🔴 Steps To Follow:

Step 1: Firstly, go to settings.

Now-go-to-settings-there-youve

Step 2: Then, tap on Account.

youve-to-go-to-and-tap-on-Account

Step 3: Now, tap on privacy.

Next-tap-onto-the-Privacy-settings

Step 4: Lastly, turn off the “Read receipts” option.

turn off the “Read receipts” option

5. Hiding Status and DP

People often check the status and DP of a WhatsApp contact which gives us an idea of their activity.

Wherefore, if you remove the display picture you can easily create an illusion that you are away and do not what to receive any text or notification.

🔴 Steps To Follow:

Step 1: Go to settings.

Now-go-to-settings-there-youve

Step 2: Tap on Account.

youve-to-go-to-and-tap-on-Account

Step 3: Tap on Privacy.

Next-tap-onto-the-Privacy-settings

Step 4: Select the Profile picture option and tap on Nobody & set the status to ‘My Contacts’ only.

Profile picture option and tap on Nobody

Appear Offline On WhatsApp On iPhone While Chatting:

Well, there is no such special way to make yourself offline on iPhone apart from the above-mentioned common ways.

However, one can easily appear offline with a quick tweak in the WhatsApp settings, here’s how:

Go to:

🔴 Steps To Follow:

Step 1: First open the WhatsApp ‘Settings‘.

Step 2: Go to the Account Settings.

Account Settings

Step 3: Tap on Privacy.

Privacy on whatsapp

Step 4: Then again tap on Last Seen.

Last Seen

Step 5: Turn off the Last Seen Timestamp option, and choose Nobody.

Turn off the Last Seen Timestamp option

This is more like turning off the Last seen and still, you are able to chat and exchange words. However, this also helps you achieve an escape and at the same time work on the application.

Note: You can also reverse the same by turning on the last seen Timestamps option.

How To Hide ‘Typing’ Stamp On WhatsApp:

You can hide your Last seen, active status but what would you do if people can still see your typing? Possibly you may not be aware of this tweak but you can also hide typing on WhatsApp on your iPhone.

There are basically two ways, the first one to achieve this:

  • Turn off your internet connection.
  • Send you messages.
  • Instead of ticks, you will find a clock icon.
  • Now, turn on your Internet connection.

As soon as you turn it on, your message will be sent and no one can see you “typing”.

Hide Online Status On iPhone Using WhatsApp ++:

If you have an iPhone you can install WhatsApp ++ on your device. Just you need to jailbreak your iPhone to install WhatsApp ++ which will hide your online status.

Follow the simple steps to hide the ‘online’ status on the iPhone:

🔴 Steps To Follow:

Step 1: Jailbreak your iPhone to install WhatsApp ++ into your device.

Step 2: Now, download the WhatsApp ++ IPA app and install it on your iOS device.

Step 3: Now tap on writing status (Typing) to change anything.

whatsapp ++ settings

Path: Go to Settings > Privacy > Tap on Writing Status and there you go, you can hide Typing stamp for WhatsApp on your iPhone.

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