Sometimes We feel a need to Hide Active Status on Instagram because It is very tough to say no to some people to chat while you are watching reels on instagram and also some times you want to maintain your privacy and don’t want to show anyone that you are currently active (Online) on instagram. UI of instagram mobile app has changed a lot over time it getting complex day by day because they are changing locations of options frequently. which makes it more tough to operate instagram but it is the app which is need in nowadays, so we are here to assist you and make your day easier by telling you How to Hide Active Status On Instagram.
How to Hide Active Status on Instagram (Android Or IOS):
The step we will discuss in this sections are all similar for both Android and IOS user, here in this example i have used an android device to demonstrate you the steps to hide active status on instagram
Note :- If you choose to turn of this toggle and hide your active status on instagram it will also stop showing you others active status. and you can also turn off this feature whenever you choose to by just following the same steps mentioned in this article step to both turning On and Off will remain same .
Steps:
- Open your instagram app and open the profile section from the bottom navigation bar.
- Now tap on 3 lines on top on right side.
- Now you will see a option “Settings and privacy“, click on that and scroll a little bit.
Moving to the further steps:
- Now you will see an option labelled as “Messages and story replies“, just tap on that.
- Now you will have two sections “How people can reach you” and another one “Who can see your’re online” under the 2nd option the is an button labelled as “Show activity status“.
- After tapping on “Show activity status” You will see an toggle button which will have the same label and will be turned off by default but you can tap on that button to turn that on which will then turn off your Activity Status.
How to Hide Active Status on Instagram (Web Section):
Yes you can even hide active status on instagram from web version of instgram the steps are almost similar to the previous mentioned steps but to avoid all kind of mistakes i suggest you refer to the steps given below.
- Just Open the Instagram website on your preferred or favourite browser
- After that find an option labelled as more with 3 lines on bottom left corner and click on that.
- And now you will see a windowed look (Only On Desktop Devices) on your screen and from that on middle window scroll down a little bit and you will find an option labelled as “Messages and story replies“, which is marked as “1” in photo below, click on that.
- Now after that on right side some new options will appear which will again have 2 sections “How people can reach you” and another one “Who can see your’re online” under the 2nd option the is an button labelled as “Show activity status” which is marked as 2 in above image, simply click on that and move on to the next step.
- After tapping on “Show activity status” You will see an toggle button which will have the same label and will be turned off by default as same as we had seen in android and you can tap on that button to turn that on which will then Turn Off Your Activity Status.
Conclusion:
So as we have seen in above section we can easily hide active status on instagram in very easy and very few steps which can sometimes save you and also your privacy and benefits you in many ways. we covered almost all the platforms on which people are using instagram which and will include almost all the kinds of people on instagram.
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Note :- as we all know instagram keeps changing its UI elements and features time-to-time this article remains true until the time instagram (Facebook) decides to change its Ui settings and transfers the same option to a different section or decides to discontinue the feature in the coming future. then we will have different steps to follow to hide active status on instagram
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