Are you tired of receiving inane messages from your Facebook friends every time you go online? If so, you have come to the right place. Because in this article, we will show you how you can prevent your friends from knowing when you are online on Facebook. We will teach you how to hide your ‘Active’ status on Facebook (Android, iOS, and the web) to cut out unsolicited messages from friends when you go online. That means we will show you how to turn off the green dot that appears on your Facebook profile.

Now, how do your friends know that you have come online? And what does the green dot mean on Facebook? Well, the green dot indicates that the user’s online status. It means the user is actively online on the social media platform right now. Apart from the green dot on Facebook, you might see a grey crescent moon that means they’re online but idle and an empty grey circle represents an offline status. The grey circle indicates the user has their chat turned off.

  • Turn Off Green Dot on Facebook On the Web
  • Hide Facebook Active Status on Android
  • Hide Facebook Active Status on iOS

Turn Off Green Dot on Facebook On the Web

  • Log in to Facebook (website link) and click on the Messenger icon in the left sidebar on the homepage.

  • From the options menu that pops-up, click on “Turn off Active Status”.

  • Open the Facebook app on your Android device and hit the Messenger icon at the top-right corner. You will need to have the Messeneger app (Free) installed for this to work. In the Messenger app, go to “Chats“.

  • On the confirmation pop-up, hit “Turn Off” to hide your Active status on Facebook.

  • Launch the Facebook app on your iPhone or iPad and hit the hamburger menu (three parallel lines) at the bottom-right corner of your screen. Now expand the “Settings and Privacy” section and select “Settings“.

Hide Online Status (Green Dot) on Facebook to Appear Offline

Facebook is notorious for its many privacy breaches, but people keep using it despite the Delete Facebook campaigns. So if you are also using Facebook but are annoyed by the barrage of unsolicited messages, use this guide to hide your Active status from friends on the platform. If you want to take things up a notch, you can choose to delete Facebook to reduce tracking and enhance your online privacy. On the other hand, if you love interacting with friends and family on Facebook, enable dark mode on Android and iOS to give your eyes much-needed relief while texting.