Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Enjoying the Eid holidays with family is the most common thing that many people do in Indonesia. There are some people who even deactivate their WhatsApp accounts for the sake of enjoying quality time with family.
However, sometimes there are times when the user must remain alert with WhatsApp if there is an urgent message or call. This situation is certainly a dilemma in itself to deactivate the WhatsApp account.
With conditions like the above, users shouldn’t need to worry, because WhatsApp (WA) has a feature that can make users visible offline even though it actually is online.
Here are some ways you can try to appear offline even though you’re online on WhatsApp:
1. Change Last Seen Options
Last Seen is a feature to notify contacts when the user last used WhatsApp, including being online. You can turn off this feature to appear offline.
The way to disable it is to touch the three dot icon in the upper right corner, select Settings and next account click Privacy. On the Who Can See My Personal Info menu, click Last Seen and select Nobody. The option is for everyone, whether the contact is saved or not.
2. Turn off the Blue Check
With a blue tick, it looks like you have read the message sent. Here’s how to turn it off:
Click on the three dot icon in the upper right corner of WhatsApp
Select Settings
Press Account > Privacy
Slide the toggle for the Read Receipts or Read Receipts option
The blue tick is deactivated
3. Hide Status
To appear offline, you can also hide status. That is to regulate who can see it. The trick is to press the three-point option at the top right > Privacy > Status.
Next you will see options on who the Status is shared with, there are “My Contacts”, “My Contacts Except…”, and “Only Share With…”. Select as desired.
4. Create a Status
Apart from hiding it, you can also create a status that states not to be disturbed for a certain period of time. The trick is to open the three dot icon menu > Settings > WhatsApp profile name > About.
After that, click the pencil icon, and write a status to notify other people if the account will be offline for a certain time. Finally, don’t forget to click Save.
5. Turn off Background Data
WhatsApp works in the background and keeps you receiving messages. You can turn off Background Data to avoid this, but keep in mind this method only works for Android.
The way to disable it is to open Settings, then open data options, and select disable Background Data.
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