We all are familiar with Instagram and its features. Green dot on the profile picture indicates that the person is active on Instagram or recently active on the application. Sometimes if the person is using the application then we can see Active now on their profile. Everyone in his friends list can see their activity status. Some people want to turn off activity status from their profile. People want to maintain some privacy, that is why they want to hide their active status and do not want anyone to know their activity status. Today in our article we are going to explain to you How to turn off active status on Instagram in both mobile application and web pages.
Steps To Turn Off Active Status on Instagram
For mobile applications and for web pages, we had clearly explained separately below. You can follow the below steps.
Steps To Turn off Active Status on Instagram On Phone
To Turn off the active status on Instagram on mobile application in Android and iOS you have to follow the below mentioned steps
- Open the Instagram application on your phone
- At the bottom right corner you have to click on your profile picture
- Then click on hamburger menu at the top right corner
- Now go to settings and activity
- Scroll down and select Messages and story replies
- Now click Show activity status.
- Turn off the Show your active status option
Steps To Turn Off Instagram active status on Web
To Turn off the active status on Instagram on web you have to follow the below mentioned steps
- Visit official Instagram website through any one of your browser
- In the button left corner click on more
- Now click on settings
- Scroll down and select Messages and story replies
- Click on the Show activity status
- Turn off the Show activity status
If you do this process through a smartphone browser then the above steps might be slightly vary but almost the same process.
What’s Next
With this process now your active status on Instagram is off. None of your friends can see your activity status even though you are online and using the application. This feature is mainly useful for the people who do not want their friends to know that they are online and not interested in communication with others.
Final Say
If you turn off your activity status on Instagram you will not be able to see others activity status also. If you are okay with this then you can proceed with the procedure and turn off your active status on your Instagram application and thus remove the green dot on your profile. So many younger people use this feature to hide from their friends while using the Instagram. If you turn off active status on Instagram then it will be applicable for all your friends and no one can see your status. You cannot hide your active status for a single person or friend. If you want only from one particular person you want to hide the status then there is one option that is you have to restrict or block him on your Instagram account.
Also Read: What Does The Green Dot Mean On Snapchat?
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