WhatsApp will soon hide online status

• The ability to hide your online status has been a long-requested feature.
• WhatsApp hides your Last Seen, but your contacts may see when you’re online.
• As indicated in the screenshot, the new functionality will provide you two options to pick from.

WhatsApp hides your Last Seen, but your contacts may see when you’re online. The ability to hide your online status has been a long-requested feature.

Although WhatsApp hides your Last Seen, your contacts may still be able to see when you are online if they have access to the app. It has been requested for a very long time that there be an option to hide your online status.

As can be seen in the accompanying screenshot, the new functionality will present you with two different choices from which to select one. You have the option of keeping your online status private from certain persons or configuring it to behave like your Last Seen. This indicates that you have the option of displaying your online actions to everyone, only your contacts, your contacts with the exception of a select few, or to nobody at all.

According to WABetaInfo, even though the screenshot was taken from iOS, The App is currently working on bringing the feature to both Android and WhatsApp Desktop. The screenshot was taken from iOS. Since the functionality is presently being worked on, it is impossible to say when it will become available to the general public. When new information becomes available, we will be sure to update this section.

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