Would you rather not let people see when you were last online on WhatsApp? You can turn this off! In this article we explain how to do it on your iPhone, Android phone or PC.
If WhatsApp is open, anyone can see it as it is marked ‘online’. You can’t change that – unfortunately, maybe. What you can do is specify that you don’t want others to know when you were last online.
Turn off Last Seen on iPhone
To turn off the last seen feature on your iPhone, open the app and navigate to: Settings† pass the title Account dirty Privacy† You will see the option at the top of your screen last seen† If you click on this, you will be given the option of who can see your last seen: everyone, only your contacts or no one.
In the privacy menu you can also set who can see your profile picture, information and status, and you will find an overview of your blocked contacts. You can also turn off read receipts: someone else won’t be able to see if you’ve read your message and vice versa. Read receipts are always enabled for group chats.
turn off last seen on android
It works pretty much the same on Android smartphones. Tap the dots in the upper right corner from the WhatsApp main menu and Settings Go to Account > Privacy again. The Last Seen options are also the same as on iOS: Everyone† my contacts and Noone
One step up from the ‘last online’ option are blue checkmarks, also known as read receipts. This allows others to see whether you have read a message or not. luckily you can turn that off too. Go back on both iOS and Android Settings > Account > Privacy and scroll down. Check or change the checkbox Read receipts from. Note: Unchecking the blue ticks means you can no longer see if others have seen your message. Read receipts for group messages will still appear. Unfortunately this cannot be turned off.
If you are using WhatsApp on your computer, unfortunately it is not possible to turn the Last seen option on or off. So for this you need to be in the application on your phone. The PC version of WhatsApp adopts these settings so your contacts won’t see when you were last online.
Having trouble disabling the ‘last seen’ option? WhatsApp may no longer work properly. What can you do in such a situation? We will discuss solutions to WhatsApp problems in another post.
Turn off last seen on pc
If you are using the web version of WhatsApp on your PC or laptop, you can also turn off the ‘Last seen’ option. Click on the three vertical dots on the left chat bar and go to settings. Inside PrivacyYou can turn off the Last Seen option from the menu.
Source: Computer Totaal
