TL;DR To appear offline on WhatsApp, you can use airplane mode, proxy settings, or third-party apps like Watusi for advanced features.
Airplane Mode and Data Disconnection
One straightforward method to appear offline is by toggling airplane mode. This prevents WhatsApp from showing your online status while allowing you to send messages. Once the message is sent, you can leave the app and reconnect [1:1]
[1:2]. Alternatively, turning off data before reading or sending a message and then turning it back on afterwards can achieve a similar effect
[1:3].
Proxy Settings
Another effective approach is using proxy settings. By setting up a random IP address in WhatsApp's proxy settings, the app will fail to connect, making it appear as if your phone is off or out of service. This results in messages staying with a single checkmark on the sender's side [2:2]
[2:3]. This method allows you to easily toggle your connection on and off as needed.
Third-Party Apps and Jailbreaking
For those seeking more control over their WhatsApp visibility, third-party apps like Watusi offer extensive customization options. These include freezing last seen status, disabling read receipts, and blacklisting contacts [4:1]. However, these features often require jailbreaking your device or sideloading apps, which might not be suitable for everyone.
Potential Bugs and Network Fluctuations
It's important to note that network fluctuations or background app refreshes can occasionally cause brief appearances of being online even when you're not actively using WhatsApp [3:1]. Setting your last seen and online info to "nobody" can help mitigate this issue
[3:2].
Official Updates
There have been mentions of an official "appear offline" feature being rolled out in certain beta versions of WhatsApp [5:1]. If you're interested in this feature, consider checking if your app version supports it or enrolling in the beta program for early access.
I tried to put my last seen to nobody. But it seems I am still able to see the other party online. She is also able to see me online too. How do I appear offline all the time? Thanks!
Toggle airplane mode, send the message, leave the app and reconnect.
turn data off, sens the text or read it and then turn it back on.��
[[Watusi]]
Toggle airplane mode, send the message, leave the app and reconnect.
I’m looking for a way to make it seem like my Android phone is turned off without actually turning it off and without using airplane mode. Ideally:
Is there a way to achieve this without physically turning off the phone? Maybe some settings or a specific mode? Any advice is appreciated!
The reason I’m asking is that I rarely use WhatsApp, and I don’t want to be disturbed. However, I still want to be able to make calls, browse the internet, use other messaging apps, and so on.
I’d like to be the one who decides when people can reach me on Whatsapp, and I also want to discourage people from contacting me in the first place.
EDIT: clarifications
The simplest way is to go to whatsapp settings > storage and data > Proxy > set-up proxy
There you're just going to enter any random ip address, this will make whatsapp try to connect to it but fails thus resulting in a non working whatapap connection. You wouldn't receive any messages and calls and the sender will only see one checkmark
You can easily toggle it off to get it working again and toggle it back on when you want to disable WhatsApp again
Yes go to WhatsApp proxy and type 5.5.5.5 and then save. You good to go
If you have an Android phone, use a firewall app
I have an Android phone, any hints on how to configure it for Whatsapp?
The firewall apps let you block each app.
I think "force stopping" what's app , will stop anything from coming thru, leaving senders with seeing 1 checkmark.
But once you open the App everything will get delivered.
I use the "Island" app on andorid to make a work profile with my work whatsapp. When I don't want to be disturbed, I simply deactivate the island/workprofile with the tap of a button. Works great!
I tried the Island app, but it messed up my phone—it immediately became painfully slow. I'll try again in the future when the app (hopefully) becomes more stable.
I'm having a dispute with my partner right now unfortunately. Does whatsapp ever show someone come online and then go offline, when they have not?
Usually, it happens when you've just gone offline, so it still says online for a minute or more. Sometimes it's also due to a bug. It happened to me a few times, until I finally decided to set my last seen and online info to nobody 😅
Network fluctuations, background app refresh or WhatsApp opened in the background can definitely trigger those brief online status appearances.
Im talking to this girl but sometimes I dont want to reply to her immediately so I dont read her chat so the grey ticks dont turn blue.
But whats stupid about whatsapp is that if I use it and read and msg other people. I will appear online to anyone who is looking at chat involving me.
Id get totally busted.
This appear offline option is a must have
Read her message and reply whenever you feel like it? Why do you have to hide that you read it or that you where even online?
I don't know why people expect others to be available for them immediately just because we have smartphones now.
People just do. When one side dont reply straight away, the waiting side gets angry.
Maybe you can explain why there is an option to turn off read reception. A couple of my friends has that turned on.
I know they do, but enabling the behaviour doesn't help.
I need this too haha, but at the rate they’re introducing new features I don’t see any work being done anytime soon since all they care about is pushing ads to us in-app.
No
Jailbreak. Watusi II. Can also revoke messages for 24 hours, disable deliver receipts, freeze last seen, black list contacts specifically, disable read receipts, disable forwarding indicator, full updates of all status / profile changes, online users list and everything in between. I couldn't even use whataspp normal again if I tried. This is a super old example Of what it does, it does quintuple the amount of things now. This is why people jailbreak their phones. It's also possible to side load if you can't jailbreak
As anyone managed to get the appear offline feature yet. This was announced months ago and still seems to not been rolled out even though they said rolled out at the end of August.
bro for me it came after I upgraded to version 2.22.21.8 Beta.... I guess who ever has this version and up will have it by default from now on
Hi all, My ex and I separated. After a while, he has never been online. I thought he blocked me, but I couldn't catch he is online on another phone. So I downloaded an app that tracks the online-offline activity of WhatsApp users and I noticed he is being online, however his activity doesn't seem on any phone. According to me, he didn't block me, but he closed his online activity in some way. But just after I tweeted allusively, I started not to see his activity on this tracking app as well.
My question is, is it possible? How can it be possible?
P.s it was a toxic relationship, and he is trying to force me to text him with this kind of manipulative tactics. I am trying not to take it seriously, however, my emotional processes keep going. I appreciate it if you give me any info.
Thanks
I know it’s easier said than done but you need to stop checking on him. WhatsApp does not have that feature, unless it’s a third party app which I’m not aware of.
You better gather your energy and focus on your life forward.
I think there are some third-party apps. I was asking for them. I am gonna focus to gather my energy back. Thank you for your words 🌿
The point is, what are you going to achieve by knowing wether he’s online or not?
I also wondering about this, I hope somebody got the answer
I used to obsess over the same shit. I highly recommend that you stop stalking him and focus on your life. You clearly seem like the kind of person that finds it hard to let go of people once emotionally attached. Just move on. Whatever you believe about him trying to manipulate you into texting him is all just an assumption in your head.
Won't say it'll be easy, and won't deny it'll take time, but YOU NEED TO LET GO OF HIM and MOVE ON.
Yes it’s so so hard especially when people initiate, persue and chase and then ghost
Yeah, that leaves a bad taste in one's mouth. Keeps you wondering whether it was your fault that they left. But at the end of the day, one needs to realize it has ended snd there should be an urgent and honest effort to move on.
I understand you very well. I am trying to do it :) I am not at my best time. I am gonna get stronger soon. I appreciate your guidance 🌿
>I am trying to do it :) I am not at my best time. I am gonna get stronger soon
You will. May not seem so now, but you eventually will.
>I appreciate your guidance
NP. You're welcome.
There is GBwhatsapp mod/ or ap that lets people chat while appearing as offline it’s called disable online or disappear online mode. I guess. So he could be using that.
Hey everyone! Hope you’re all doing well.
I’m reaching out because I couldn’t find a clear answer through WhatsApp’s support (I’m from Mexico, but I assume we all get stuck with an AI assistant no matter where we are 😅).
So here’s my situation:
I want to digitally disappear for two months, meaning I plan to turn off my phone completely during that time. The idea is that anyone who messages me and isn’t in my close circle (and doesn’t know I’m going offline) will just see a single check mark on their messages — making it seem like I’m just unavailable.
For those I do want to stay in touch with, I’ll be using a second phone number.
Here’s my current setup: • I use WhatsApp on an iPhone 14 with my main number. • I want to transfer all my current chats to an old iPhone 7, insert my main SIM there, and leave that phone off. • On the iPhone 14, I’ll insert the new number, install WhatsApp, and only talk to my close contacts from there during these two months.
Now here come the questions: 1. If I leave the iPhone 7 off for two months, will the messages people send me during that time arrive once I turn it back on? Or will the inactivity period be so long that WhatsApp won’t register those messages at all? 2. If the messages do arrive after two months, would I be able to transfer all of those chats to the new number and have everything merged on the iPhone 14? Or does WhatsApp not allow you to combine message histories from two numbers? 3. If I use the “I changed my number” option during the transfer, does WhatsApp let me choose which contacts are notified and which aren’t? 4. Here’s a wild card: let’s say I get a third number, just for the sake of doing the chat transfer cleanly. If someone who wasn’t notified of my number change texts the old number’s chat, would they see one check mark (because the number “no longer exists”) — or would the message be forwarded automatically to the new number?
I know this is a weird and specific situation, but I’m trying to be very intentional with this digital break. If anyone here has been through something similar, or has ideas — even better if you know how to actually reach human support at WhatsApp — I’d really appreciate the help.
Thanks so much for reading all this!
Whatsapp keeps undelivered messages for 30 days only. After that they are deleted. At least in the EU, maybe it's different in other regions.
I can't tell whether messages undelivered for two months can be redelivered, but definitely I can say chats of two numbers cannot be merged. Even backup of the same number cannot be restored the second time in an attempt to merge newer chats.
The easy way to get what you want is to buy a cheap phone, insert a burner number, install whatsapp on it, and live with it for two months. The chat history in the two months will be gone when you go back to your main number.
For the main number, if you are going to leave it one grey tick for two months, you should have to tell those people, whom you want to ignore but will still send important things to you, that you are going offline anyway.
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I used whatsapp for work. Online status appears only when the user is in the actual app. Kapag wala, either walang lumalabas or yung date na kung kailan sila nag online (if, say for example, 2 weeks ago, lalabas yung date na last online don). Hindi siya parang facebook na minsan naka-online ka kahit tulog naman na.
I can say I am confident with this since may times na may tanong ako sa isang colleague ko and nakita kong binuksan niya so nakita ko yung online sa baba ng name niya. Tapos nawala rin nung umalis na siya sa app.
Você tem vontade de deixar de usar o WhatsApp, ficando mais desconectado e menos inserido no imediatismo? Você acha isso possível nos dias de hoje?
Acho que é possível sim, porém muito difícil, se for apenas o whatsapp já facilita, mas se for tudo oq fomenta o imediatismo aí hoje em dia beira o impossível. Mas de qualquer forma também depende da sua vida, por exemplo, se seu emprego permitir vai facilitar muito, depende de onde você mora, são muitos fatores para se levar em conta
Impossível! Adoro conversar com "IAs de bots de bate-papo" dentro do WhatsApp... Não é o "Meta assistente".
i prefer to solo queue, but i feel like an asshole ignoring 75% of the group requests i get. and when you ignore them enough you stop getting them - which i also don’t want.
i have appear offline selected on my xbox by default, but that doesn’t help overwatch.
is there a setting i can tweak in my battle.net account that allows me to flip on and off availability?
i just want to be able to raise a metaphorical flag that says “okay now we can hang out.” instead of being made to be available from the moment i turn the game on.
You can do it on Battlenet so it reflects as being offline on your profile. Download the app and it can be done on there.
if you download the battle.net app on your phone there is a setting that changes your account visibility between online, dnd, and offline.
I know this is a late reply but does this actually like work (nvm tried it out it works soz for questioning ur amazing judgement but nah srsly thank u so much)
You can dissable invites on overwatch but obviously they can still see u r online
I ignore all and always get them. Don’t worry about it
Download the Battle.net app and appear offline that way. Works a treat, but doesn’t stop the nosey ones checking your profile level lol
how to appear offline on whatsapp
Here are the steps to appear offline on WhatsApp:
Disable Last Seen:
Turn Off Read Receipts:
Use Airplane Mode:
Mute Notifications:
Limit Profile Visibility:
Key Takeaway: By adjusting your privacy settings and using Airplane Mode, you can effectively manage your online presence on WhatsApp and maintain your privacy.
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