With Facebook privacy there is always a lot to do and despite the simplifications of the privacy settings, there are many of those options to check that it is very easy to get lost. Continuing the discussion on privacy here, we see how it is possible to become "invisible" or "offline" on the Facebook chat so as to chat in private, without being seen by other friends, blocking other people or contacts.
Since everyone now has 1000 friends and contacts and since refusing a friendship on Facebook today becomes really a discourtesy that does not deserve even the worst enemy, you can still avoid getting broken by a contact with whom you have no intention of talking directly, always appearing invisible and offline in chat .
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If you use Facebook chat from a website, the option to stay "offline" and not be seen online by friends is simple to use and does not require any particular trick.
Once you have entered your profile, from the "chat" window on the right you have to click on the gear symbol at the bottom to find the option that Disables the chat .
You can then choose:
- Disable chat for all contacts is the option to become invisible on Facebook chat completely.
Note that if you really don't want to deal with a person, you can block them in Account Settings> Blocking by writing their name in the Blocking users text field.
In this way, this not only cannot find us in the lists but cannot interact with us and all previous conversations or interactions will no longer be displayed.
- Disable the chat for all contacts except .. allows you to remain online in chat only for some selected people or for a list of closest friends.
- Deactivate the chat for some contacts only ... allows you to choose particular friends to whom you can not find yourself or even lists of friends to hide from.
None of the contacts that are blacklisted will be able to see us online and, consequently, will have no possibility of contacting us via chat .
Of course, you can always disable the chat completely, but in this way you can no longer communicate with anyone.
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In addition, a contact can be prevented from writing us in chat .
Open the chat with the person you no longer want to talk to, press the gear button on the chat box (we always talk about the Facebook site) and use the option to disable conversation notifications .
The one who deactivates the conversation also closes the chat on Facebook Messenger for 1 hour, for 8 hours or until reactivation.
You can be offline in Facebook chat and on Messenger by going to the Facebook Messenger web page.
Then press the message icon at the top right and then click the See all link on Messenger .
From the message page, press the gear icon all the way to the left, go to Settings and disable the " Show when you are active " option.
The same option to stay offline on Facebook chat is also a bit hidden on the Messenger app for Android and iPhone .
Open the app, and in the list of all the most recent chats, tap in the upper right corner (on Android) or in the upper left corner (on iOS), to see the profile photo.
Touch the photo and scroll down the various options to find the one that makes the state inactive and, therefore, that makes the user invisible in the chat.
As for Facebook Messenger On iPhone and iPad and Android, you can also disable the application entirely.
In this regard, I refer to the guide to close Facebook Messenger, exit the chat or stay offline
The fact remains that even those stuck in chat will be able to see profile status updates, photos, videos and everything that has been allowed in the privacy settings.
If you want to hide the status update to show it only to some people, you can read the guide on another page.
You can also hide your Facebook profile and make it invisible .
Finally, "Likes" and personal information can be hidden on Facebook .
