The active status feature on Instagram usually shows your friends when you are online. But sometimes, we want to browse Instagram without getting interrupted by friends’ messages. Fortunately, there is a way to hide your online presence from others. We will show you how to appear offline on Instagram DM.
Let us see how to hide your Instagram presence by turning off the active status feature.
How to Appear Offline On Instagram App
You can follow the below tutorial on iPhone and Android devices to hide your active status on Instagram.
Step1: Open the Instagram app and access your profile section by hitting your profile icon.
Step2: Tap the Hamburger menu (three stacked lines), then select Settings.
Step3: Tap Privacy.
Step4: Choose Activity Status.
Step5: Disable the toggle next to Show Activity Status.
You can now browse Instagram without getting noticed by your friends. They would no longer see your active status on Instagram. It is important to note that disabling your active status will also prevent you from seeing the online presence of your friends.
The active status feature works in both ways. In other words, when you hide your online presence on Instagram, you cannot see when your Instagram friends are online.
You can also turn off your active status on the Instagram website. However, you do not have to disable your active status on the Instagram website if you have already done that on your Instagram app.
The below guide will show you how to appear offline on the Instagram PC or Mobile Browser.
Step1: Use your computer or mobile browser to log into the Instagram website.
Step2: Click your profile icon and choose Settings.
Step3: Select Privacy and Security in the left panel.
Step4: Unselect the Show Activity Status option.
You have successfully turned off your active status on the Instagram website.
You may like: How to Turn ON or OFF Vanish Mode On Instagram in 2022
How to Appear Offline on Instagram For One Person
Sometimes you may want to appear offline on Instagram for only a specific person and not from all of your friends. Luckily, you can do that by restricting that person.
The person would not know that you have restricted them. Additionally, you can unrestrict them when you no longer need to hide your online presence from them.
Here is a tutorial to help you restrict a person on Instagram.
Step1: Open Instagram and visit the profile of the person you want to restrict.
Step2: Tap the three-dotted menu in the top-right corner of the profile page.
Step3: Select Restrict.
You can also use the above guide to later unrestrict the person. You only have to select Unrestrict in step 3 instead of the Restrict option.
2 thoughts on “How to Appear Offline On Instagram DM 2022”