Facebook offline status feature lets you appear offline to friends, or appear online to friends you want to chat with. To activate offline status login into your Facebook account and click on the settings. Then click the gear icon to expand Options and select Appear Offline.
Facebook offline is the same as ghost mode which disables the chat from showing that the user is online and removes the time stamp that displays when the user was last logged in. There is also an “Unseen Message” feature that enables the user to still send messages and get replies without the recipient seeing that they have been read on some social media apps.
Facebook offline helps when you don’t want or don’t have time to engage with friends. If you want to log into Facebook without your friends knowing you’re online, you can easily turn off your “active status” so you appear offline
You can turn off your active status on the Facebook website, and Facebook mobile app. When your active status is turned off, you will appear offline even when you’re online.
How to Go Offline on Facebook
1. Open Facebook and log in, if you’re not already.
2. Click the circular Messenger icon in the top-right corner.
3. In the Messenger drop-down, click the three-dot icon at the top.
4. Click Turn off Active Status in the drop-down menu,
Can my friends see my active status if I ignore them on Facebook? There is no connection between ignoring the message and the online or offline status of Facebook. So, if you ignore someone on the messenger they can still see you as active if you are active.
How to Tell if Someone is Offline on Facebook
You can see someone is active on Facebook by checking the green dot on their profile, next to which “recently active” is written – it means they’ve been active in the last 24 hours; which does not mean that they’re online at the moment.
You can also tell if someone is on Facebook by entering their name in the search bar in the app, and clicking on them. One clear sign that he’s still using Facebook is if he’s updated his profile photo and information.
Another way to find out if someone is using Facebook is to open Facebook on your phone– you won’t need to log in. Enter either the person’s profile ID into the search section. There should then be a confirmation of whether this is an existing account on their records or not.