WhatsApp has included a feature that helps users hide the ‘Last Seen’ or ‘Last Active’ status on their mobile application for a long time. Visibility of the ‘last seen’ status can be either helpful or a hindrance. Depending on your personal or business preference, you can make it visible to other WhatsApp contacts or hide it.
People usually hide their WhatsApp last seen when they do not want their contacts to bother them because they were online recently. Some people like to check their message notifications while not intending to answer or reply to any message at the given moment. Also, some users get unnecessary messages when people from their contact lists notice them online. To avoid such unwanted bothering, people at times hide their last seen.
A regular WhatsApp user is well acquainted with the fact that the last seen status of a particular contact is seen on the top of a conversation thread. The Last Scene informs when that contact was last active on WhatsApp or opened the application. WhatsApp has enabled the feature to disable your Last Scene for other contacts on your app to provide users with more privacy. But remember, once you hide your last seen, you won’t be able to see other people’s last seen too.
You can either change the settings and set your last seen visible to everyone who has your contact saved on their mobile, to only those contacts saved on your mobile or hide it from everyone. The last seen options are available on the privacy section of your WhatsApp setting. For both android and iPhone users changing the last seen option is pretty much the same. Check out here the step-by-step guide to hide your last seen status in WhatsApp:
Steps to hide your last seen status in WhatsApp
Go To Settings: Whether you are an android or iPhone user, the setting menu will be the same. Open WhatsApp and Tap on the icon with three dots on the top right corner of the app. You will get a drop-down menu; from there, go to the settings tab.
Tap on the Account Section: Tap on the account section. A window will open, select the privacy option on top.
Select ‘Last Seen’: Now opens the Last Seen tab, where by default, it is set to everyone when you first open it. Select that to open the list of other options.
Tap on ‘Nobody’: After you open the list of options in the Last Seen section, you will find three options to choose from: ‘Everyone,’ ‘My Contacts,’ and ‘Nobody.’ Simply click on Nobody, and you are all set.
It is a straightforward and easy process, following which you can hide your last seen from everyone on your WhatsApp contact list.
According to some recent reports, WhatsApp is currently working on adjusting the visibility of a user’s last seen on a Contact by Contact basis. However, this feature isn’t rolled out in the market as of now.
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