Turn your Active Status on or off on Messenger

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You can show when you're active or recently active by turning on your Active Status.
When your active status is turned off for one app (example: Messenger), you may still appear active on a different app (example: Facebook) that doesn’t have it turned off. If you do not want to show your active status, turn it off wherever you’re using Messenger or Facebook.

Turn your Active Status on or off

Desktop (messenger.com)
  1. Click your profile picture in the bottom left, then click Preferences.
  2. Click Active Status: ON or Active Status: OFF, then click the toggle to turn it on or off.
  3. Click Save.
Desktop app
  1. Open Messenger for Windows or macOS.
  2. Click your profile picture in the bottom left, then click Preferences.
  3. Click Active Status.
  4. Click the toggle next to Show Active Status to turn your Active Status on or off.

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