How To Make Yourself Unavailable For Facebook Chat

Sometimes for many reasons, you wish to be invincible to people in your Facebook friend list. It can be due to your hectic schedule at work, as you would be too busy to reply to someone back or it may interrupt you while doing something important. Whatever be the case, you wish to put an end to those annoying message tones, but at the same time don’t want to show up yourself in the inbox.

How To Make Yourself Unavailable For Facebook Chat

So the question that everyone is eager to get the answer to is whether it is possible to stay online but be invincible without logging out of your account or closing the mobile application? Well, yes! It is possible. All you need to do is to follow a few steps to let others see you are currently not available for chatting.

So in this article, you are going to learn how to make yourself invincible in your Facebook chat for all of your friends, or specifically to certain friends, as well as how to be visible to a few of your closest friends. 

 

Step To Go Invisible In Facebook Chat Before Everyone

So here are the right steps you can follow to literally turn off the green sign, while you are still online, without the notice of anyone.

Step#1: 

In your Facebook chat panel, there is a gear icon. After clicking the gear icon you need to open the options menu.

Step#2: 

From the drop-down menu select the “Go Offline’ option.

Step#3:

Tap “Save” to save your settings.

By following these two steps you will appear invisible to all your friends on Facebook. This means even if you are checking on your messages in the chat list, no one will disturb you thinking that you are not available to chat with. 

Step To Go Invisible In Facebook Chat Specifically Before Someone

In some cases, it could be a specific person or a few people from whom you need to be relieved as you don’t want to chat with them at all. Then you don’t have to make yourself invisible to everyone, but those whom you really want to avoid. And to your surprise, that is too possible with some other few steps. 

Step#1: 

Select the drop-down menu

Step#2:

Click tap “Advanced  Settings”. 

Step#3:

Select the “Turn on Chat for All Your Friends Except” field. 

Step#4: 

Type the names of your friends or people in your friend list, to whom you need to appear invisible by yourself. 

Step#5: 

Tap “Save” to save all your settings. 

Steps To Be Visible Only For Certain Friends

Facebook also provides another option if you want only to be discovered “active” for only a certain number of people are on your friend list. Let’s check it out too.

Step#1: 

After selecting “Advanced Settings” from the drop-down menu.

Step#2: 

Select the “Turn on Chat for Only Some Friends” field.

Step#3:

Now type the names of your friends for those in your friend list whom you want yourself to be visible every time you open the app on your smartphone for PC.

Step#4: 

Tap “Save” to save all your settings. 

Your privacy and safety matter everywhere either it is when you step out of your house or enter into the world of social media. If you ever confront anyone who annoys you on your Facebook inbox, you can easily block that particular person. But sometimes, this option may not work well. The same person can appear with another ID and create trouble again too. In that case, being unavailable to that particular person or a group of people is better. And luckily, Facebook is also giving you exactly this option.