WhatsApp tips: How to hide your online status | Step-by-step guide

WhatsApp online status hide: In good news for WhatsApp users around the globe, the Meta-owned popular messaging application is officially rolling out the most important privacy feature on its platform. The company took to micro-blogging site Twitter and announced that it has released the new online presence feature that allows you to chat with certain people without all your contacts knowing you are there. This new feature on WhatsApp lets you decide who can see when you are online.

WhatsApp wrote on Twitter: "Meet online presence. Rolling out now is a feature we know you'll love. Decide who sees your online status. Now you can chat with certain people without all your contacts knowing you're there." By default, WhatsApp sets your privacy settings to allow: Any user to see your last seen and online, profile photo, about information, and read receipts.

How to hide your WhatsApp online status on iOS, Android

- Android: Tap More options > Settings > Privacy.

- iPhone: Tap Settings > Privacy.

- KaiOS: Press Options > Settings > Account > Privacy.

- Desktop: Click Menu > Settings > Privacy.

You can change who can: See your Last Seen and Online, See your Profile Photo, See your About information, See your Status updates, See Read Receipts

Please note that if you don't share your last seen or online, you won't be able to see other users’ last seen or online. If you turn off read receipts, you won't be able to see read receipts from other users. Read receipts are always sent for group chats. If a contact has turned off read receipts, you won’t be able to see if they’ve viewed your status updates. People online in a chat thread with you can see when you’re typing.