How Do I Turn off My Activity Status on Instagram?
A few clicks or taps through your account settings will reveal the Show Activity Status toggle you can switch off to stop broadcasting your online status.
Turn off Active Status on Website
Here’s how to do it from the desktop website:
Turn off Active Status on Mobile
The Instagram app uses the same term to describe this setting—Show Activity Status—but getting to it is slightly different from how it works on the website.
What Does Disabling Active Status Do?
Show Activity Status is on by default. When it’s on, it lets other users you follow, and people you message see when you were last active on Instagram, including if you’re active right now. If you’d rather not reveal that information, maybe for general privacy or to avoid feeling pressed to respond to messages, you can follow the directions above to disable the feature. Something to be aware of is when you turn it off, you also won’t be able to see the status of other accounts. This setting applies to all devices logged in to your account, so you can’t turn off active status only on your phone, for example, but leave it on for your computer or tablet.
Other Instagram Privacy Tips
Disabling the ability for users to see when you’re online is only one way to make your account more private. You can also make your Instagram account private by hiding your posts from non-followers. That way, only users you’ve explicitly allowed to view your account will be able to see your photos and videos. Hiding your Instagram photos is another option. Archiving your photos so they’re only visible to you is easy to do (as is making them public again).
