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We are going to explain how to hide your connection and when you are online in various applications, such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram and Facebook Messenger. In this way, the rest of the users who have added you to this application will not be able to see when you are online when sending you messages and chats.

Since we're going to show you how to do this with four different apps in this article, we're going to try to keep the steps as short as possible so it doesn't take too long. However, we will keep the format and the step-by-step explanation so that no one gets lost. Before we start, one thing you need to know is that when you make it so that other people don't know when you're online, you'll also stop seeing when others are online, as it's a two-way option.

Hide your connection on WhatsApp

To hide your connection on WhatsApp, the first thing you have to do is enter the application settings, which is where all the configuration options. Once you are inside, click on the Account section, which will appear first with the icon of a key.

Once you are inside the Account section, now you have to click on the Privacy section. It will appear at the beginning, with the icon of a lock.

Once you're in Privacy, you'll see quite a few options inside. What you have to do is click on Last time. once and choose the Nobody option. When you click on this last time option, a menu will open with several options to determine who can see when you last connected, and that is why we have chosen Nobody so that nobody knows.

Hide your connection in Telegram

To hide your connection in Telegram you have to enter the application settings, which is in the sidebar of options on Android and below on iOS. Once inside, you have to click on the Privacy and security option, which will appear with the icon of a lock.

Once you are in the Privacy and security options, what you have to do is click on the Last time and online option. This is the option with which you can determine who can see these two states of your profile.

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In the menu that you are going to enter you can do two things. First, so that no one can see your status, select the Nobody option in Who can see my last status. time and been online. Further down, you can also click on Add exceptions and add people or groups so that certain contacts are an exception and can see your last connection.

Hide your connection on Instagram

To hide your connection on Instagram, the first thing you have to do is enter its settings. In both Android and iOS, the menu button where you will see the configuration option is when you enter your profile. Once inside, you have to click on the Privacy option, which will appear with a lock icon.

Once you are inside the Privacy options, what you have to do is click on the Activity status option. You will find it a little below, in the Interactions section.

And once inside the Activity Status options, all you have to do is turn off the Show Activity Status option. When you do this, other accounts will no longer be able to see when you're online or logged in in the app.

Hide your connection in Messenger

To hide your connection in Facebook Messenger, you have to click on your profile image to go directly to the options menu. Once you are inside, you simply have to click on the "Active" Status option, which will appear in the Profile section.

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Now, all you have to do is deactivate the option to Show when you are active. And that's it, no one will be able to see when you last connected or when you are connected, although you will not continue to see this status in others either.

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