What People Actually See When You Turn off Activity Status on Instagram
By Elena Rostova
Meta routinely restructures its navigation menus, moving core switches inside the Accounts Center and privacy dashboards. Finding the right option takes a few deliberate taps across iOS and Android builds.
Open Instagram and tap your profile picture in the lower-right corner. Tap the menu icon (three horizontal stacked lines) in the upper-right corner to access your settings suite. Scroll down until you encounter the section titled "How others can interact with you," then select Messages and story replies.
Within this screen, tap Show activity status. You will encounter two toggles. The primary switch controls your overall online visibility. Turning off "Show Activity Status" immediately cuts off the green indicator and past timestamps, automatically disabling the secondary "Show when you are active together" toggle below it. If you use Instagram on desktop web browsers, the adjustment must be verified separately under profile settings, as web session states can occasionally fail to cache native app preferences.
Elena Rostova holds a Master's degree in Public Health Journalism. She covers groundbreaking medical research, holistic wellness trends, mental health awareness, and nutritional science.
