Snapchat active or Last Seen online status feature lets users see the most recent time other people were online on the app and whether they’re currently using the platform. As convenient as this may be for some users, it’s a major privacy concern for others. Hiding your online status is the first logical step to protecting your privacy on Snapchat.
However, note that after hiding your Snapchat Last Seen/active status, you also won’t be able to see your contacts’ online status. You can be betrayed by Snapchat. Yes, it shows the online status or last seen on Snapchat time to your friend, when you are not replying to your friend, results in a brawl or a breakup. To avoid this kind of situation you can simply hide the last seen feature.
Last Seen is a privacy feature first introduced by all the famous Snapchat services to know the online status of one user to another user
This privacy feature in Snapchat is also available on other famous social platforms. You can now also become invisible by using the steps mentioned on this page to hide your last seen online status on Snapchat
You can select viewers of your last seen online, whether it can be everyone or only your contacts. You can hide it using privacy settings
How to Hide Last Seen/Active on Snapchat
1. Launch Snapchat, and tap on the Snapchat icon in the main menu.
2. Tap on the three lines in the lower-left corner. Now a number of options will be shown to you.
3. In the options, tap on the Settings option, last seen on Snapchat
4. Go to the Privacy option, and tap on the privacy settings shown.
5. Now tap on the last seen option shown to you. You have to select it as nobody.
6. Select the option nobody, to hide the last seen option.
Now you have successfully hidden your last seen online status. Your friends will not be able to see your online status and last seen time.
How to Turn on Ghost Mode on Snapchat
Go to the Snap Map homepage and on the top right-hand side, you will see a cog or the usual setting symbol, to change your location sharing setting you can click on this. Then switch on Ghost Mode.
1. Open Snapchat app on your phone.
2. Click on your Profile icon
3. Tap the Settings button
4. Scroll to find See My Location and you will find the Ghost Mode toggle
5. Enable the Toggle and set the duration of the timer as per your choice
6. You can also change the viewers who can view your location under the Who Can See My Location area
Once you turn on Ghost Mode, you’re going to hide your active status on Snapchat. To do that, go into your Snapchat settings, Go to Privacy, and tap on Turn Active Status. Your status is now officially invisible to all your contacts.
Turn on Airplane Mode
The second way to hide your last seen on Snapchat while appearing offline involves Airplane Mode. You turn on Airplane Mode, and it lets you read a message without appearing online. This way, your last recorded online time on Snapchat is the one before you turned on Airplane Mode. This is a pretty cool feature, except that it prevents you from receiving new messages while it’s on.
The Airplane method helps you to chat on Snapchat without appearing online. Feel free to use the quick reply option when you know the person will continue sending more texts your way if they believe you’re online. If there’s a single text you need answered but want to avoid being seen online, you can always turn on Airplane Mode.
How to Tell If Someone Is Active on Snapchat With Their Location
1. Open your Snapchat app and log into your account. On the camera screen, swipe down to open the Snap Map
2. You will see a list of your Snapchat friends on a map.
3. Tap at any of your friends to see their online status
4. You will see their last login status there. If they are online, it will show “Just Now”
Note: that turning on Ghost Mode, you’re limiting your location on the map to be seen by only you and nobody else on your contact. You’ll still be able to use the Snap Map and see the location of your Snapchat contacts if they have Ghost Mode turned off.
How to Turn off Ghost Mode on Snapchat
1. Open your Snapchat app.
2. Tap on your profile.
3. Tap on the Settings button on your right side.
4. scroll down and click on see my location.
5. At the top of this page you will find the ghost mode option, you can now turn toggle off ghost mode.
How to Turn on/Enable Active Status on Snapchat
Follow the same five steps as above. Instead of selecting nobody, you select the contacts or everyone option. Selecting ‘contacts’ will let the people on your contact list, you’ll see the last seen option.
If you select the ‘everyone’ option, anybody on your list can see the last seen time. In conclusion, hiding this privacy feature may solve many problems with your friends and loved ones. Thus you can hide or enable last seen on Snapchat.