Microsoft Teams offline status feature lets you appear offline to friends, or appear online to friends you want to chat with. To activate offline status login into your Teams account and click on the settings. Then click the gear icon to expand Options and select Appear Offline.
Teams offline is the same as ghost mode which disables the chat from showing that the user is online and removes the time stamp that displays when the user was last logged in. There is also an “Unseen Message” feature that enables the user to still send messages and get replies without the recipient seeing that they have been read on some social media apps.
Teams offline help when you don’t want or don’t have time to engage with friends. If you want to log into Teams without your friends knowing you’re online, you can easily turn off your “active status” so you appear offline
You can turn off your active status on the Teams website, and Teams mobile app. When your active status is turned off, you will appear offline even when you’re online.
How to Go Offline on Teams
To enable offline status on Teams. go to your profile at the top of Teams and select one from the list. You can also update your status from the command box. Type /available, /busy, /dnd, /brb, /away, or /offline to set your status as Available, Busy, Do not disturb, Be right back, Away, or Offline.
Can my friends see my active status if I ignore them on Teams? There is no connection between ignoring the message and the online or offline status of Teams. So, if you ignore someone on the messenger they can still see you as active if you are active.
How Can You Tell if Someone is Offline on Teams
You can see someone is active on Teams by checking the green dot on their profile, next to which “recently active” is written – it means they’ve been active in the last 24 hours; which does not mean that they’re online at the moment.
You can also tell if someone is on Teams by entering their name in the search bar in the app, and clicking on them. One clear sign that he’s still using Teams is if he’s updated his profile photo and information.
Another way to find out if someone is using Teams is to open Teams on your phone– you won’t need to log in. Enter either the person’s profile ID into the search section. There should then be a confirmation of whether this is an existing account on their records or not.