How to Hide Last Seen on WhatsApp Android and iPhone

Hide last seenFor quite a time now, WhatsApp has become everyone’s go-to app for messaging and keeping in touch with their contacts.  WhatsApp’s popularity can attribute to the various features it offers in addition to the traditional text-messaging, like the option to send voice-notes and share media, & several others it keeps on launching with its various updates.

While some of these features have made communication a lot easier, there are still others that are not much appreciated and appear to be more of a privacy-concern to people. The best example being the “last seen” timestamp.

How to Hide Last Seen on WhatsApp Android and iPhone

WhatsApp’s last-seen feature lets you know when anyone on your contact list is online, or the time at which he/she was last using WhatsApp. But of course, not everyone likes sharing it. You may want to avoid being bothered by messages every time others saw your “last-seen” to be a few minutes ago, or you may just not want to share it due to other privacy concerns.

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Anyhow, if you don’t like the last-seen feature on WhatsApp, you do have a way out of it. In fact, you can disable this feature on your phone very quickly. So, whether you are an iPhone user or an Android one, just read along to know how you can do it!

How to hide Last-seen in WhatsApp (on iPhone)

1. Launch WhatsApp on your iPhone.

2. Tap on “Settings” option, located on the bottom-right corner of the home screen.

whats app settings iPhone

3. Next, tap on “Account” from the menu that appears.

Whats app account iphone

4. Now, tap on “Privacy”.

Privacy whatsapp iPhone

5. Next, choose “Last seen” from the options which appear.

Last seen whatsapp iPhone

6. Now, it’ll give you three options to choose from: Everyone, My contacts, and nobody. By default “Everyone” is selected.

every one whatsapp iPhone

7. Tap on “Nobody” to hide your last seen from everyone on WhatsApp.

Nobody Whatsapp iPhone

How to hide Last-seen in WhatsApp (on Android)

1. Launch WhatsApp on your Android phone.

2. Tap on the three vertical dots located on the top-right corner of the home screen, to get a drop-down menu, and select “Settings” from it.

Whatsapp setting Android

3. Next, tap on “Account” from the menu that appears.

whatsapp account android

4. Now, tap on “Privacy”.

Privacy whatsapp android

5. Next, choose “Last seen” from the options which appear.

6. Now, it’ll give you 3 options to choose from: Everyone, My contacts, and nobody. By default “Everyone” is selected.

nobody whatsapp android (1)

7. Tap on “Nobody” to hide your last seen from everyone on WhatsApp

nobody choose android

Last Verdict

So that’s all you need to do, to hide your last-seen status from others, and be able to use WhatsApp without worrying about things you don’t really want to!

(Please Note: If you disable the last-seen feature on your device, you’ll also not be able to view everyone else’s Last-seen status on your WhatsApp contact list)

 

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