How to appear offline on Viber app for Android iOS turning off Online status

How to appear offline on Viber app for Android iOS turning off Online status

On Viber you can immediately check the online status of your friends and your friends can also check whether youre online or offline. You can actually appear offline by turning off "online" status in Viber app settings. However, many people dont know about this feature so they turn on aeroplane mode, turn-off Wi-Fi or mobile data so that they dont appear as online on Viber. Many people assume that if youre  appearing online on Viber, it means you are available for chat. However because were constantly connected to the internet, were always appearing as "online" on Viber and other messaging apps like Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp. This could be a hassle because people will want to chat with you even in youre work hours and you will be bombarded with Viber notifications. Of course you could always disable Viber notifications from Android settings but that could mean youll miss some important/urgent messages. If youre simply appearing offline, people will send you messages but wont expect an immediate response.


Here are the steps to appear offline on Viber app for Android or iphones

• Open Viber
• Tap on the menu icon on the top left (or swipe from left edge of the screen to the right)
• Scroll down and tap "Settings" >> Tap "Privacy"
• Now tap on "Share Online Status" to appear offline

Once you disable your Viber Online status, you can change this settings only after 24 hours. Viber will notify you when you can change it. It is also a good idea to turn off "seen" status that appear below Viber messages after youve read them. Read: Hide seen from messages read on Viber app

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How to hide seen status from Viber messages on Android and iOS

How to hide seen status from Viber messages on Android and iOS

Whenever you open a Viber chat message, the sender will know that youve viewed the message because right below the Viber message, it will show "seen" status.There may be times where you are busy and have read the message but cant reply immediately but because it will show up as seen the sender may assume you are ignoring his/her message. So to save this unnecessary tension, you can disable or hide seen status from messages so that the sender wont know youve read the messages. Follow these short steps:

How to disable message seen feature on Viber messenger

• Open Viber >> Open Menu (tap on the top left icon or swipe from left edge of the screen to the right)
  
• Scroll down and select "Settings" >> Privacy
• Tap on Send Seen Status to remove the check mark. (Turning this setting off will hide others Seen status from you)

Now whenever you receive a Viber message, you can open it and others will not know that youve seen the message. From the same settings you can also turn off your "online" status so that you can appear offline to others.

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