how to turn off active status on instagram

How To Turn Off Active Status On Instagram

hi this is jason with dave's computer,tips with another how-to video for you,this was on how to turn off active,status on instagram,i'm going to show you how to do that on,instagram.com,and on your mobile device so you can do,it on either one,i did a video on facebook how to turn,off the active status on that and i'll,have a link down below so you can check,that out i did that about a year ago,it should be still relevant so check,that out if you want,also make sure you hit the like button,it really helps out our channel and also,hit the subscribe button and the,notification bell so you always know,we have a new how-to video up all right,let's get into this let's go to the,first we're going to start with the,website so let's go to our website,and now we're on our instagram website,now this is pretty simple,to get to the next step so you want to,get to the settings screen so to do that,you're going to go to the very top,and to the right you're going to click,on your profile image,and you want to go down to settings now,that we're under settings you're going,to go over to the left,under the menu here you're going to go,down to privacy and security which is,the third from the bottom,click on that and then here it is right,here i already have it unchecked but,i'll check it back there you go,okay this is this what this does it,allows,accounts you follow and anyone you,message to see when you were last,active on instagram apps when this is,turned off you won't be able to see the,active,activity status of other accounts so,basically you won't see anybody else's,if it's off and they won't see yours so,this is a great thing to turn off you,like a little more privacy so i'm going,to uncheck mine it goes off you don't,have to hit a save button when you do it,on what the website at all,there's no like confirm or anything that,just offer on you uncheck the box,so that's how you do it on the,instagram.com,website now i'm going to take you over,to my samsung galaxy a20 phone,and show you how to do it on the,instagram app so let's head over there,okay now we're on my samsung galaxy 820,phone,and we want to get an instagram so hit,the instagram app icon on your phone,like i said that instagram okay so now,that when you're on your,we're going to want to get to settings,and the easiest way to get the settings,is going to your profile,it's down here if i click it ah there we,go,and then when you're in your profile,you're going to go to the top right and,click on the little,the hamburgers right here the lines,people call it a hamburger,it's a menu when you click on that and,then here you just go down the very very,very bottom and you're going to click on,settings,now we're going to turn off the active,status when we get in here and the way,you do,that you're gonna look down to privacy,that's the,one two three third one down we can,count,good okay now we're in here now account,privacy is at the top,then we're going to look for active,status if you look all the way down,you're going to see it right there,and we're going to tap on that and it's,going to open this screen it's the same,thing we had before,allow and you know allow account blah,blah blah blah you just turn it off by,clicking the little,button on the right and it's off it's,that easy,so it's not that hard sorry about the,blurring and blurring out there guys,but yeah it's very simple to do it on,here and now when you do it on here,it's automatically done on your on the,ins,the whole account so you don't have to,worry about going between,between your computer and then your,mobile device when you shut it off,it's off that's it that's how easy it is,guys,make sure to check out dave's,computertips.com,where all our articles are and make sure,to subscribe to this channel,and thanks for watching

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