Comment by x647 on 03/03/2021 at 19:04 UTC*

136 upvotes, 12 direct replies (showing 12)

View submission: Announcing Online Presence Indicators

Turn Off Online Status:

*2025 Update:**

*Desktop Workaround:**

From `"www.reddit.com/prefs"` > Click profile icon (top right corner) > Turn off (Uncheck) "Online Status" from menu

Else use:

From `https://old.reddit.com/settings/` > Scroll down to "Display options" > Turn off (Uncheck) "let others see my online status"

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> (OLD) New Reddit[1] / ALT[2] / Shreddit Host Alt[3] *

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> (OLD) Old Reddit[4]

> Mobile[5] / Mobile Shreddit Host Alt[6]*

^((*Videos provided by admin lift_ticket83))

1: https://preview.redd.it/74hgzjzi2vk61.png?width=300&format=png&auto=webp&s=51f38d4b0d14e020bd462f6fe8d4d04bb893c753

2: https://preview.redd.it/8hggkgtnluk61.gif?format=mp4&s=7d0df0558e6928e94ec32e34ec6ad4129025709e

3: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2F8hggkgtnluk61.gif%3Fformat%3Dmp4%26s%3D7d0df0558e6928e94ec32e34ec6ad4129025709e

4: https://preview.redd.it/re1vbjzi2vk61.png?width=700&format=png&auto=webp&s=13c4eee7ceb868af3ed51f380bf9bf53f2b0c635

5: https://preview.redd.it/rsa2mt5nluk61.gif?format=mp4&s=5fc541c1ba4b00e866f5dd97abe675b3728f1416

6: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Frsa2mt5nluk61.gif%3Fformat%3Dmp4%26s%3D5fc541c1ba4b00e866f5dd97abe675b3728f1416

^(Edit Note: op) ^(`u/lift_ticket83`) ^(DID provide 2 examples to turn off the new feature (new reddit & Mobile) ^(in the main post, but everyone seems to TL;DR and jump to the comments for rage. Just re-shared for the comment surfers.))

Replies

Comment by Herbert_W at 03/03/2021 at 21:37 UTC

17 upvotes, 1 direct replies

It's not often the case that a comment on a changelog post is more helpful than the post, but this is one of those rare cases.

Thank you.

Comment by anthonyvardiz at 04/03/2021 at 19:13 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Does this sync across clients? I turned this off on new Reddit so would that also apply to old Reddit and mobile?

Comment by aquoad at 05/03/2021 at 01:16 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

For what it's worth, I turned off "let other users see my online status" last night and it reverted to be enabled again by this afternoon. So turning it off doesn't seem to be persistent. I assume RES will have a switch for this eventually, though. Hopefully.

Comment by africanohobo at 04/03/2021 at 01:43 UTC

10 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Omg that Reddit app is gross

Comment by TrustMeImLeifEricson at 03/03/2021 at 23:44 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thank you. I overlooked this in the options for Old Reddit, and since the mobile site is broken for me and doesn't allow me to open drop down menus, I wasn't sure what to do.

Comment by Sw429 at 04/03/2021 at 18:43 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Welp, I've set this to off and will probably never turn it back on again. Congrats to the project manager who is getting a promotion for this feature though.

Comment by 1Pwnage at 05/03/2021 at 04:37 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

hey thanks a million my man, doin real good shit right here

Comment by [deleted] at 05/03/2021 at 00:09 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thank you SO MUCH for sharing the option for Old Reddit!

Comment by clueByFortyTwo at 04/03/2021 at 02:01 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies