WhatsApp is the most common social media messaging platform that we use today for chatting and sharing pictures and videos

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From our personal life to professional duties, WhatsApp has today become an essential app on our cellphones and we simply can’t imagine our life without it

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However, one of the most distracting features of WhatsApp is that most people can see if we are currently online or not

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To address this issue, WhatsApp has launched several new privacy features for its users recently

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The latest version of WhatsApp allows you to hide your online status as per your choices

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The online status hiding feature of WhatsApp is now available for all users on the iOS and Android platforms

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To avail this feature, update your WhatsApp app and then head over to the Settings option which can be found from the three vertically-arranged dots located in the extreme right corner

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Click on the Privacy option and go to Last seen and online

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You can now exercise your choices about ‘who can see my last seen’ and ‘who can see when I’m online’ by selecting any one option given

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Users can already hide their last seen from everyone, persons from their contact lists or just a few select contacts

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They make also choose to not hide their last seen from anyone if they like by clicking the ‘Nobody’ option from ‘who can see my last seen’ list

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Users can hide their online status by selecting any of these two options- ‘Everyone’ or ‘same as last seen’

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