However, your activity status is exclusively visible to those users whom you follow.

This feature solely indicates whether you are online and when you last utilized the tool.

The posts you have liked or commented on are not disclosed to your friends through this feature.

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How to turn on Activity Status?

How to see who is currently active in a chat on Instagram?

Once youve activated the Activity Status option, you might see online users.

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What if you dont see the green dot?

Remember that technology is not infallible and can sometimes exhibit unexpected behavior.

As mentioned earlier, the user likely decided to disable their activity status in the options.

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However, dont let the lack of a green dot discourage you from contacting them.

Many users have their notification options turned on, allowing them to be notified when a new post arrives.

Instagram also offers read notifications, giving you information about when your message has been read.

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For me, it works the other way around, more often than not.

My Instagram shows that users are online, but theyre not.

So dont expect this feature to work 100%.

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How can you hide your User Activity?

To do this, follow the steps I described above.