What it is and how to prevent it from appearing on your profile

Let’s explain to you what that is green dot that begins to appear in WhatsApp contactsand how you can avoid it. It is an indicator that little by little begins to reach some usersand the idea is that it will spread to everyone.

We are going to start by explaining to you what the function of this indicator is, so that you understand what it means for it to appear in profiles and what it means for it to appear in yours. Then, we will tell you how to prevent it from happening to you.

What is the green dot on a WhatsApp profile

The green dot on a contact’s profile photo is a status indicator. It means that the user is active at the time indicated, you have WhatsApp open and are looking at it.

The idea of ​​this indicator is that can you know if someone is available before you start writing to him. The green dot is a real-time indicator that will appear when the user is using WhatsApp, and will disappear the moment the user stops being active.

The green dot is only shown in the contact information area, when we click on the bubble with their photo to see their information. Inside, it will appear at the bottom of the roundel where the profile photo appears.

How to prevent the indicator from appearing

At the moment, this green dot has begun to reach Android and iOS, but only in the beta versions of WhatsApp, although it is expected that it will eventually reach all users. If you don’t want it to appear So that others do not know when you are using WhatsApp, you will have to make some changes to the settings.

What you have to do is enter the WhatsApp settings and Click on the section Privacy. Once inside, you have to click on Last time time and onlinewhich is the option that appears at the top.

This will take you to a screen where you have to change who can see the time you last logged in, and then change who can see when you’re online to match. With this, you will be able to configure who can see your green dot when it reaches everyone, and you can choose Nobody so that no one can or your contacts. There are several options.

Here, it’s a bit confusing, because the green dot depends on the option Who can see when I’m online. However, at the moment this cannot be changed independently, so you will have to also change who can see when you last connected.

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