How to set WA status hidden from everyone?

6pack said:
I've set it to hidden for everyone but still people say they can see me online. Does wa reset the settings everytime it updates?
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I think those who have not updated their WhtasApp can still see you online. Just a hypotheseis though.

I have been trying to figure it out from some time, never really tried much though.
singenaadam said:
No. It doesn't. You need to select contacts individually in some versions, I am on beta and observed this.
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I'm on the regular version (2.23.3.77) and have set this in the settings -
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Based on the above image, no one should see me online.
 
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I think this setting over rides the setting in top. I tried making a dummy contact with phone number all zero but WhatsApp does not allow selecting it. Then i tried searching for my number and it won't show that too.

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john1911 said:
Do you mean to say that Status Privacy setting overrides Last Seen and Online Privacy settings?
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I thought it did, but I'm wrong.

singenaadam said:
In this screen, select "My contacts except" and select everyone (one by one). It is manual. This is the way ;)
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Yeah, i don't want anyone to know I'm online on wa. Not even my contacts. People expect replies as soon as they message. Like I'm sitting free 24/7. O⁠_⁠o
 
6pack said:
Yeah, i don't want anyone to know I'm online on wa. Not even my contacts. People expect replies as soon as they message. Like I'm sitting free 24/7. O⁠_⁠o
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Yes, Exactly for this reason I too don't want ANYONE to know if I'm online. TBH that is a pretty shitty feature to enforce on the users. Maybe they did it to drive the app use or dunno?

I have disabled Read Receipts and Online Visibility thingy but I don't know if others can see it or not. I'm more concerned about those who haven't updated their WhatsApp and running ancient versions.
 
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