Set the online status to 'everyone' or 'same as last seen'.

Set the last seen status to 'everyone', 'my contacts', 'my contacts except', or 'nobody'.

Open the WhatsApp client and select Menu > Settings.

On Android, you may need to check for app updates on Google Play to find out if an update is available.

Make sure you run the latest version of WhatsApp.

Here is how you configure the last seen / online status privacy on WhatsApp: The feature has been introduced in the beta version of the client in September 2022, but is now also available in the latest stable version of WhatsApp. The online status reveals if a user is online at the time. Users who set the last seen preference to nobody will notice that their online status preference is set to everybody, meaning that anyone may check that value. While that blocked anyone from knowing when a user was last online on the site, it did not prevent others from accessing the online status. Up until now, WhatsApp users could block others from seeing the 'last seen' information.

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