# Chat Online Status

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-online-status/273844
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 3, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-online-status/273844 "2023-08-03T15:02:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![discoursejl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@discoursejl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/discoursejl)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-online-status/273844/1 "2023-08-03T15:02:36Z")

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Users in chat have a green circle around their profile picture. Where can that be disabled if they don’t want to appear online? From what I have found online that was a plugin. Can’t find the out of the box settings for this.

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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-online-status/273844/2 "2023-08-03T15:14:48Z")

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I’m not 100% sure (close to) but it may be tied to the `Hide my public profile and presence features` user setting in [https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/interface](https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/interface).

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-online-status/273844/3 "2023-09-11T09:53:29Z")

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