# Disable presence functionality
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-presence-functionality/82172
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [March 4, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-presence-functionality/82172 "2018-03-04T21:06:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@ixeft](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ixeft)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-presence-functionality/82172/1 "2018-03-04T21:06:01Z")
Hello,
While « Who is writing » and [Whos online](https://github.com/davidtaylorhq/discourse-whos-online) plugins are quit useful, users asked to be able to individually disable it because it is too intrusive for them.
Would it be possible to have a «Offline» profile field ?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-presence-functionality/82172/3 "2018-03-04T21:37:12Z")
There is no per-user opt-out. But we are open to a pull request that would add this option.
That said, if your community is not particularly fond of this feature you can just disable the plugin all together.
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### Author:  [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2020, 8:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-presence-functionality/82172/4 "2020-04-22T08:43:29Z")
There exists a `Hide my public profile and presence features` option under `Preferences -> Interface` which will allow a user to opt out.
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### Author:  [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2020, 8:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-presence-functionality/82172/5 "2020-04-22T08:43:33Z")