Steps on How to See If a Person Is on Facebook But Offline in Chat
To see if a person is on Facebook but offline in chat, do this;
1. Log in to your Facebook account. Bear in mind that you will need to be Facebook friends with the person you’re checking on for the rest of these steps to work. See: How to Change Your Facebook Name
2. On your Facebook homepage, select the “Chat” tool on the lower-right corner of the page, and see if your friend’s name is there. If there’s a green icon, the person is on Facebook and available to chat. A small rectangular icon means his connection to Facebook is via a mobile device. Note that if the name of the person isn’t there, he/she might be logged out of Facebook.
3. You’ll need to type your friend’s name in the search bar at the top of the page. Doing that will bring up a list of profile pages.
4. Select the link for your friend’s profile page. This will prompt the timeline view of his activity on Facebook to appear. All you need to do while on his/her timeline is to determine if posts on his/her timeline are more recent than when you log in to Facebook. If that is the case, your friend is posting on Facebook but has hidden on chat.
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NOTE: Bear in mind that you can always send a message within Facebook via the “Message” icon at the top of the screen. Your friend will be told that he has a message waiting for him, even if he is not logged in to chat. See: How to Sign out of Facebook Messenger | How do I Logout of Messenger?