Though WhatsApp makes your online status visible to everyone by default, you can easily change it. In👄 fact, because WhatsApp has been known in the past for a variety of security and privacy issues, you may want👄 to minimize your online footprint in the app.

Last seen and online tell you the👄 last time your contacts used WhatsApp, or if they're online. If a contact is online, they have WhatsApp open in👄 the foreground on their device and are connected to the Internet.