How to appear offline on Facebook?

[HijackYou]

Yes, it remove the green dot beside your name. Which means you'll appear offline.
But people still can send you offline messages and you can reply them like ordinary message conversation.
The situation is like, You are not using Facebook or have been logged out. Because you'll appear offline as you do, when you don't use Facebook.

You can also change the setting to be seen online with only few friends or except only few friends by going into

> "Advance setting" [ second option in "Options" the gear button ]

> "Turn on chat for only some friends..." in the case you want only few friends to see you online. Type those friends name

> "Turn on chat for all friends except..." in the case you want all of your friends see you online but except some. Type those friends name


Sometimes these option are really helpful.