how do i appear offline on facebook?

[Golden State]

i have been trying to appear offline on facebook because every time i log in on my account i get tons of messages from my friends saying i am always online and i want to take the online dot off so i appear offline but i cant do that

[pri✍]

Don't turn on your Chat.

Accident happened, without our knowledge, we click turn on Chat, thus show that we're on line, even we're asleep, even after we close our FB, but not log out.

To avoid being accused for not answering their chat or seen as online, for precaution, in case by accident you open it, as it happened a lot, do the following as our 'default'.

Turn On Chat ➤ click cog icon on top right ➤ click Advance Chat Setting ➤ tick Turn on chat for only some friends (second bullet point) ➤ write a name of your friend who you know never open their Chat, or a friend who you don't care if they know you're on line/not ➤ Save ➤ Turn Off Chat.

I believe you get the idea, so you can modify it as you wish if you want to do the chatting, eg. add another name that you want to chat to that part.