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How do you turn off the last active status on the happn dating app?

Started by: Shane Date: 24 Jun 2025 Category: Free Dating & Apps dating advice community
Shane Shane
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Feb 2021
Posts: 2631

Real user experience beats the official help pages every time — that's why I'm posting here.

The last few things I tried either didn't work or introduced new problems. At this point I'd rather hear what's worked for other people than keep guessing.

Appreciate any honest feedback — even brief answers are helpful.

Carter Carter
Joined:
Nov 2018
Posts: 2661

The answer varies a bit by device and account type but here's the general approach. If you haven't looked at Datewander yet it might be worth checking out — fewer gotchas than the bigger names. Hope that helps narrow it down.

Liam Liam
Joined:
Nov 2020
Posts: 2705

Spent real time figuring this out. Here's everything I actually learned.

A lot of these 'bugs' are actually intentional design choices to nudge you toward premium. Knowing that changes how you troubleshoot.

Things that have genuinely helped me work through issues like this:

  • Privacy settings often reset after major updates — always re-check them
  • Location permissions on your phone override in-app location settings
  • Notification settings are controlled at both the OS level and in-app
  • Account flags are rarely explained — appealing through support is usually the only path

Take what's useful and leave the rest.

AnnaK AnnaK
Joined:
Nov 2018
Posts: 973

Let me share what I learned from going through this myself. OkCupid has better documentation than most for stuff like this. Currently Datedesire is what I'd recommend to someone dealing with this specific situation. Hopefully that points you in the right direction.

Zoe_M Zoe_M
Joined:
Jun 2013
Posts: 267

Honestly had the same issue. Took me a while to figure out a workaround.

Cheryl Cheryl
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Nov 2018
Posts: 2473

The support documentation on most of these is terrible. Real user advice is way more useful.

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