- From Chats, select your profile picture.
- Select your current presence status.
- Select one of the following status options:
- Active - Let your contacts know you're available and ready to chat.
- Away - Let your contacts know you may be unavailable. This automatically sets after you've been inactive for one hour or more but can be turned on anytime.
- Do not disturb - Let your contacts know you don't want to be disturbed. They can still send you an instant message or call but you won't be alerted.
- To receive notifications when your presence is set to Do not disturb:
- From Chats, select your profile picture.
- Select
Settings. - Select
Notifications. - Under Do not disturb toggle Show chat notifications on.
- Invisible - Hides your presence indicator from others but they will see the last time you were set to Active or Do not disturb.
Tip: For Skype on desktop, you can also quickly access these status options by selecting the small
presence button attached to your profile picture.
Android 4.0.4 - 5.1
- Tap the Menu
button. - Tap on your current status button.
- Select one of the following status options:
- Active - Let your contacts know you're available and ready to chat.
- Do Not Disturb - Let your contacts know you don't want to be disturbed. They can still send you an instant message or call but you won't be alerted.
- Invisible - Hides your presence indicator from others but they will see the last time you were set to Active or Do not disturb.