Set your status and availability

Available on all plans

Cloud and self-hosted deployments

Let your team know whether you’re available by setting a custom status and your availability in Fangout.

Set a custom status

Set a custom status to display a descriptive status message and optional emoji next to your name in Fangout. Other members can see your status anywhere they can see your name, such as the channel sidebar and in conversations. To set a custom status in Fangout:

1. Select your profile picture, then select Set a custom status.

2. Choose from a list of suggested statuses, or enter a new emoji and status. The Speech bubble emoji 💬 is used by default if you don’t specify an emoji. A custom status can be a maximum of 100 characters in length.

3. Specify when to clear your custom status.

4. Select Set Status.

Clear a custom status

To clear a custom status, select your profile picture, then select Clear Status, or select the Clear option next to your current status.

Set your availability

To set your availability, select your profile picture, then specify your availability as Online, Away, Do Not Disturb, or Offline.

Availability	Description
	Online: Set automatically for you when you’re active on Fangout using a browser, the desktop app, or the mobile app. When using the desktop app, any mouse or keyboard activity keeps your availabliliy set to Online. By default, notifications are sent to the browser and the desktop app.
	Away: Set automatically for you when you’ve been inactive for more than 5 minutes. You’re inactive in Fangout when you’re not: typing in or navigating between channels, switching to another browser tab, or when you’ve minimized or moved the browser window to the background. You can manually set yourself as Away any time.
	Do Not Disturb: Set your availability as Do Not Disturb any time you don’t want notifications for a period of time.
	Offline: Set automatically for you when you exit the Fangout desktop app or close the browser window, sleep or lock your computer. You can manually set yourself as Offline any time.

Other members can see your availability anywhere they can see your name, such as the channel sidebar, within conversations, and within direct messages.

Set your availability as Do Not Disturb

Set your availability to Do Not Disturb to disable all desktop, email, and push notifications when you are unavailable or need to concentrate.

You can specify how long to disable notifications by selecting a preset expiration, by setting a custom expiration, or by setting your status as Don’t clear. Your availability automatically reverts to its previous setting once the expiration is reached (this may take up to five minutes).