To change your availability status in Podia Chat navigate to the Messages page. On your Chat page, click on the availability selector dropdown and select one out of the four options:

If you would like to set your availability status to always online, you can select Online from the availability selector. If Online is selected, you will always appear as online to the customer, even if you are logged out of Podia.

If you would like to set your availability status to reflect your current status, you can select Automatic from the availability selector. Setting your status as automatic will only mark you as available when you are logged into Podia.
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To be displayed as Online, you have to be signed in to Podia and have an active window or tab open in your browser. As soon as you exit from the window or tab or log out of Podia, you will automatically be set to Away.

By setting your availability status to Away, you will always appear as "away" to your customers.
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If you would like to disable chat on your site, you can check out our article Updating your messaging settings or go directly to the messaging settings page.