In this article, I will be showing you how to turn off read receipts on iPhone without opening the message on iMessage. This is important if you do not want the sender of the message to know if you have actually read the message or not. I will show you how to turn it off for just one person, and all of your contacts. So, read through this page to learn all the steps.
iMessage, like you already know, is one of the messaging apps that comes with Apple devices. The app is developed by Apple, and it can run only on platforms like iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS. Apart from this limitation, the iMessage is just like other messaging apps. You can use it to share files, photos, documents, and other things. The iMessage comes with read receipts features, but you can turn it off.
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That is why on this page; I will teach you how to turn off read receipts on iPhone iMessage. This will make the sender of the message not to be able to know if you have read the message or not. The good part is that you do not have to open the message to turn re4ad receipts off.
How to Turn Off Read Receipts on iPhone
With the three methods below, I explained how to turn off read receipts on iPhone without opening message for one person, and all of your contacts on iMessage.
How to Turn Off Read Receipts on iPhone for All Contacts
Follow the steps below:
- Go to Settings
- Click on iMessage
- Search for Send Read Receipts
- If it is turned on, click on it to turn it off.
- Now, your senders will not be able to see whether you have read their message or not.
How to Turn off Read Receipts on iPhone for One Person
- Go to Settings
- Click on iMessage
- Search for Send Read Receipts
- If it is turned off, then turn it on.
- Now, go to iMessage, and choose the contact for which you want to turn off the Read Receipts.
- After clicking on the contact, click on profile.
- Now, you will see the option for Send Read Receipts.
- So, now you can turn it off and you can do it for the specific contacts to whom you don’t want to share your read receipts.
How to Turn off Read Receipts on iPhone through Contact App
- Go To Contact App on your iPhone
- Click on that contact for which you have to turn off the read receipts.
- Now, open their contact page and click on the Message Icon.
- After it, click on the Profile Icon.
- Now, you will see the option of Info; click on it.
- In the middle of the screen, you will see the option of Send Read Receipts.
- So, turn it off for that contact. You can do it for your specific contacts.
Conclusion
If you are using an iPhone, making a sender not to be able to decipher if you have read his message or not on iMessage is left for you. Reading through this article, you must have learnt how to turn off read receipts on iPhone 13 or earlier versions of iPhone, be it for one or all of your contacts. Before you leave, kindly share this article with your friends on various social media, because they might find it useful.
