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WhatsApp has a really useful system for message read receipts whereby it displays two blue ticks. You can even select the message and tap the information icon to
see exactly when that message was read.
That's great - if you're the sender of said message . But when you're the recipient, even though you know it's common courtesy to reply and not doing so makes you a
terrible person, sometimes you just don't fancy it. At least not right now. So those two blue ticks that scream "Hey, I've read your message and I'm ignoring you"
perhaps aren't all they cracked up to be.
Fortunately, it is possible to read a WhatsApp message in secret, without the sender knowing you've seen it.
Launch WhatsApp and tap the three dots at the top right of the screen
Enter the Settings menu
Choose Account
Choose Privacy
Slide the toggle next to Read receipts to disable it
If you do decide to turn off read receipts you should be sure to also follow the next step and disable Last Seen, or you'll give the game away.
Launch WhatsApp and tap the three dots at the top right of the screen
Enter the Settings menu
Choose Account
Choose Privacy
Tap Last Seen
Select Nobody
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Launch WhatsApp and tap the three dots at the top right of the screen
Enter the Settings menu
Choose Notifications
Choose Popup notification
Select Only when screen "off"
Launch WhatsApp and tap the three dots at the top right of the screen
Enter the Settings menu
Choose Notifications
Enable the toggle next to 'Use high-priority notifications'
What probably isn't going to work: Read WhatsApp messages in Aeroplane mode
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Before WhatsApp added all these sneaky ways of getting round read receipts, an often quoted way to read a WhatsApp message without being seen was to put
your phone into Aeroplane mode. Trouble is, your phone is then in Aeroplane mode and not all that useful to you, and invariably when you exit that mode up will
pop those two blue ticks.
You might have found an option in WhatsApp that enables you to mark messages as unread, but you should know that this is for your benefit only - it's a way of
flagging messages you intend to act on later. It's accessible in the Chats tab when you tap and hold a conversation to select it, then tap the three dots at the top right and
choose 'Mark as unread'.
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