Social Media > WhatsApp 217 217 people found this article helpful How to Identify and Turn Off WhatsApp Read Receipts Turn off WhatApp read receipts on your iPhone or Android device By Nadeem Unuth Nadeem Unuth Freelance Contributor University of Mauritius Nadeem Unuth is a former freelance contributor to Lifewire who specializes in information and communication technology with a focus on VoIP. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on February 6, 2022 Reviewed by Jon Fisher Reviewed by Jon Fisher Wichita Technical Institute Jonathan Fisher is a CompTIA certified technologist with more than 6 years' experience writing for publications like TechNorms and Help Desk Geek. lifewire's editorial guidelines WhatsApp Facebook Pinterest Twitter Snapchat Instagram YouTube Online Dating Trending Videos Close this video player What to Know iPhone: Settings > Account > Privacy > toggle Read Receipts to Off position.Android: More Options > Settings > Account > Privacy > toggle Read Receipts to Off position. This article explains how to turn off read receipts in WhatsApp so that someone who contacts you won't know when or if you've read their messages. Instructions apply to WhatsApp for iPhone and Android. Turn Off Read Receipts in WhatsApp for iPhone You can turn off read receipts on iPhone in a few steps, which turns the feature off for all one-on-one chats. Open WhatsApp. Select Settings from the bottom menu. Select Account. Select Privacy. Toggle off Read Receipts. Turn Off Read Receipts in WhatsApp for Android Turning off this feature on Android is similar to iOS and just as easy. Open WhatsApp and select More Options (three vertical dots). Select Settings > Account > Privacy. Turn off Read Receipts. The WhatsApp Message Info Screen For more detailed information, the WhatsApp Message Info screen displays when your message was delivered, read, or played by the recipient. To see the Message Info screen on WhatsApp for iPhone, open a chat with a contact or group and swipe from right to left. To see the Message Info screen on WhatsApp for Android, open a chat with a contact or group, tap and hold your sent message, press the three-dotted menu, and then Info. About WhatsApp Read Receipts WhatsApp Read Receipts look like checkmarks. When you send a message, a grey checkmark appears next to the time stamp. Two checkmarks appear upon delivery to the recipient. When the recipient reads it, two blue checkmarks appear. In a group chat, both checkmarks turn blue after every participant of the group chat opens the message. If you don't see two blue checkmarks next to a message you sent, the recipient hasn't opened it, one of you turn off read receipts, the recipient blocked you, or one of you has connection issues. Read receipts are a two-way street. If you turn off read receipts, you won't be able to tell when others have read yours. There's no way to turn off the read receipts for group chats or play receipts for voice messages on Android or iOS. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit