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2. Tap on the Settings tab. It's the little gear icon in the bottom right corner of your screen.
How to turn read receipts on or off in WhatsApp for iPhone
Adjust your WhatsApp privacy settings so you can chats safe and sound.
In today's world you can never be too careful with what information about yourself you are making available. On top of option to block contacts from contacting you in WhatsApp, you also have the ability to manage some privacy settings controlling who sees what. You can change your privacy settings for your last online time, profile photo, status, and read receipts.
How to turn read receipts on or off in WhatsApp for iPhone
You know those little check marks that tell people when you have read their messages? You can turn them off for your account. Why would you do that? You know that friend, the one that hounds you after having seen the checkmarks on their phone turn blue because you read their message but haven't yet responded? That's why.
1. Launch WhatsApp from your Home screen.2. Tap on the Settings tab. It's the little gear icon in the bottom right corner of your screen.
3. Tap on the Account button. It's the blue box with the white key in the middle.
4. Tap the On/Off switch to the left the words Read Receipts.
This button will turn on or off the read receipts.
- If the white circle is over to the right and has a green trail behind it that means the read receipts are on.
- If the white circle is over to the left and there is no green around it that means the read receipts are off.
It's important to note that if you turn read receipts off then not only will nobody will see when you have read a message, but it will also disable the display of read receipts on your phone as well — you won't be able to if people have read your messages. It's a two-way street, those read receipts.
There is one exception, though: read receipts are always displayed in groups messages, regardless of your settings.
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