You Can Finally Disable Read Receipts for DMs on Instagram. Here's How (2024)

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You Can Finally Disable Read Receipts for DMs on Instagram. Here's How? ›

Once you're on your profile, hit the three-dash menu and go into Settings and privacy. Next, scroll down and go into Messages and story replies under How others can interact with you. Finally, go into Show read receipts and toggle off Read receipts. This works on both Apple and Android.

Once you're on your profile, hit the three-dash menu and go into Settings and privacy. Next, scroll down and go into Messages and story replies under How others can interact with you. Finally, go into Show read receipts and toggle off Read receipts. This works on both Apple and Android.

If you turn off read receipts from the options menu, nobody will be able to see that you've read their message and vice-versa. ‍7. What happens if you have read receipts off and the other person doesn't? It means the recipient cannot see whether you've read their message.

Many of us interact with people who are not our friends on Instagram, and sometimes you might want to check a message that they have sent but not be “seen”. When you check any DM on Instagram, it is immediately marked as “seen” for both you and the other person who has sent it.

You can easily mark any direct messages in your inbox as unread, but only if you have an Instagram Business or Creator account—not for personal accounts. Unreading messages will not remove the "seen" status. There's no way to "unsee" a message once you've read it.

The most common method how to read Messenger messages without being seen is by using Airplane mode. For enabling the Airplane mode, go to Settings, search for Airplane mode and toggle it on. Most mobiles have it on top settings. But, you can search for it if you can't find it.

To turn off read receipts in Messages by Google on your Android, tap your profile in the Messages app, go to "Message Settings" > "RCS chats," and tap the switch. Turn off read receipts in Samsung Messages by tapping the three-dot menu icon, going to "Settings" > "Advanced Messaging," and tapping the switch.

To know if someone has read your message on Instagram, open the message and check for the “Seen” at the bottom. “Seen” will appear if the person has viewed your message. But if the recipient has turned off the read receipts on their Instagram, you won't know when they read your message.

How to know if someone with read receipts off has read your message? ›

When someone disables read receipts, you won't be able to see if they've read your messages or not. You can only infer this by observing that you don't see the double blue checkmarks (indicating read) or the "last seen" status of the person, but this is not a definitive way to know if read receipts are turned off.

You can't see who's viewed your status if you've turned off read receipts. If you view someone's status with read receipts turned off, they can't see you've viewed it. If a contact disabled read receipts, you won't be able to see their view on your status.

As you can see in this example, you can now switch off read receipts via your IG Direct inbox, so if you don't want people to see that you've read their DM, you can just remove the “Seen” notification, and keep them in suspense. The setting is available within each individual chat.

Instagram now allows users to turn off read receipts for individual direct messages. To do so, tap the messenger icon, select the desired chat, tap the username, go to Privacy and safety, and toggle off Read receipts. In the world of social media, it is essential to stay connected, but sometimes, Privacy is necessary.

The “Seen” status on Instagram indicates whether the recipient has viewed a direct message (DM) or a story. This feature offers real-time feedback, letting the sender know that the intended recipient has accessed and seen their message or content.

Things You Should Know

To know if someone read your direct message on Instagram, open the message and look for "Seen" at the bottom. "Seen" will disappear if the person replies to your message. There is currently no way to turn off read receipts on Instagram, but that option may be coming soon.

FAQs - Read Messenger Without Being Seen

Yes, you can read a Messenger message without the sender knowing by using the airplane mode, previewing notification.