The iPhone’s Read Receipt is Apple’s equivalent of WhatsApp’s blue logo mark. They show that someone has seen the message on iMessage. But this behavior may annoy you because he may not be ready to respond or may not want to respond. So having your phone speak to someone who sees the message and ignoring it can cause unintended conflict. Here’s how to turn iPhone Read Receipts on and off for everyone and only certain people.
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Quick answer
To turn iPhone read receipts on and off, go to Settings -> Messages And scroll down Send read receipts. Turn the feature on or off as per your preference. To enable or disable read receipts for individual contacts, go to their icon in the iMessage conversation or in the Contacts app. Scroll down, and you’ll see the option to turn read receipts on or off.
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How to turn iPhone read receipts on and off
It’s pretty easy to disable read receipts entirely (and then re-enable them, if you have any second thoughts).
go to Settings -> Messages. Scroll down Send read receipts and turn it off to disable the function. You can turn it green again to enable it later if you want.
How to turn iPhone reading receipts on and off for specific people
What if you only want to give read receipts to certain contacts? It is possible to enable read receipt function on iPhone for some people but not for others. Here’s how.
Go to your Messages app and tap the conversation you want to change the read receipt for. Then tap the person icon at the top of the screen. If you don’t have a conversation going with the person, go to their goal in your Contacts app. If you scroll down, you will now see this.
Questions to be asked
No. The read receipt function only works on iMessage, which is an Apple-only feature.