How to Prevent Certain People from Knowing You’ve Read Their iMessage

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How to Prevent Certain People from Knowing You’ve Read Their iMessage

Postby Grace Liu » 14 Feb 2017 11:23

By default, iMessage sends a read receipt back to the sender, so they can see when you’ve read their message. You can turn this feature off completely, but what if you want to send read receipts to some people but not others?

In iOS 10, you can now turn off read receipts within each conversation separately.
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Then, to turn off read receipts for a specific person, open the conversation in Messages with that person. Tap on the “i” icon in the upper-right corner of the screen.
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The Send Read Receipts slider button is green when it’s on. Tap the slider button to turn the option off.
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Tap “Done” in the upper-right corner of the screen.
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Now, some certain people don't know if you read their iMessage or not.

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