Want to get sneaky? If you need to read something on the downlow without giving up read receipt privileges, simply put your phone in Airplane Mode before reading the message and you’ll dodge a blue tick. The only snag is you’ll no longer get them for other people either. How: In the Settings menu, go to Account, then Privacy and turn off Read Receipts. The liberty of message-mulling is ours again. The chat app realised the error of its ways and silently come up with a workaround. That’s the privilege the blue ticks take away. But at the same time, you don’t want the sender to realise that you’ve already looked at the message, lest they think you’re ignoring them when you fail to reply for two more hours. You’re at figure skating practice, your phone buzzes, and you glance down briefly before nailing a spectacular triple axel.Ĭlearly, you’ve not got time to respond immediately.
How to disable WhatsApp read receipts (aka blue ticks of misery)
