How to Turn Off Instagram Read Receipts
1. Launch the Instagram app and navigate to your DMs.
2. Open the conversation that you wish to disable read receipts for.
3. Tap on the name of the person or group at the top of the chat.
4. Access the Privacy & Safety settings and toggle off the Read receipts option.
By following these steps, you can avoid feeling obligated to respond immediately to an Instagram DM just because the sender can see that you've read it.
To accomplish this, proceed as follows:
1. Launch the Instagram application and navigate to the profile section.
2. Click on the three horizontal lines located in the upper right corner to access the Settings and activity page.
3. Go to Messages and story replies > Show read receipts.
4. Disable the Read receipts toggle.
When you disable read receipts for all your Instagram chats, it won't affect your read receipt preferences for individual chats. This means that you can still choose to have read receipts on for certain chats, even if you have turned them off globally.
By turning off read receipts, the other person will not be notified if you have read their message or not. This allows you to read your Instagram direct messages without them being marked as seen. Additionally, you will not be able to see if they have read your message either. Instead of displaying as "read", all messages will only show as "sent" for both parties.
It is important to remember that disabling read receipts does not prevent others from seeing when you are active on Instagram. They can still view your online status on the platform and make assumptions about whether you have seen their message based on your activity.
For complete invisibility, you may also want to consider hiding your activity status on Instagram. This will remove the green dot next to your profile icon. By combining this with disabling read receipts, you can go online without feeling obligated to reply to everyone immediately.
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