How to Secretly Read WhatsApp Messages Without Letting The Sender Know

WhatsApp is one of the popular instant messaging apps, with over 500 million active users in India. The app is constantly adding features to enhance the users' experience and is used for both personal and professional purposes. Sometimes, you might come across a message and not feel like replying right away, or you might prefer the sender not to know you've seen it. In such cases, disabling the blue ticks can be really helpful.

For the unaware, WhatsApp blue ticks are the easiest way to know if anyone has read your message or not. It also lets you read someone's text without knowing them. So, if you disable the blue tick, you can read your friend's message without letting them know. Here's how to turn it on:

How to Disable Blue Ticks on WhatsApp

Step 1: First, open your WhatsApp and go to Settings.

Step 2: Tap on the privacy option to access the Read receipts options and disable it to hide blue ticks on your chats. One can enable the read receipts later by following the same process.

It's also worth noting that when you disable the blue ticks on WhatsApp, you won't be able to read receipts from other people. However, turning off the blue tick does not apply to group messages, as it will show two blue ticks when all group members have read your message.

Even you can also hide your last seen and online status on WhatsApp. Here's how to hide last seen on WhatsApp.

How to Hide Last Seen on WhatsApp

Step 1: First, tap on Settings > Privacy.
Step 2: Now tap on the ''Last seen and online'' option.
Step 3: There are three options namely -- Everyone, My contacts, My contacts except..., or Nobody
Step 4: You have to select the 'Nobody' option to hide your online status and last seen from your contact.