Do you know about the WhatsApp read receipt feature? How this feature can be used to hide blue ticks in WhatsApp.
WhatsApp read receipt feature is used to show when WhatsApp contact has seen your message.
What is Read Receipt in WhatsApp
Actually, Double blue ticks are read receipt in WhatsApp which indicated that your message has been seen by the contact.
How to check the message seen the timing of WhatsApp Contact
You can do it very easily, just open the WhatsApp application. Tap and open any contact then inside the contact chat, select any message and click on the i icon means information located on the top right corner.
Click on it, Now you can see when the message was delivered to the user and seen by the user.
What is the need to Hide Blue ticks in WhatsApp
In some circumstances, People wants to hide the WhatsApp read receipt in front of some contacts. Blue ticks are like a WhatsApp read notification.
Let’s take an example, Suppose you’re angry with your girlfriend and not talking to her nor replying.
She’s continuously sending WhatsApp text to you and you also want to read the message but you can’t because you’ve to show that you’re angry and not reading the messages.
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So, here you can read her message without letting her know that you’ve read her messages by hiding or disabling the blue ticks.
As I told you before, hiding the blue ticks is so useful but in some situations.
Now it’s up to you, how you can use it. So, Let’s dive into the steps to learn How to hide blue ticks in WhatsApp.
How to Hide Blue Ticks in WhatsApp
Step 1. Open WhatsApp
Open the WhatsApp application on your Android device.
Step 2. Click on Settings
Click on the three dots, located in the top right corner then click on Settings.
Step 3. Click on Account
In the Settings, Click on the Account Option. Then you will see all the options related to the account.
Step 4. Click on Privacy
Now Click on the Privacy.
Step 5. Untick Read receipt
In the privacy setting, Scroll down to the bottom and then you will see the Read receipt option. Untick the read receipt option to disable/hide the blue ticks on WhatsApp.
You can re-enable the blue ticks anytime by ticking this read receipt box again.