Twitter: How to Turn Off Read Receipts on Mobile

Users can prevent others from knowing they've read their messages

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Twitter allows users to turn off read receipts so that other users won’t know when they’ve seen their direct messages. When someone turns off read receipts, they also won’t be able to see read receipts from other Twitter users.

Our guide will show you how to turn off read receipts from within the Twitter mobile application.

Note: These screenshots were captured in the Twitter app on iOS.

Step 1: Tap your profile picture in the top-left corner of the screen.


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