How To Turn Off Read Receipts On Instagram 2024

Disable Read Receipts for Individual Chat

Doing so will turn off read receipts for that particular chat. This works both ways as you won’t be able to tell if the other person has seen your message either. Also, as mentioned in the screenshot above, turning off read receipts will not apply to vanish mode in Instagram.

Disable Read Receipt for All Instagram Chats

You can also opt to turn off read receipts for all chats, new and old on the platform. Here’s how:

Disable Activity Status for someone on Instagram

Besides turning off read receipts, Instagram also offers a way to hide your activity status from others on the platform. When you turn off your activity status, Instagram will remove the green dot next to your profile icon, so others won’t be able to tell whether you are online. Here is how to disable activity status on Instagram.
Now people won’t know if and when you are online, so you can scroll or text with someone peacefully. This sums up this guide on disabling read receipts on the Instagram app. As someone, who doesn’t reply on time, this feature has saved me from a lot of difficult conversations. If you did not know that you could do this or never tried it before, now’s your chance to give it a shot.
Besides this, if you make plenty of mistakes and spelling errors while typing, here is another quick guide to edit sent messages on Instagram. Let us know in the comments what you think about the ability to disable read receipts and whether you are using it.