how to turn off read receipts on iphone

To turn off read receipts on your iPhone, follow these steps:

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Scroll down and tap Messages.
3. Find the option Send Read Receipts.
4. Toggle Send Read Receipts off (the switch will turn gray).

This will disable read receipts for all your contacts, so they won't see when you've read their messages

. If you want to turn off read receipts for specific contacts only, do this:

1. Open the Messages app.
2. Select the conversation with the contact.
3. Tap the contact's profile icon or name at the top of the screen.
4. Scroll down to Send Read Receipts.
5. Toggle it off for that individual contact.

This allows you to keep read receipts on for everyone else while disabling it for selected people

. Note that read receipts only apply to iMessages (blue bubbles), not regular SMS (green bubbles), so you don't need to disable them for contacts who use SMS or Android phones

. In summary, turning off read receipts is done mainly through Settings > Messages > Send Read Receipts toggle, with optional per-contact control inside individual message threads.