“Seen” mentions on Messenger are present by default in Facebook messaging. However, there is a feature to no longer display these read receipts and make your life a little more zen.
Among the very practical features to know about Messenger, the possibility of no longer displaying the “Seen” mention is undoubtedly one of the most relaxing. In the Facebook messaging application, this mention usually appears in the form of a profile bubble, which slides under the last message read by your contacts or yourself.
For many, this feature is stressful. If you forget to respond or intentionally ignore a message, your contact will still know that you read it. Conversely, you may be tempted to spend your time scrutinizing who saw your last message in a conversation, and did not deign to respond to you (what nerve).
There’s a solution to put an end to this terrible social anxiety, and it doesn’t even involve messing with the Messenger app. You have to go to the app settings, on iOS or Android.
Note that the option exists on other chat applications: WhatsApp also allows you to hide the “seen” mention of messages. Same thing at Google, with Messages which includes the same setting.
Remove the “Seen” mention from Messenger on iOS
Here’s how to remove the “Seen” notice, also called read confirmation, on iOS.
- In the Messenger application, open the “ Settings “,
- Click on ” Privacy and Security “,
- Then choose “ Read receipts ” down,
- Uncheck “ Show read receipts “.
Remove the Seen from Messenger on Android
Here’s how to disable read receipts in Messenger on Android.
- In the Messenger application, go to “ Settings “,
- Select ” Privacy and Security “,
- Click on ” Read receipts “,
- Finally, you must uncheck “ Show read receipts “.
Once this option is unchecked, Messenger indicates that “ no one will be able to see when you have read messages and you will not be able to see when yours have been read “. Indeed, if you go back to your conversations, you will see that the bubbles have disappeared. A new, more zen life awaits you!
What about outside of the app, if you access Messenger on a computer? We noticed that once the option was unchecked in the mobile application, Messenger took the change into account on computer too. No more bubbles are visible under the messages seen by our interlocutors.
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