Message read receipt iOS 14.0.1

Hello community specialist,

mine’s are also off but i sent a message to myself and i still see it as “read” when i sent something. Its supposed to show as “delivered”. I want it off, i’ve had this issue since the 14.0.1 update.

Same thing happening to me as well...and almost a full after the first bugs were reported. It only started doing this after I upgraded to 14.1. Now read receipts are on, even when I’ve turned them off (and yes, I know how to turn them off.)

While the bug is being worked out there is one way to get around this, which is to change your messaging settings and turn off iMessage. Your iPhone will send all your texts as regular messages, so no read receipts will be visible to anyone.

I checked with a friend of mine and asked her if she could see my read receipts and she said that she didn’t. However when I send a text to myself I can see the read receipt.

Very odd, I’m sure Apple will fix this bug soon.

Message sent delivered and shows “Read” regardless if toggle button is in enable or disable. I had a lot of explaining to do when I checked a message but did not respond right away. This is not cool at all and to find out from a text message can get other people in trouble. This needs to be fixed yesterday!! Is there a solution NOW?

In my case and in the case of most readers that’s a good thing a nice wish that you did not have one.

But in reality it won’t stop the folks like you that are smart enough to find a computer but not smart enough to use it effectively.

Hood luck in your quest to “have a computer” some day.

Hello Rhill1124,

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!

We understand from your post that since the last update read receipts on your texts are showing up. To turn off "Send Read Receipts", tap Settings > Messages > Send Read Receipts > Off. If you are referring to the time shown when you hold your finger to a message and slide it to the left, that time is the time the message was sent or received and does not reflect the time you actually read the message.

Best Regards.

after the 14 update i have had nothing but problems my don't disturb doesn't work and my read messages are on even when in settings it say turned off . someone told me i saw u read it and didn't respond i hate this update y'all need to do some abt this

Same happening for my friend. I let her know read receipts are on as she never has it on as she likes privacy. Her settings show it is off everywhere but still, it says ‘read’ once she reads a message I send her, we’ve been troubleshooting for hours. It’s obviously a bug as she’s just updated her phone and no setting changes fix the issue. Could you guys pls look into it? Thanks heaps!

Guys, i think i fixed my issue.. when i updated my computer to big sur, i was using the iMessage on the computer, it asked me if i wanted to allow read receipts, i said no.. and i tried sending myself a text and it says "delivered" now instead of "read".. i think that will fix the issue. Goodluck!

No Apple support. That’s not helpful. We are telling you, read receipts are already turned off in settings. But they are being sent anyway! No we are not talking about the time the message was sent. We are not new to iPhones. Just the latest update, which is faulty in this aspect.

Same thing happening to me. Would of never known but sometimes I send texts to myself of things I find on the web that I wanna read at a later point in time. And saw the Read receipt showing up. Instantly went in setting to see if the Read Receipt toggle was switched ON bc I’ve NEVER had that switched on at any point in time. Like everyone else is stating it’s turned off. Has always been turned off. But is STILL showing the Read Receipt in my texts. Which is super frustrating and annoying. Like other users I have been missing texts here and there. Some showing on my Apple Watch 6 but not iPhone 12 Pro Max. Updated to iOS 14.2.1 and still having Read receipt showing up. We need this problem fixed ASAP Apple!!!

I was having this issue too. I did a bit of digging and figured out it was only sending read receipts to people in my Favorites. I checked their info in Messages and they all had Send Read Receipt on. I changed it and so far so good.

I had this issue when updating to 14.0.1 and again when updating to 14.2. After trying several things I finally solved the issue by turning Imessage off, restarting the phone, then turning it back on - keeping the "send read receipts" button off the whole time. Hope this helps some of you folks!