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Is there a way to send read receipts to selected people only?

Is there a function where you can select who is allowed to see if you have read a text message from. I couldn’t find one but it would be really helpful if apple could introduce that so you don’t have to avoid pressing on someone’s message in the fear of them knowing you’ve read it when you have to think over a reply. This would be very useful as you don’t have to turn on and off read receipts constantly if that would even work and you can let the selected people know that you’ve read what they’ve said. If apple can introduce a feature that can do that it would be much appreciated

Posted on Sep 28, 2021 8:20 PM

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Posted on Sep 29, 2021 2:48 PM

Hi ShaddowTheFox,


We understand you'd like to be able enable read receipts in Messages but only for select contacts. This feature is already available within your Messages app.


To accomplish this, you'll first want to ensure that Send Read Receipts is toggled off in Settings > Messages.


Then you'll want to open the Messages app and tap on a conversation thread for a contact you'd like to send read receipts to. From here you may tap on their contact information at the top and toggle on Send Read Receipts for this contact only.


You may continue doing this for every contact you'd like to use this feature with.


If you'd like to leave any additional feedback about this to Apple, you may do so via Product Feedback.


Cheers.

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Sep 29, 2021 2:48 PM in response to ShaddowTheFox

Hi ShaddowTheFox,


We understand you'd like to be able enable read receipts in Messages but only for select contacts. This feature is already available within your Messages app.


To accomplish this, you'll first want to ensure that Send Read Receipts is toggled off in Settings > Messages.


Then you'll want to open the Messages app and tap on a conversation thread for a contact you'd like to send read receipts to. From here you may tap on their contact information at the top and toggle on Send Read Receipts for this contact only.


You may continue doing this for every contact you'd like to use this feature with.


If you'd like to leave any additional feedback about this to Apple, you may do so via Product Feedback.


Cheers.

Is there a way to send read receipts to selected people only?

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