Read receipts turning back to delivered

So when I send a message to one of my friends, it first says delivered and turns into Read as normal when he opens the message and turns back to delivered somehow as if he never read the message, but not because of something wrong with iMessage. He found a way where you can unread messages basically. Need help in how I can do this! Please and thank you :)

iPhone X, iOS 11.2.2

Posted on Feb 8, 2018 10:14 PM

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Sean_W.

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Feb 8, 2018 10:41 PM in response to Salty_Puncake

Hi Salty_Puncake,

If your device is on the latest version of iOS, open the Settings application and navigate to Messages. Toggle off Send Read Receipts.

You can still enable this feature for individual contacts. Open the Phone application and navigate to Contacts > [individual contact] > Send Message > Info button (top right). Toggle on Send Read Receipts.

All the best.

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