Whatsapp was born with popularity, and with the addition of new features like disabling the read scripts, it’s natural for questions like How to Disable Read Scripts on Whatsapp to take shape in your minds. That’s the reason why I’m scribbling this piece down.
Just in case you didn’t know, Whatsapp was popular but not as feature-rich as it became after Mark Zuckerburg (Facebook) acquired it.
The most significant change they’ve made is, now Whatsapp is free, forever! Earlier it was of negligible price but wasn’t free altogether.
So it’s okay if you’re intrigued with a question like how to turn off Read Scripts on Whatsapp, that’s what I’m here for.
What Are WhatsApp Scripts:-
Before asking How to Disable Blue Ticks in WhatsApp, let’s talk about Whatsapp scripts in general.
You probably already know about the “read scripts”. But what exactly are scripts? They generally imply codes or text, right?
Ironically enough, with Whatsapp, the scripts mean “icons”, or symbols.
Ever seen those two blue ticks pop up just beneath your messages once you send them to your friends? Yeah, those are the read scripts.
They basically imply that your message has been “Read” by the person you sent it to. They’re a way of knowing if the other person has seen your message or not.
But, Read scripts aren’t the only kind of scripts on Whatsapp. There are two more kinds of scripts.
Sent Scripts:-
Whatsapp is two-way communication, right? Imagine a straight road with you at one end and your friend at the other.
So once you send the messages from your end, once they’re out of your system just one grey colour tick appears, and it indicates that the message has been sent from your end.
This Sent tick doesn’t indicate that the other person has received the message yet, it just means that the message is en-route and will reach its destination.
A real-life scenario would be when you’ve sent a message and the other person’s cell phone is switched off.
Delivered Scripts:-
Now, these receipts are Represented by two grey ticks on the message. They’re similar to the read scripts but just that these are grey in color.
So what these mean is that the message was sent from your device, and has successfully reached your recipients WhatsApp server.
But again, this doesn’t mean that the message has been read yet, it just means that the delivery was successful. The messages can get delivered even when the recipient’s cell phone isn’t running Whatsapp in the background, they still get the messages once they turn the app on.
Or another real-life scenario is when you get messages in your WhatsApp inbox but you don’t open them.
How to Disable Read Scripts on Whatsapp:-
So okay enough with the chit-chat I think we should get along disabling the read scripts.
Luckily for us, Whatsapp actually has an official feature, a pretty simple and straight-forward one to achieve this goal, and you don’t need to use any kind of third-party apps or illegal methods.
Just fire up your Whatsapp Messenger, and click on the three white dots on the top-right corner.
Then click on Settings.
Now go to the Accounts tab.
And then finally just hit the “privacy” option.
There you can clearly see “Read Receipts” option, just tap on it to disable it.
Note:- You should keep in mind that it’s a two-way feature, meaning WhatsApp doesn’t give you an unfair advantage if you disable the read scripts you also can’t see if others have read your texts or not!
Method #2 on How to Cheat WhatsApp’s Read Receipts and Open Message Without Activating the Blue Ticks:-
Being honest, this one is a no-brainer.
It’s the method I used much before the official option to disable read-scripts was launched. And it does have certain benefits over the official method too.
Like, you don’t have to disable your read scripts officially, and so you’d still be able to get read scripts from others!
Now here’s what you need to do:-
Open Whatsapp (Let the messages load) > Disconnect your Internet / Wifi > Read the Message > Exit Whatsapp (Like totally close the app).
So what basically happens is, you read the message when your cell phone didn’t have any Internet connection, this way Whatsapp is blind to the fact that you read the message.
And it’s important that you totally close the app before re-connecting the internet because if you don’t, chances are Whatsapp might catch up with what you did.
So yeah if you want to disable your read scripts and don’t want Whatsapp to know of it, this is probably the best idea that there is, but then again it’s not as simple or convenient so you can go with the official procedure as well.
Final Words:-
So that was all I had on How to Disable Read Scripts on Whatsapp guys. I’m sure I tried to make the process as simple and straightforward as possible, but if you still got doubts you can make use of the comment box to post your doubts and I’ll get back to you.
Also if you’ve got other methods to Disable Read Scripts on Whatsapp, I’d love to hear about them from you and if they work, rest assured I’ll love to include them over here.
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