There was no easy way to disable read receipts on Instagram before recently. They’ve now added this functionality, but not in the most practical way—you have to go through each chat and disable read receipts for each one separately. This post will show you how to use the new ability to disable read receipts and other workarounds to read direct messages on Instagram without letting the sender know.
How to Turn Off Read Receipts on Instagram
If you already have the most recent updates loaded, an option to Open the program will appear next to its name instead of the Update option.
1- Launch the Instagram app on your mobile device.
2- To disable read receipts for a chat, open the list of your conversations and choose the desired chat.
3- Click on the username located at the top of the screen within the chat. The conversation menu will open as a result.
4- Click on Privacy & safety.
5- Toggle the switch next to Read receipts on the Privacy & safety page to turn them off.
