WhatsApp indicates when the other person has read the message with a double blue tick, but only if both participants in the chat have read receipts enabled. Even if they are enabled, there are methods to read messages without them being marked as read. So how can you tell if someone has read a message on WhatsApp?
Just as there are tricks to read messages without anyone knowing, there are also some tricks to find out if someone has read a message even if it is not marked as such. We will tell you how you can achieve this with two tricks that, although they are not infallible, will help you discover some specific cases.
Two tricks that work, sometimes
There are many ways to read WhatsApp messages without sending a read receipt For example, you can read the message preview in the notification bar, activate airplane mode, use the official widget. The following tricks will help you in specific cases , although they depend on the other person making a mistake.
That is, if the person reading the messages in ninja mode is careful and aware of these tricks, you will not be able to find out that they have read the messages without the double blue tick. These are not foolproof tricks, but they will help you unmask some unofficial readings.
1. Sending a message to a group
Another way you can get clues that someone might be reading your messages without you knowing is in a group. In groups, you can see who has read a message by selecting it and choosing Info from the menu. It even tells you what time the message was read.
In a group, it is therefore easier to know if someone has read your messages even if they have read receipts disabled. It will not help you to know if that person has read your private message, although it does give you some indication that they are active on WhatsApp and therefore could have opened your chat as well.
2. With a voice message
A classic way to find out if someone is reading your messages with some kind of trick, even if they have read receipts disabled, is by sending a voice note. If the other person plays the voice note, the double blue tick is displayed , even if the rest of the previous messages remain greyed out.
This trick has been available on WhatsApp intermittently for years, although it seems to have stopped working at least in some cases. Part trick, part bug , the best thing you can do is to check in a controlled manner (by writing to a friend, for example) whether voice messages are shown as read with read receipts disabled or not.
That is, for the system to work you need the other person to be unable to resist the temptation to play the voice clip. That way, if you suspect someone is reading your messages without you knowing, you can start sending voice clips . It is still possible to listen to audio clips using methods that won’t send the double tick, such as forwarding them to yourself or browsing through WhatsApp archives, but it requires additional steps for the other person.