How to turn off 'seen' when reading Instagram messages

The private message mode on Instagram will still show a notification seen when you read the message. So how to turn off that seen notification?

The Direct Message feature on Instagram helps us chat more personally, more secretly like Facebook Messenger. And when you receive a message from the other party and read, there will be a 'seen' message to let that person know you have seen the message. However, many people do not like the message displayed, do not want the recipient to know that they have read the message for some reason. In the updated version, Instagram has added a Restrict feature so you can read messages without worrying about notifications. So in order not to be seen on Messenger, you have to install the support utility, so with Instagram we have the feature to use. The following article will guide you how to turn off notifications that have read Instagram messages.

Video tutorial to turn off the mode of viewing Instagram messages

Instructions to turn off and view Instagram messages

Step 1:

First, users access the Instagram account you don't want them to know you've read the message. Then click the 3 dots icon in the right corner and select Restricted from the list displayed from the bottom of the screen. Instagram then asks if you want to put this person on the restricted list, click Restrict account .

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Step 2:

Their message will then be moved to the pending Message section. You just need to open the message to read it and the opponent won't know if we saw it or not.

We go to the Message section on Instagram , then will display the message number of pending messages . You click on the messages of those who have been restricted to view it. Your partner won't know when you're online or when you will read the message.