Facebook Messenger has a great many uses, but when you don’t feel like being contacted or getting into a conversation it’s a pain. You can’t ignore that message notification on your phone, but if you read the message you’ll feel compelled to reply immediately – and sometimes that’s just not practical. We’ll show you how to secretly read Facebook messages without being seen.
Read Message On Notification Screen
Facebook Messenger will send push notifications to your phone each time your receive a new message. This means that messages are already stored on your phone as soon as they are received, regardless of whether you have read them or not.For those that have banner notifications activated on their phone, you can see the contents of a message in the device’s notification screen.
Turn Airplane Mode on
By switching your phone to Airplane Mode, you remove Facebook’s ability to process the fact that you have opened a message, as it does not have the internet connection to do so.
Once you have received a message, switch your phone to Airplane Mode, open up Messenger and read away without worrying about the person on the other end knowing you’ve see what they had to say. Just make sure you close the app before you take your phone off Airplane Mode once again.
Install Third-Party Plug-ins For Your Browser
For desktop users, it gets a little bit more complicated if you want to get around read receipts.When it comes to Google Chrome, you have a few options.If you open up a new tab and click on the icon marked “Apps”, you are able to access the Chrome Web Store.
In the Web Store, search for the browser extension “Unseen”.
All you need to do is click “Add to Chrome” and this genius extension will install to your browser, automatically blocking read receipts when you open anything sent to you in Messenger while using Google Chrome.Unseen is just one of a number of similar apps available to Chrome users.
If you prefer to use Firefox while surfing the web, an Add-on will do the same job. Select the “Add-ons” tab from the menu at the bottom of your browser window.
Simply search for the app entitled “Message Seen Disable” and click the “Install” or “Add to Firefox” button to allow you to read messages without sender knowing a thing.
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