
You can then read the whole message (not the preview) without sending a read receipt. Swipe downwards on an incoming notification, that notifies you about a new WhatsApp message. It works in the Notifications Center, on the Lock Screen, and with incoming messages as well. Your iPhone then displays the whole message through the WhatsApp message preview. You can read WhatsApp messages in secret by using the interactive notifications. Read WhatsApp messages in secret without 3D Touch If you tap it too hard, it will open the message and the sender will see the read receipt. Instead of tapping the message to open, you just tap it slightly to display the preview of the message. Now you should see a blue dot next to the received message, which shows that you have not read it yet. Now open “WhatsApp” and tap “Chats” in the bottom bar, if necessary.

If you do not take this step, WhatsApp will automatically open the last received message. The next step is to close WhatsApp completely by pressing the Home Button twice (up to iPhone 8) or swiping from the bottom to the middle of the screen (iPhone X or later) and swiping WhatsApp upwards. Instead you should wait until the notification disappears on its own. Once you open the notification WhatsApp will mark it as read and the sender will get a read receipt. This is how you do it: It is important that you do not open the notification, once you receive a WhatsApp message, especially if you want to read it in secret. Read WhatsApp messages in secret with 3D Touch or Haptic Touch Required: You need an iPhone 6s or later for this trick, because it requires the 3D Touch or Haptic Touch feature, which earlier iPhone models do not have.

1 Read WhatsApp messages in secret with 3D Touch or Haptic Touch.
