How to see if someone read your text on samsung a13

• You can turn off read receipts on a Samsung Galaxy phone from the settings menu in the Messages app.
• Read receipts notify you when text messages are received and read by their recipients, and also allows other people to know when you have received and read messages. 
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Read receipts are a great way to know when someone has received and read your text messages, but they're a double-edged sword – not only can it be annoying to get frequent notifications that your messages are read, but you also might not want other people to know if you have received or read their messages. 

Ordinary SMS text messages only have the ability to send notifications about the delivery of the message, while MMS multimedia messages can also inform the sender when the message has been opened and read. 

If you prefer to disable some or all of these read receipts, they are easy to turn off.

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How to turn off read receipts on a Samsung Galaxy

1. Start the Messages app.

2. Tap the three dots to open the pop-up menu.

3. Tap "Settings."

4. In the Messages Settings screen, tap "More settings."

5. Tap "Text messages."

6. Turn off "Delivery reports" by swiping the button to the left.

7. Tap the Back button to go to the previous screen.

8. Tap "Multimedia messages."

9. Turn off "Delivery reports" by swiping the button to the left.

10. Also turn off "Read reports" in the same way. 

After turning these settings off, you will no longer receive read receipts, and anyone you text will not get those notifications either.

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Good evening.  I had an A21 before and was able to set the messages to mark 'read' when the recipient opened them.  I switched to a A13 5G and over to Spectrum and now they are not only not showing read but there is no option for it on the phone.

I go to Messages, open the 3 dots, then Settings, then More Settings, and either under Text or Multimedia there is no option for read receipts like on my previous phone.  I am able to show when delivered but not read.  I saw a similar issue on the forums and the solution was to go to Maps, Messages, Delete Data and then reopen Messages.  I did that and nothing changed.

Thanks in advance for your help with this one.

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This wikiHow teaches you how to turn on read receipts for your SMS messages on a Samsung Galaxy. Read receipts will only tell you if the other person has opened your message if they are using the same messaging app and have also enabled read receipts.

Steps

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   Open the Messages app on your Galaxy. You’ll usually find it on the home screen.

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   Tap ⁝. It’s at the top-right corner of the screen. A menu will expand.

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   Tap Settings. It’s at the bottom of the menu.

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   Tap More Settings. It’s near the bottom of the menu.

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   Tap Text messages. It’s at the top of the menu.

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   Slide the “Delivery reports” to the On

   
   position. This ensures you get a delivery report for each text message you send.

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   Tap the back button. This brings you back to the menu.

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   Tap Multimedia messages. It’s the second option in the menu.

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   Slide the “Delivery reports” to the On

   
   position.

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    Slide the “Read reports” switch to the On

    
    position. As long as the person you’re messaging has this setting enabled in their app, you’ll be notified when they read your message.

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