How to Turn Off Read Receipts on iPhone 8 or iPhone X in iOS 11

If you have iMessage enabled on your iPhone and have the “Send Read Receipts” option turned on, people who send you messages will get notified once you've read them. For some users, this isn't a helpful but rather an annoying feature, especially if they don't want others to know whether or not they've read their messages. With that in mind, this article will show you a quick way to turn off read receipts on your iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, or iPhone X running iOS 11. If that's what you're looking to do, keep on reading for the details.

How to Turn Off Read Receipts on iPhone 8 or iPhone X in iOS 11

Turning off read receipts on your iPhone is just as easy as inverting the colors on your iPhone to make the screen easier on your eyes, or turning off location services on your iPhone to protect your privacy. Follow these steps to disable read receipts on your iPhone 8 or iPhone X in just seconds.

Step 1: Open the Settings app on your iPhone 8/8 Plus/X.

Step 2: Scroll down and select Messages.

Step 3: Turn off the Send read receipts option.

That way, people won't see that you've read their messages.

Bonus Tip: How to Back Up Your Text Messages on iPhone 8 or iPhone X

Messages contain the data you do not want to lose on your iPhone, as they can carry sweet memories or important information. Therefore, it is better to back up iPhone messages to another location to avoid data loss. How to back up iPhone messages to a computer and view them anytime you need? The answer is to use the world's first 100% free iOS data transfer and file management tool MobiMover Free. After installing MobiMover on your PC, you can back up iPhone content to the computer, export files from the computer to iPhone/iPad, transfer files from one iOS device to another iOS device, and manage iPhone/iPad data on the computer. With it, you can transfer not only messages but also photos, videos, audios, contacts, notes, etc., if needed. Sounds great? Follow the steps below to back up messages on your iPhone 8/X and give it a try.

Step 1: Connect your iPhone to the PC, unlock the device and trust this computer. Then launch MobiMover and go to Backup Manager > Backup.

Step 2: Since you want to back up your iPhone messages, just select "Messages". As you can see, other supported file types can also be backed up along with the messages on your iPhone. By default, the messages will be saved to the desktop, but you can click "Select" to choose a different path. Then, hit the "Backup Now" button to start backing up your iPhone messages and attachments.

Step 3: Wait for the process to complete. If you need to restore this backup to your iPhone in the future, go to Backup Management > Restore, then select the backup you just created.