How to Read Messages on Facebook Messenger Without Being Seen

When a notification arrives we are not always in the best moment to see what they have written to us. We may be working and may not have time to respond to that person, or why not, there is also the possibility that we may not want to speak to them at that time. But, the main problem in all these situations is always the same: we want to read what they have written to us without our friend or acquaintance showing up the happy “seen” on social networks. In this article we explain all the ways you can use to do this on Facebook Messenger .

How to know if a message has been sent, received or seen in Messenger?

In each social network the indicator of seen for the messages can be different . In WhatsApp, for example, it is identified with a double blue check that implies that our friend has received and read the message.

Read Messages on Facebook Messenger Without Being Seen

In the case of Facebook Messenger it is different. The confirmation of “message sent” is represented by the symbol of a circle with a single check inside. Then, when this text is received by the contact with whom we want to start a conversation, it receives it , the inside of the circle is filled with blue. And finally, when that person reads our message , the circular symbol disappears giving way to their own profile picture.

Now that you know how to identify the different states of the messages in this application, let’s see how you can prevent received messages from appearing as seen.

Read Facebook Messenger messages without being marked as seen

The process of reading without being seen in this application can be done in different ways and, of course, it will depend on the device from which we do it. First, let’s see how to do it from our smartphone .

On mobile, we can do this “trick” in three different ways:

  • Airplane mode : this is the most classic of all. When we see that we have received a message from the notifications we just have to put the phone in airplane mode that is found by sliding the top bar of the start menu (both on Android and on an iPhone). Then we enter the Facebook Messenger app and read the received messages as we normally would. When finished, we just have to disable airplane mode. Although something tremendously important that we must do before deactivating it is to close the Messenger app from multitasking so that it does not run in the background and, therefore, detect that we have read those messages.

  • Read when receiving the notification : if we receive the message while we are using the phone, we just have to press and hold the pop-up notification to show us the complete message. Then we just have to click on the crosshead to cancel the quick response and we will have read that message without being “detected”.

  • Read from the notification center : if we have received this message while we were not using our smartphone, we can also go to the notification center and use the quick response option again. Slide the top bar to show all pending messages, press the one you want to read and then cancel without responding.

In the event that you are using Facebook Messenger from your computer , airplane mode or notifications will not save you from being seen. To do this you will need to install a third-party plugin from your browser’s store:

You just have to install one of these plugins for the browser, activate it by following its instructions and that’s it. You can now read the messages that your friends or acquaintances send you without being seen from the computer.

These are all the methods you have to carry out this process of not being identified in Messenger . If you have any questions about them, do not hesitate to leave us a comment and we will try to resolve it as soon as possible.