How to Mark Your Messages As Read on Android

Last Updated: June 24, 2019 Tested

Recently, Android Messages app added a new feature to quickly mark all unread messages as read. If you don't want to have to go through every single message to clear your notifications, this wikiHow article will teach you how to mark messages quickly!

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Open the Messages app. It’s the blue icon with a white text box typically found on the home screen or in the app drawer. Make sure that your app is up to date, because of this feature only available in the latest version.
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Tap on the three dots ⋮ symbol. It will be located at the top-right corner of the screen.

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Tap on the Mark all as read option. This option only appears when you have unread messages.
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Finished. When you are done, you will see the " All messages marked as read " text on the screen. Done!

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There is no Mark All As Read in version 4.6.375. Any other ideas?

Ahmed Fawser

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If the option is not available, you've no other options than updating your software.

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It looks like they've removed this option. But we have dark mode now.

Klea Ramadani

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No,they didn't remove the option of leaving a message on read when you're not in the app. That only works on Viber and WhatsApp.

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How to undo "mark as unread" in messages?

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Just click on the message. It will open and be marked as read.

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