How to See if Someone Read Your Text on Samsung Galaxy

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Learn how to enable read receipts on your Samsung Galaxy phone
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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.

How to Tell If Someone Read Your Text on Samsung Galaxy

  1. Open the messages app and tap ⁝ .
  2. Click Settings → More Settings → Text messages .
  3. Toggle “Delivery reports” to the On
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    position.
  4. Tap the back button and select Multimedia messages
  5. Toggle “Delivery reports” to the On
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    position.
  6. Toggle “Read reports” to the On
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    position.

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  1. You’ll usually find it on the home screen. [1]
  2. It’s at the top-right corner of the screen. A menu will expand. [2]
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  3. It’s at the bottom of the menu.
  4. It’s near the bottom of the menu. [3]
  5. It’s at the top of the menu. [4]
  6. This ensures you get a delivery report for each text message you send. [5]
  7. This brings you back to the menu.
  8. It’s the second option in the menu.
  10. 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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    You will see a text bubble on the opposite side of your bubble, and there will be three dots in the bubble.
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    You will see a little text bubble with three dots in it on the left hand side appear when they're typing.
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    How do I know if my outgoing SMS message has been read?
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    Go onto your 1 to 1 chats with someone and then it will tell you if that person has read it.
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      References

      1. ↑ https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/how-to-deactivate-text-message-delivery-reports/
      2. ↑ https://ktar.com/story/4812823/how-to-know-if-someone-actually-read-your-text/
      3. ↑ https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/text-emails-read.html
      4. ↑ https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/how-to-deactivate-text-message-delivery-reports/
      5. ↑ https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/how-to-deactivate-text-message-delivery-reports/

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