how can you tell if a message has been seen on messenger?
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Look for the tiny circle next to the message you've sent. If that circle shows the recipient's profile photo, it means that person has seen your message. A blue circle with a white check mark indicates your note has been delivered, but not read yet.
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Read Receipts for Direct Messages. This would be a setting that is default off (for privacy reasons for people who hate read receipts). But when it is toggled on, it would show that you've read a message, and when it was read.
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For any message that you send, you'll be able to see a message info screen, displaying the details of when your message was delivered, read, or played by the recipient. To see the message info screen: Open an individual or group chat. Tap and hold your sent message.
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In your Instagram private chat right bottom side it will show seen if someone read your msg. If you send a single message to someone, you will be prompted with a "seen" tag at the bottom of the conversation if it has been viewed. ... It should say “Seen” on the lower right, below the last message you sent.
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Look for messages with grey backgrounds. If you see a message with a grey background, it has been saved by either you or your contact. Messages you save will have a vertical red bar to the left of them, while messages saved by friends have a blue bar next to them. You can save a chat message by tapping and holding it.
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On Direct Message or DM you can easily see if the person has read your message or not. When a person reads your message their would be an eye symbol made with the Instagram name written by its side. You cannot see whether the message is received or not. You can only see that the message is read or not.
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["For Log In or Sign Up users, open Messages. It's at the top of Facebook on the same menu bar as your profile name.", 'Click See All in Messenger at the bottom of the message window.', 'Open the Settings, help and more button on the top left of the page (the gear icon).', 'Select Archived Threads.']
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Once you see a list of your chats, find the one with the person you want to check. Tap this chat, and you should see their status beneath their chat name. If they're online, it should read “online.” If not, it should read “last seen [insert date/time].”
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Unless you are presented with an error message upon attempting to deliver an Instagram message, you can safely assume that your message has been sent. When the person reads the message, a little grey "Seen" will appear under your most recent message.
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Hangouts members will receive a notification, and be able to read your message when they next access the Hangout. You'll know who has read your message because the new Hangouts displays the user's profile image below the last message they've read in a discussion stream.
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If you clear the conversation in settings, they do not get notified. If you hold down on a message and delete it, then it will say “*your name* has deleted a message”. So this way, they can see you deleted a message.
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If the person has Read Receipts turned on on their Messages app, then you will receive a notification (courtesy of them) that the message has been read. If they turn it off, then you won't receive a notification indicating that the message has been read.
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Now when you send a text message you can tap and hold the message and select “View message details“. On some models, it may be under “View report“. The statuses will show “Received“, “Delivered“, or may simply show the time of delivery. If the message was not delivered, it may show as “Pending” or “None” status.
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Usually when you send a chat message, a filled blue arrow icon appears next to the persons name. When the blue icon arrow turn clears, (when the arrow just has a blue outline) it will say 'opened' next to it. That means the person has seen your message.
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All you need to do is swipe left from the right side in the chat thread. This will show the exact time of all sent and received messages. Instagram provides immediate feedback to tell you that a message has been read (or at least seen) by its recipient.
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Direct Messages feature read receipts so you know when people have seen your messages. When someone sends you a Direct Message and your Show read receipts setting is enabled, everyone in the conversation will know when you've seen it.
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For help with the Messenger app, visit the Messenger Help Center. To see which friends are active, tap at the top of the screen. Look at the icon next to someone's name in your chats to see if they're active on chat: People with a next to their names are on chat or Messenger.