WhatsApp: Read messages without going online - how it works
If you want to read WhatsApp messages without going online, there are several ways to do this. We present all variants with which your chat partner is not shown that you were online.
WhatsApp: Read messages offline
- If you receive a message in WhatsApp, simply switch on the flight mode in the settings of your smartphone. Now open WhatsApp, you can open the chat and read the message. If you close the app and exit flight mode, your online status will not be updated.
- Alternatively, you can switch off your online status completely. However, please note that activation and deactivation is only possible every 24 hours. Fast switching on and off is therefore not possible. In the following practical tip you will find instructions on how to hide the online status on WhatsApp.
- If you are using an iPhone 6S or newer with 3D Touch, there is another option. To do this, you have to go online, but do not enter the chat. Simply hold your finger a little more firmly on the desired chat in the chat overview and a preview of the chat is displayed.
Read WhatsApp messages without going online
- If you don't want to go online but still want to write with other people, you can do that too. If you are not currently using your smartphone, new messages land on the lock screen. Here you can answer directly without going online (see picture).
- But there is another trick: If you are currently using your smartphone, new messages will appear in the upper part of the screen for a few seconds. So that you are not forced to open WhatsApp for very long messages, simply drag the message down. From here you can also reply without opening WhatsApp.
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