How Turn Read Receipts on or Off on LinkedIn

• By default, LinkedIn displays read receipts and typing indicators to people you are chatting with. 
• Read receipts don’t begin until you accept a message, and don’t apply to InMail messages.
• You can control read receipts in the Communications section of the Settings menu. 

Whether you’re messaging for work or for social networking, everyone wants to know if and when a message has been received and read. LinkedIn makes knowing this relatively easy – the professional social network features read receipts that indicate when a message has been opened. 

But you’re not forced to use read receipts; if you’d rather keep private whether you’ve read someone’s message, you can disable read receipts. 

How read receipts work on LinkedIn

By default read receipts are enabled on LinkedIn, meaning other people can see when you open and read ordinary direct messages. In addition to read receipts, users can see a typing indicator when you are actively typing a reply to an existing message thread. 

There are a couple of exceptions. Even with read receipts turned on, users only see receipts within an active conversation – there is no read receipt until you initially accept a message request. In addition, LinkedIn doesn’t display read receipts or typing indicators for InMail messages.  

How to turn read receipts on or off on the LinkedIn website

You can turn read receipts on or off on the web:

1. Open LinkedIn in a web browser and log into your LinkedIn account, if needed.

2. Click Me in the menu bar at the top of the page and then choose Settings & Privacy.

3. Click Communications in the pane on the left.

4. In the Messaging experience section, click Read receipts and typing indicators. 

5. Use the button to turn Delivery indicators on or off.

How to turn read receipts on or off on in the LinkedIn mobile app

You can also control read receipts in the LinkedIn app:

1. Start the LinkedIn app.

2. Tap your profile icon at the top of the screen and then tap Settings.

3. Tap Communications. 

4. In the Messaging experience section, tap Read receipts and typing indicators. 

5. Use the button to turn Delivery indicators on or off.