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Guest

Read receipts of messages

Read receipts enable Airbnb messaging users to check if the other person in a messaging thread has read their messages. By default, all Airbnb users are opted in to this feature.

To check the full list of read statuses when there are many people in the thread, bring up the message’s details menu and select Find out who read this message. 

Turn off read receipts as a Host

To disable read receipts:

  1. Click Profile > Account > Privacy & sharing
  2. Click Sharing
  3. Disable Read receipts

Turn off read receipts as a guest

To disable read receipts:

  1. Click Profile > Account > Privacy & sharing
  2. Click Sharing
  3. Under Activity sharing, click to disable Read receipts

Note: When you turn your Read receipts off, other people can’t tell when you’ve read their messages. If the other person has their Read receipts turned on, you’ll still be able to check if they’ve read your message.

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