Some users prefer to keep read-receipts disabled in WhatsApp, which prevents others from knowing whether or not their messages are being read. In such cases, you can make use of a workaround as provided below to find if someone has read your WhatsApp message.
While it is good to respect the right of people to keep read-receipts disabled for privacy and other reasons, you may have a valid reason to somehow find out whether or not your WhatsApp Messages are being read by a particular Contact of yours.
In such cases, you may be justified in using the workaround as described below to find if your WhatsApp Message has been read, even if this Contact of yours had turned OFF Read Receipts.
1. Steps to Find If Someone Has Read Your WhatsApp Message
You can follow the steps below to find if your Contact has read your WhatsApp message, even if read receipts are turned off.
1. Open WhatsApp on your iPhone or Android Phone
2. Send a WhatsApp Voice Message to this Contact of yours
3. After sending the Voice Message, keep monitoring the Tick Marks.
If your WhatsApp Contact checks your Voice Message and plays it, you will immediately see the Ticks turning blue, clearly indicating that your Message was viewed by your Contact.
This more or less confirms that your Contact has been reading your other WhatsApp Messages as well.
Depending on your situation, you can decide whether or not it is worth communicating with this Contact or you may want to try other methods of getting in touch with this Contact of yours.
Here, it is worth mentioning that Read Receipts cannot be disabled for Group chats. This means that you can try adding this Contact to a WhatsApp Group and see what happens to your messages.
In case your Contact accepts your Group Chat request, you will be able to know whether or not this Contact is interested in reading your messages.