Simply follow the steps mentioned below for turning your read receipts off. • Visit the Chat features, Conversations, or Text Messages.  • If you don’t find this alternative on the very first page that is being displayed, click on ‘More Settings.’  • The next thing that you can do is turn off or turn on the Send Read Receipts, Read Receipts, or even Request Receipt Toggle switches, all of which depend on your smartphone and what you actually want to do.