How to read Facebook Messenger messages without showing “seen”

There are many cases where you might want to view Facebook Messenger messages that others have sent to you without showing the “seen” status. To view messages without being detected, you can try one of the following methods.

Turn off push notifications on Facebook

When a Facebook message is sent to you, you can easily see the notification on your phone’s lock screen or notification bar. To view the full content of the Facebook message without being detected, you need to turn off push notifications.

You need to open the Facebook app, tap on the Settings icon (gear icon) in the top right corner of the screen. Select the Notifications option.

Then, select Push Notifications and turn off this feature.

Enable floating notifications on your device

Floating notifications allow you to receive new message notifications from Messenger at the top corner of your screen. This way, you can quickly view the message content without having to tap on the chat box.

For iOS, to enable floating notifications, go to Settings => Notifications => enable Allow Notifications => Notification Center.

To enable this feature on Android phones, you can open the Settings => Notifications and Control Center and turn on Floating Notifications => Select Messenger.

Enable notifications on the lock screen

You can read the content of the message directly on your device’s lock screen if you enable the lock screen notification feature.

For Android devices, to enable this feature, go to Settings => Notifications and Control Center and enable Lock Screen Notifications.

For iOS devices, go to Settings => Notifications => enable Allow Notifications on Lock Screen.