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Can you disable delivered tick marks on Messenger?
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Answer
No. Messenger does not provide a setting that disables the sent or delivered icons. Turning off Active Status, notifications or Background App Refresh does not remove them; those controls affect different features.
Identify the icon
A circle with a check means sent, a filled circle with a check means delivered, and the recipient's profile picture means seen.
Leave delivery status enabled
Messenger does not expose a switch for these status icons, so there is no supported step that removes them.
Use the relevant privacy control
Open Messenger's Privacy settings only if you want to change who can reach you, block someone or hide Active Status.
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If it does not work
- Messenger does not provide a supported control to disable delivery-state icons. If a message remains undelivered, verify the correct conversation, connection, block state and service status; use privacy controls for presence or read receipts only where Meta documents them, without promising that they remove delivery marks.
Sources and verification
Checked against official documentation on . Scope: Messenger on mobile and desktop.
Reviewed against the linked first-party guidance; interface labels can vary by current app, service, or operating-system version.