WAIncognito
Be invisible on WhatsApp™ Web by disabling read receipts and presence updates
See other people's read receipts, but never send yours.
Freely explore any chat thread without making it read. And additionally, nobody knows you're online.
WAIncognito - Hide Read Receipts on WhatsApp™ Web
WAIncognito is an unofficial Firefox add-on that lets you disable read receipts and presence updates on WhatsApp™ Web. With this add-on, you can freely explore chat threads without sending read receipts or revealing your online status.
Add-on stats
Weekly download count: 17
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
- storage
Host permissions:
- https://web.whatsapp.com/*
Size: 276.02K
URLs: Privacy policy
Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary
This is an unofficial port of the extension.
FEATURES:
- Adds a new menu in WhatsApp™ Web that lets you toggle on and off the sending of:
- Read receipts for messages (two blue ticks mark)
- "Last Seen" updates (presence)
- Works for groups
- Works for statuses/stories
- Keeps deleted messages and restores them later
- Lets you set a safety timeout that allows you to automatically send the read receipts after a certain time from opening the message. During this time you are given a cancel button, which prevents the receipt from being sent.
- When read receipts are blocked, the unread messages counteres show up transperent, and when you read them they turn red. This helps to tell when you are in invisible mode and it is safe to click on chats.
- If you want to mark a spesific chat as read anyway, you can open the sub-menu of it and choose "mark as read". A warning will show up and when you confirm, a read receipt will be sent.
———————————————————— LEGAL ————————————————————
WhatsApp is a trademark of WhatsApp Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. This extension is an independent project developed by Tomer H. and has no relationship to WhatsApp or WhatsApp Inc.
User reviews
Not working, doesn't get updated for over a year now
by qminas, 2024-07-01
by Isai, 2023-10-20
Add-on safety
Risk impact
WAIncognito requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
WAIncognito has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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