Whether you’re trying to play it cool with a date, or putting off responding to a friend’s latest crisis, WhatApp’s blue ticks can be unhelpful.

The popular messaging app shows a double blue tick once a recipient has read a message, which can make for some awkward scenarios.

But there is a simple process to avoid any possible humiliation and drama by using a trick that stops the blue ticks appearing.

When users receive a notification of a WhatsApp message, perhaps from someone they are trying to avoid, they should not open the app to read it.

Instead, they should turn on ‘Airplane Mode,’ which disables access to Wi-Fi and mobile signals, Shortlist reported.

Also known as Flight Mode, this option is accessible in the Settings menu, by swiping up from the bottom of the screen on iOS or from the top of the screen on Android.

Once this mode has been enabled, the user can then open the app and read the message without alerting the sender’s attention to their action by triggering the blue ticks.

To keep it a secret, users then need to close the app while still in Airplane Mode.

This can be done by double tapping the iPhone’s home button and swiping upwards on the WhatsApp app, or by tapping the multitask button and closing the app on Android handsets.

The sender of the message will remain unaware it has been read so long as the sneaky reader doesn’t open the chain of messages while online.

Earlier this week, WhatsApp announced it had abandoned its 99 cent subscription fee and will allow millions of users to chat for free.

The annual fee is set to disappear over the next few weeks and the company plans to experiment with ‘other commercial services’ for future revenue streams.

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