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# Marking messages as read
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Zulip automatically keeps track of which messages you have and haven't read.
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Unread messages have a line along the left side, which fades when the message
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gets marked as read.
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Zulip offers tools to manually mark one or more messages as read, and you can
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configure whether messages are marked as read automatically when you scroll.
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## Configure whether messages are automatically marked as read
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You may want to configure whether or not the Zulip app will automatically
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mark messages as read. For example, it can be useful to set the mobile app to
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never mark messages as read if you often want to follow up on messages when you
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are at your computer. You will still be able to
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[manually](#mark-all-messages-as-read) mark messages as read.
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{start_tabs}
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{tab|desktop-web}
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{settings_tab|preferences}
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1. Under **Advanced**, click on the **Automatically mark messages as
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read** dropdown, and select **Always**, **Never** or **Only in
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[conversation](/help/recent-conversations) views**.
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{tab|mobile}
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{!mobile-profile-menu.md!}
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1. Tap **Settings**.
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1. Tap **Mark messages as read on scroll**.
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1. Select **Always**, **Never** or **Only in
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[conversation](/help/recent-conversations) views**.
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{end_tabs}
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## Mark a message as read
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{start_tabs}
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{tab|desktop-web}
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1. Select the message using the **blue box** to mark it as read. You can scroll
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the **blue box** using the mouse, or with [keyboard navigation
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shortcuts](/help/keyboard-shortcuts#navigation).
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{end_tabs}
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## Mark all messages as read
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You can manually **mark all messages as read**, or **mark all messages in a
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stream or topic as read**.
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{start_tabs}
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{tab|via-left-sidebar}
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1. Hover over a stream, topic, or **All messages** in the left sidebar.
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1. Click on the **ellipsis** (<i class="zulip-icon zulip-icon-more-vertical"></i>).
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1. Click **Mark all messages as read**.
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!!! tip ""
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You can also mark all messages in your current view as read by
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jumping to the bottom with the **Scroll to bottom**
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(<i class="fa fa-chevron-down"></i>) button or the <kbd>End</kbd> shortcut.
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{tab|via-inbox-view}
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{relative|message|inbox}
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1. Hover over a stream or topic in the left sidebar.
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1. Click on the **ellipsis** (<i class="zulip-icon zulip-icon-more-vertical"></i>).
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1. Click **Mark all messages as read**.
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{tab|via-recent-conversations}
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{relative|message|recent}
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1. Click on an unread messages counter in the **Topic** column to mark all
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messages in that topic as read.
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{tab|mobile}
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1. Tap a stream, topic, or the **All messages**
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(<img src="/static/images/help/mobile-globe-icon.svg" alt="globe" class="mobile-icon"/>)
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tab.
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2. Tap **Mark stream as read**, **Mark topic as read**, or **Mark all as read**
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near the top right corner of the app.
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!!! tip ""
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You can also press and hold a topic until the long-press menu appears, and
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select **Mark topic as read**.
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{end_tabs}
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## Related articles
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* [Marking messages as unread](/help/marking-messages-as-unread)
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* [Reading strategies](/help/reading-strategies)
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* [Read receipts](/help/read-receipts)
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