How to Sign Out of iMessage on iPhone or iPad

This video walks you through how to sign out of iMessage on an iPhone or iPad. I'll also walk you through how to sign into iMessage on an iPhone or iPad.
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Video Transcript:
Understanding how to sign out of iMessage is critical if you manage multiple Apple IDs that you send and receive messages from. Additionally, signing out of iMessage is a great first troubleshooting step if you're having problems with sending and receiving messages on your Apple iPhone or iPad. Finally, if you're thinking about switching from an iPhone to an Android phone, you'll want to sign out of iMessage on your Apple device before getting rid of it to ensure that text messages being sent to you don't get tied up on Apple's servers and not find their way to your new, non-Apple device. This video will walk you through how to sign out of iMessage, and also how to sign back in to iMessage.
First, let's discuss how to sign out of Apple iMessage on your iPhone or iPad.
Step 1. Tap the "Settings" app on your Apple iPhone or iPad. The Settings screen will be displayed.
Step 2. Use your finger to scroll down the screen until you see Messages. Messages will feature an icon with a green background and a white speech balloon in the center of it. The Messages screen appears.
Step 3. Tap "Send & Receive" in the list of options. The iMessage window will be displayed.
Step 4. Tap the "Apple ID" field at the top of the list of options, which appears in blue text. The email address associated with your Apple ID is displayed to the right of Apple ID. An iMessage Account dialog box is displayed.
Step 5. Select "Sign Out" in the dialog box. The dialog box closes, and you'll be returned to the iMessage window, where you'll no longer see your Apple ID displayed at the top of the screen. Instead, you'll see a message in blue text that says "Use Your Apple ID for iMessage."
Congratulations! You've successfully logged out of iMessage.
And now, let's walk through how to sign back in to iMessage on your iPhone or iPad.
Step 1. Navigate back to the iMessage window by launching the Settings app, tapping "Messages," and then selecting "Send & Receive." You'll arrive at the iMessage window.
Step 2. Tap "Use Your Apple ID for iMessage" in blue text at the top of the window. A dialog box appears, asking if you want to use the current Apple ID that's associated with your device for iMessage.
Step 3. If the Apple ID displayed in the dialog box is the Apple ID you want to use with iMessages, then tap "Sign In." Alternatively, if you want to use a different Apple ID with iMessage, tap "Use Other Apple ID" and then enter the username and password associated with that Apple ID in the dialog box that appears. After entering any necessary information associated with your selection, you'll be routed back to the iMessage window, where your Apple ID associated with iMessage will be displayed at the top of the screen.

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[@altherie5700]

Max Dalton can’t you use a gmail account?

[@MaxDalton]

I think you can receive iMessages at your Gmail account if that's the email account you use as your Apple ID. If that's not the case, then I don't think you'll see it. Let me know if I'm wrong.

[@davingammage7344]

How do I keep the Apple ID for the App Store and Apple Music but use my own email for iMessage

[@felipespaolanse5867]

My “send and receive” doesn’t appear on settings

[@mikeroy7647]

Max Dalton if I do that will it sign out of every Apple ID or just for messages

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[@sucxxubie_]

How Do You Sign Out Of IMessages On A Different Phone? I Sign Out Of My ICloud On The Old Phone But All My Messages Still Pop On The Old Phone.

[@biancam.4461]

Just delete the messages by selected them and remove it

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[@Trinistill2]

Very helpful Thank You

[@MaxDalton]

Awesome. Glad the video helped you out. Thanks for watching!

[@coolitd]

tysm! I needed to sign out cus i was signed into my sister's imessage. Idk how but im signed out so i won't get messages from her friends

[@MaxDalton]

Good deal. Glad the video helped. Thanks for watching!

[@cassieherrington4833]

Thanks for the help!

[@MaxDalton]

You're welcome. Glad the video helped. Thanks for watching!

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Thank you this is very helpful 😊

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Awesome. Glad the video helped. Thanks for watching!

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Thank you thank you This helped me out a lot thank you friend

[@NSF_T4]

Thanks

[@MaxDalton]

You're most welcome.

[@lorimcduffie6070]

Just to clarify, signing out of iMessages with one Apple ID and then signing back in with another, will not affect/delete any messages? I have two Apple IDs because I changed the first one I had a while back but I never signed out of iMessages from the old Apple ID. I just would like everything to be updated with my new Apple ID without anything being deleted

[@MaxDalton]

Last time I did it it didn't delete any, but Apple can always change things. Do it at your own risk.

[@reaganward1]

Sooo my I’d is locked and forgot my security questions and my mail doesn’t send because of that. And it is showing me a different screen. On the messages of like sighing in to it. Cause it’s locked. I’m trying to sign out of it but I can’t because they think I’m an “intruder” probably. Any way you can help me? Cause I’ve been trying to get out of in since January.

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[@umecreations7565]

By doing this can we deregister my old number and add new one?

[@jacksonh996]

Thanks man
Thanks for the great tips!

[@natechuck1379]

Thank you so much

[@MaxDalton]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@imagineNatixn]

Thank you

[@afraaansar3863]

Thank you so much it really helped me a lot

[@fadezs2620]

Question, my group call isn’t working and I can call people individually but apparently it’s not letting me call groups. Please reply

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[@hector-vl7iz]

I don’t have send and receive

[@Van20399]

I have a new ID and it show my messages from another account how do I make a fresh new messages account?

[@finley2153]

omg this saved me thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!

[@MaxDalton]

Very cool. Glad this helped you out.

[@chloemitchell997]

thanks very easy

[@MaxDalton]

Most welcome 😊

[@filsanali6206]

Hey do you have to use a Apple ID??

[@Straykatz640]

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[@hello.summers]

does this work on Mac?

[@ysara-be6uw]

After I sign in when I go to iMessages the chats are still there from my other Apple ID is it supposed to be like that?

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Tyyyyyyyy this helped me so much

[@jorgenavarro2239]

Thank youuu

[@MaxDalton]

You're welcome!

[@karlos8579]

Help plz! I turned off iMessage, do people cant still send me messages?

[@MaxDalton]

Yes, people can still send you messages. The only difference is that you'll have to pay for those messages. iMessage (iPhone to iPhone text messaging, is free).

[@lucyyn4013]

Hey there! So when I do this, the old accounts messages are still there. Do you know how to fix that?

[@charliemaxwell-hyslop4810]

Just delete them

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Oooooo thank u so much!!!!

[@dxnzalt8054]

Can you do it on FaceTime as well but still receive FaceTime calls

[@nxthx.futedward]

Im pressing sign in but nothing is working

[@slothcrossing7241]

Pls help I signed into my moms Apple ID acc on my iPad and I now get her messages!!! What do I do!?!?

[@_.Stolen._]

How do I log out

[@Ronnie_A]

Great video, thank u

[@MaxDalton]

Glad the video helped you out. Thanks for watching!

[@amandaconohan]

I’m having trouble with my read receipts. I’ve confirmed the other person has theirs turned on, but it’s not showing me when he reads my messages since I upgraded to the xr. I’ve read that sometimes logging out and back in to iMessage can fix this, but will I then lose my message history?

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crayz con it’s in settings

[@itrqced]

my ipad is signed in, it dosent show it is on my phone.

[@isha4105]

Hi thx

[@illahikonn8207]

Thank you so much man

[@MaxDalton]

You're most welcome. Glad this helped. Thanks for watching!

[@Hayayayaaa]

If we have it on other phones will it log it out on their phone to?

[@MaxDalton]

I don't think so.

[@Hayayayaaa]

@@MaxDalton Okay thank you so much!By the way you helped so much :)

[@BillyWiccanHex]

Can you sign back in tho

[@davechan1853]

Double unskippable add are so bad

[@salley1518]

Hi, I have an iPhone 5 IOS 10 I believe. under messages there is no "Send & Receive" how do i log out of imessage on this phone?

[@MaxDalton]

I don't know how to do it on older devices. Sorry.

[@tianadike6046]

Mine doesn’t work

[@blaykepotts7128]

What if it doesn’t let me?

[@Dd3vil]

if you sign out of Imessage does that automatically sign out of your whole apple id?

[@BarackObama-ek5pm]

no, just imessage

[@emiliabevo]

That’s what I asked!

[@IHeart8Ball]

HELP! My iPhone, my husband's iPhone, my sister's iPhone, my iPad ALL DO NOT HAVE the three options shown between Show Contact Photos and the SMS/MMS section, and therefore do not have the Send&Receive option. I am in iMessage HELL where I can't receive iMessages from others using iMessage. I do not want to be forced to turn on iMessage just to communicate with a few people. How do I get those options to show up? Or is there some other way to quit iMessage?

[@MaxDalton]

Sorry. I don't think I can help.

[@IHeart8Ball]

@@MaxDalton FINALLY figured it out. If anyone else is missing those options, the iMessage must be ON, and then wait for a little bit while touching nothing. After 5-10 seconds, then those options finally appear and things can be changed or repaired. I think that others with iMessage turned ON should also set the Send as SMS to ON so that other users without iMessage turned on can receive your messages. That was actually the problem we were trying to solve - without iMessage turned on, I could not receive her iMessages and she received no notification that I had not received them!

[@velocity4074]

IHeart8Ball I try to turn on iMessage but it doesn’t let me any help?

[@vinzsanjuan3977]

I did but it i got to messages and its still the old acc

[@ashbytilley9066]

. I’ve not signed up for iMessage, and I don’t wish to be involved in it. I just want to remove it please. How please?

[@MaxDalton]

Signing out of it is the best I can think of.

[@JahFloxks90]

When I press sign in nothing pops up

[@lenoralol9962]

i lost my text privleages a while ago and now im getting it back but it won't let me sign back in so idk..

[@MaxDalton]

I'm not sure. Is someone else managing your phone?

[@lenoralol9962]

@@MaxDalton i have an ipad. but what do you mean by that?

[@audr3yz]

No one gonna talk about the 69% battery

[@nanilovesyou2]

Mine doesn’t have the button called send and recieve 😤😤

[@nanilovesyou2]

I phone 12 min😭

[@theak5727]

Or , first I must log out Apple ID ??

[@MaxDalton]

You shouldn't need to log out of Apple ID. I'm not sure why you're running into problems. You may want to reach out to Apple support.

[@hannahxxx481]

How do you add more Apple ID accounts?

[@MaxDalton]

You just go to the Apple ID website and create them.

[@hannahxxx481]

Max Dalton Oh. Thanks!

[@eunjahiacarter7625]

I don’t have the option to “send and receive “ what should I do ?

[@MaxDalton]

Is iMessage enabled?

[@jaylinyoung2900]

Max Dalton but it is still not working

[@maxxiiii8423]

I need to sign out my sisters

[@donaldolienechak4382]

I HAVE NO CONTROL OF MY I PAD WHAT CAN I DO

[@MaxDalton]

Try restarting it. If that doesn't work, take it to a repair person for their thoughts. Their opinion should be free.

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[@theak5727]

Why I can’t close iMessage bro???

[@MaxDalton]

I answered to your other comment.

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Idk………….btw can u guess how old I am?

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You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

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Thank you

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You're very welcome. Glad the video helped. Thanks for watching!

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Thx a lot

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