How to Sign Out of Apple Messages

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This wikiHow teaches you how to sign out of iMessage so that you will only receive SMS texts through the Messages app.

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iPhone or iPad

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Open your device's Settings. It is an app with three grey gears located on the home screen.
- Sometimes, Settings may be located within the Utilities folder on the home screen.
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It is located in the fifth group of menu options.

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It is in the fourth group of menu options.
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This will disable the app's ability to send and receive messages, while the ability to send and receive SMS messages (on iPhones) will remain.

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It looks like a blue icon with a white ellipses in a thought bubble located on the dock or desktop.
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The iMessages account will be listed with other accounts on the left side of the menu.
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Click Sign Out . This will disable the app's ability to send and receive messages.
- You will have to click Sign Out again if prompted to confirm.

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