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iPhone or iPad
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Images 1 of How to Sign Out of Apple Messages 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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Images 2 of How to Sign Out of Apple Messages Scroll down and tap Messages. It is located in the fifth group of menu options. -
Images 3 of How to Sign Out of Apple Messages Scroll down and tap Send & Receive. It is in the fourth group of menu options. -
Images 4 of How to Sign Out of Apple Messages Tap Apple ID (your email). -
Images 5 of How to Sign Out of Apple Messages Tap Sign Out. 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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Mac
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Images 6 of How to Sign Out of Apple Messages Open Messages. It looks like a blue icon with a white ellipses in a thought bubble located on the dock or desktop. -
Images 7 of How to Sign Out of Apple Messages Click Messages in the top left corner of the screen. -
Images 8 of How to Sign Out of Apple Messages Click Preferences. -
Images 9 of How to Sign Out of Apple Messages Click the Accounts tab. -
Images 10 of How to Sign Out of Apple Messages Select your iMessages account if it is not highlighted in blue. The iMessages account will be listed with other accounts on the left side of the menu. -
Images 11 of How to Sign Out of Apple Messages 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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