A Guide to Temporarily and Permanently Delete Kik Account

Kik, a free messaging service, was launched in 2010 and since then its growing popularity has not stopped. The reason is simple; This app not only made chatting simple but also offered an easy way to download and share videos. The app is so attractive that you might get stuck with it. Even if you delete the app, your account will still be active. It may also happen that your friends no longer use it and you too want to get over it or as a parent you are concerned about your child’s activities and therefore want to delete the account.

No matter for whatever reason, if you want to delete or deactivate your Kik account, this guide will walk you through all the available methods, so make sure to read till the end. Also, Kik does not allow you to delete the account on the phone through the app, so you can do it only through their website.

Before deleting or deactivating:

Be sure to write down your Kik username and email address, as you’ll need them later, for this:

• Open Kik Messenger and tap on the ‘Settings’ icon.
• Then, tap on the ‘Your Account’ option.
• There you will find your Kik username and email address; write it down

Temporary Deactivation

Temporary deactivation applies, you just want a break and have no intention of ditching your Kik account. With this method, you can easily retrieve your messages whenever you want if you remember the username or email address.

Here is how to disable Kik in a few easy steps:

1. In a browser, go to the website link: https://ws.kik.com/deactivate.
2. Next, enter the email address that is linked to the Kik account you want to deactivate and then tap ‘Go’.

3. This will send an email to the address you just entered. Go to your inbox and find the email sent by Kik. Open the email and click ‘Deactivate’ as confirmation to deactivate your Kik account.

4. You will be asked about the reasons for deactivating your account before it is finally deactivated.

Note: After temporarily deactivating your account:

• You will not receive messages or emails from Kik.
• Your username will not appear anywhere in Kik searches.
• Your username will be removed from the friends list.
• Deactivation will not automatically uninstall the Kik app from your phone.
• If you want to reactivate your Kik account at any time, just sign in to Kik Messenger.

Permanent Deactivation

As the name suggests, it makes your Kik account permanently deleted or deleted from your platform. Before deleting your Kik profile, please note the following:

• You will not receive any messages or emails from Kik or your friends.
• Your Kik account will no longer be accessible.
• Your Kik username will no longer appear in search results.
• Your Kik profile will no longer appear in your friends’ contact lists.
• After permanently deleting, you will no longer be able to reactivate your account; you can only create a new one.

Once you’re all set, here’s how to delete Kik account:

Kik Username

Email associated with your Kik account

• Then, from the dropdown menu, select the reason you are deleting your account.

• Select the check box that says ‘I understand that I am permanently deactivating my account and will not be able to log in again to reactivate it’ and then tap ‘Go’.

• You will receive an email from Kik; open the email and click the ‘Deactivate permanently’ button. Doing this will delete your Kik account permanently. You can only undelete your Kik account before you hit this button.

This is how you can permanently delete or disable your Kik account.

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How can parents deactivate their children’s Kik account?

In case you want to delete your child’s account, the procedure is the same; you just need to know your username. If you have access to their phones, you can get the username by launching the app.

1. After launching the app, tap on the icon at the top of the screen to go to settings where you can see the teen’s username and display name in bold.
2. If you also chat with your teen on Kik, you can get their username from their chat.

Kik suggests parents to use their child’s device to check communication and should not use their device to check kid’s chats as Kik’s security features will clear their chat history and will not store their chats.

Parents can also ask Kik to deactivate their child’s account by sending a deactivation request to Kik via email at [email protected] and in the subject line, mention Parental Inquiry, including the Kik username and age of the teen in the email.

Deleting Kik account is very easy

If you consider all the following points, it is very easy to sign out of Kik whenever you want:

1. You must have the email address you entered to sign up for a Kik account.
2. Make sure that you enter the correct information while trying to deactivate the Kik account.
3. You will receive an email from Kik with a link to follow to permanently deactivate your account.
4. After deletion, if someone searches for your username, they won’t be able to find it.
5. After removal, just uninstall or delete the app from your phone.

You will not be able to delete your Kik account if you do not have access to your email address that you used to create your account or your username. You can contact the Kik Help Center in cases where you want to delete your account but have forgotten your email address or Kik username.

Kik does not notify its users when one of their contacts deletes their accounts; however, there are ways that can be used to tell if a contact is no longer available.

When a user deletes their profile, the profile photo is no longer visible; then, to confirm, you can visit the person’s profile and check if you can see their profile photo.

Also, when a person deletes the Kik messaging app, their number is disconnected. So when you search for a contact and their number shows offline, this makes it clear that your account is no longer active.

Kik does not have a policy for “inactive” accounts and does not automatically delete user accounts. While searching for a phone number, if you get an error that the number is offline, it means that the app has been deleted, the user’s phone is turned off, or the user has closed their account.

Kik allows you to delete both individual messages and entire chats. To delete individual messages: Touch and hold the message and touch Delete. However, deleting a message from your chat will not delete it from your friend’s chat unless they delete it themselves.

Yes, when you delete your Kik account, it will remove or remove everything including your profile, messages, and your username will no longer be searchable. However, you will not be able to undo this action and you will only be able to create a new Kik account once it has been removed.

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Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI