Sometimes, people want to take a break from social media applications. That is because they are either concerned about their online privacy or are addicted to the application. People usually delete their accounts and recreate their accounts when they need it. Take a minute and think! What if you have an alternative to this problem? Kik provides you the ability to deactivate your account and customize your privacy.
You can deactivate or delete a Kik account permanently by going to their deactivation and deleting page. There, you can add in your email address and then all the necessary info. Once that is done, you can then choose the option to either deactivate or delete your account.
You have the option of temporarily deactivating your account or permanently deactivating / deleting your account on Kik. If you permanently deactivate/delete your account, then all your chat history, messages, photos, videos and the account will be deleted forever after some days. But if you temporarily deactivate your account, you can access your account and you can go through your messages again. So, the better option is to deactivate your account temporarily.
On Kik, there is no inbuilt system to delete or deactivate your account using the app version on mobile till date. However, you can use the web browser to delete or deactivate your Kik account. Today in this article, I will guide you on deactivating or deleting your Kik account and quick tips to make your account private.
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Can You Permanently Delete A Kik Account?
Do you have any doubts?
Yes, you can permanently delete a Kik account. But Kik app doesn’t let you delete your account using the app version because there are no such inbuilt features on Kik App. However, you can go to the deletion page of Kik and delete a Kik account permanently.
I have mentioned full steps to permanently delete a Kik account, follow the steps mentioned below according to its title.
Things You Should Know
- You can reactivate your account anytime you want to after deactivating your account temporarily.
- If you permanently deactivate/delete your account, you won’t be able to access your account after a few days.
- If someone you know sends messages to your account, then your profile will be cached.
- Anyone who searches for your username won’t be able to find your account.
- Your name will be deleted soon from your friends’ friend list.
How To Delete A Kik Account Permanently?
Since the Kik app doesn’t have an inbuilt facility to deactivate your account, in the meantime you have to get access to the deactivation page from a web browser. Here is a step-by-step procedure to permanently deactivate your account and follow the steps mentioned below.
- Open a web browser on your device.
- Either you can go to the Kik help page and search the permanent deactivation page or click on the link to get direct access to the page link delete account.
- You will see “How do I delete my Kik Account?” page. Now fill the form.
- Enter your username in the text field of “Enter your username…” Enter your email address in the text field of “Enter your email…”
- After that choose a reason from the drop-down menu of “Please let us know why you’re leaving Kik:
- Now give additional info in the box of “Additional info… “
- After that, click on the checkbox of “I understand that I’m permanently deactivating my account and I won’t be able to log in again to reactivate it.”
- Finally, click on the GO! Button.
- You will see ‘Success!’ Message in your web-browser screen.
- Now go to your email address and open the inbox of your email address that you entered, you will see a message from Kik.
[Note: If you have no message from Kik in the inbox, search Kik in the search box of mail service.] - Open the message and scroll down and click on the Permanently Deactivate button.
- After that, follow the on-screen instruction to complete the step to delete your account.
Successfully! You will see the message “Account Permanently Deactivated.”
[Note: All red asterisk are required fields, do not skip them]
What Does Permanently Deactivating Your Account Mean And What Happens After You Permanently Deactivate The Account?
Permanently deactivating your account means, you won’t be able to access your account and your account is permanently removed from the Kik server.
If you temporarily deactivate your account then,
- Your account is no longer in the Kik app and accessible.
- You will no longer receive any messages in your account and emails from Kik.
- No one can find your account in Kik.
- Your name will be deleted soon from your friends’ friend list.
How To Deactivate A Kik Account Temporarily?
Since the Kik app doesn’t have an inbuilt function to deactivate your account temporarily, you have to get access to the deactivation page from the web browser. So here is a step-by-step procedure to deactivate your account temporarily.
- Open any web browser on your device.
- Either you can go to the Kik help page and search for the deactivation page or click on the link, to get direct access to the page.
- You will see the “Deactivate Your Account” page. Enter the email address you used to create a Kik account in the text field of “Enter your email…”
- After that, click on the GO! Button.
- Now you will see “Success!” Message in your web-browser screen.
- Now open the inbox of your email address that you entered, you will see a message from Kik open it.
[Note: If you have no message from Kik in the inbox, search Kik in the search box of mail service.] - After that, you will see a link to deactivate your account, click on the link.
- Finally, follow the on-screen instruction to complete your account temporarily deactivate.
Successfully! You will see the message “Account Temporarily Deactivated.”
What Does Temporarily Deactivating Your Account Mean And What Happens After You Temporarily Deactivate The Account?
Temporarily deactivating your account means you are taking a break from Kik. You can reactivate your account whenever you want by logging in to your account using the username/email and password of Kik.
If you are temporarily deactivating your account then,
- Your Kik Username and email won’t be found on Kik.
- You will no longer receive a message in your account.
- Your name will be deleted soon from your friends’ friend list.
How To Deactivate Or Delete Your Kik Account Without Email?
You can’t deactivate or delete your account without your email. You should know your email address to be able to disable or delete your account as the Kik deactivation page only has a text field to enter your email address. If you forget your email address, then you can recover your email address.
To recover your Kik email address login to your account using your username and password > go to Settings> My Account, where you can find your email address. Now use the same email address to can’t deactivate or delete your account.
How To Deactivate My Teen’s Kik Account?
Deactivating your teen’s Kik account is similar to deactivating your Kik account. To deactivate your Kik account, get access to the email address registered to their account. Here is a step-by-step procedure to deactivate your teen’s account.
- Open any web browser on your device.
- Go to the link Teen’s account deactivation.
- Now enter your email address in “Enter your email…”
- After that, click on the GO! Button.
- Now you will see Success! Message.
- After that, go to your email address and open the message of Kik.
- Finally, follow the on-screen instruction to deactivate your teen’s account.
After successfully deactivating the account, you will see the message “Account Temporarily Deactivated.”
If you would like help deactivating your teen’s Kik account, you can also submit an inquiry to Kik by [email protected] with the subject “Parent Inquiry” and include your teen’s Kik username and their age in the inquiry.
How To Keep Your Kik Account Private?
Rather than temporarily deactivating your Kik account, you can make your account private. There are some quick tips that help to keep your account closed. Follow the following bullets mentioned below. If you want to get away from Kik due to harassment or issues with another user, then you can also report someone on Kik.
- Choose a different and unique username, such as a combination of special characters, numbers, and symbols.
- Make sure you share your Kik account only with the ones you want to.
- Don’t share your username or Kik code on other social sites.
- Don’t join random group chats; anyone can see your profile in the group.
- Use the “Block” and “New Chats” feature to manage people and chats in your account.
Conclusion
There you go, the information provided above is based on Kik Help support 2021. I have guided you through a step-by-step procedure to deactivate and delete your account. When you delete your Kik account, it isn’t immediately suppressed. Kik takes some days to delete your account from the Kik server. And after temporarily deactivating your account, you can reactivate your account whenever you want, by logging in to your account using the username/email and password of Kik.
In this article, you can find many more guides on the queries about deactivating your Kik account. Like temporarily and permanently disable, deactivate your teen’s account, to make your account private and secure. I hope you will like and understand every guide I have mentioned above.
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