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How to remove your phone number from iMessage if you switch to Android

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-to-remove-phone-number-imessage-switch-android' title="How to remove your phone number from iMessage if you switch to Android"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/field/image/2014/11/imessage_deregister_mba_hero.jpg?itok=ce0PucZi' />[/url]</p> <p>If you've switched from iPhone to something else, like Android (http://www.androidcentral.com), and aren't receiving text messages, it could be that your phone number is still registered with iMessage (http://www.imore.com/imessage). If that's the case, Apple has an online tool you can use to deregister with iMessage and get your SMS/MMS working properly with your new phone.</p> <!--break--> <h2>How to de-activate iMessage online</h2> <ol><li>Go to <strong>http://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage (http://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage)</strong> from any <strong>web browser</strong>. </li> <li>Scroll down to the second section labeled <strong>No longer have your iPhone?</strong>. </li> <li>Enter the <strong>phone number</strong> you'd like to de-activate from iMessage and click <strong>Send Code</strong>. </li> <li>Check your current phone for a text message and enter the code that you're sent. </li> <li>Wait for confirmation that iMessage has been de-activated. </li> </ol><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-to-remove-phone-number-imessage-switch-android' title="How to remove your phone number from iMessage if you switch to Android"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2014/11/deactivate_imessage_apple_howto_1.jpg?itok=ydDKappg' />[/url]<a href='http://www.imore.com/how-to-remove-phone-number-imessage-switch-android' title="How to remove your phone number from iMessage if you switch to Android"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2014/11/deactivate_imessage_apple_howto_2.jpg?itok=8Pmjq3aS' />[/url]</p> <h2>How to re-active iMessage when you come back to iPhone</h2> <p>If and when you later switch back to the iPhone, all you have to do is turn iMessage back on in Settings (http://www.imore.com/setup-imessage-ipad).</p> </div></div></div><div id="comment-wrapper-nid-28260"></div><img width='1' height='1' src='http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/4050c00e/sc/4/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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