How to Deactivate A Kik Account Temporarily?

ByOnline Geeks

Kik Messenger, known as Kik, is a new instant messaging application that is nowadays becoming very popular among teens. Like any other messaging app, it also allows you to share photos, videos, files, stickers, GIFs, etc. It is available for all android and iOS mobile phones. Despite being in the limelight, Kik has some privacy issues due to which many of its users are turning their face away from it and therefore want to Delete the Kik account.

Before we jump right into the process of deactivating the Kik account, there are two ways of doing it; the first is temporary deletion and the other is permanent deletion. When you deactivate Kik account temporarily your name will not appear on the search results, you will be deleted from the contact list of your Kik contacts, you will not receive any messages from Kik, however, at any later stage you can again activate your account and use it from the state where you left. Permanent deletion of a Kik account is similar to temporary deletion, but the difference is you can never reactivate your older account, all your data will be lost along with the permanent deletion.

It is important to bring your notice to the fact that temporary deletion is favored over permanent deactivation, as at any later stage of time if you want to get back to Kik, you will need not find your friends again who were there previously. Also, deleting an account can be a very confusing task, therefore we have written down some very simple steps which you can follow to deactivate Kik account temporarily:

  1. First, you have to open your browser and visit https://ws.kik.com/deactivate website. It is made by Kik, especially for account deletion purposes.

  2. In the text box visible, enter your email address associated with your Kik account.

  3. Then, click on the “Go” button.

  4. Then, you will receive an email from Kik, in the inbox of the email entered.

  5. Open that email and click on the Deactivate button.

  6. Follow the onscreen instruction to deactivate Kik account temporarily.