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Delete Account

You can permanently disable your phone number from being recognized as a Signal user by deleting the account from the registered mobile phone.

  • Signal must be actively working on your phone to make changes to the account. Register to see these options for your number.
  • Deletion requests are not accepted outside of the registered app because there is no way to accurately verify whether or not a number is truly associated with the requester.

Follow the steps for your platform:

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Android

Follow steps to no longer be seen as a Signal user:

  1. In Signal, tap your profile profile_avatar.png > Account > Delete account.
  2. Enter your Signal number.
  3. Tap Delete account.
  4. Confirm Delete account.

 

iOS

Follow steps to no longer be seen as a Signal user and delete your message history on this iPhone:

  1. In Signal, tap your profile profile_avatar.png > Account > Delete Account.
  2. Enter your Signal number.
  3. Tap Delete account.
  4. Confirm Delete account.

 

Desktop

Follow these steps here to delete account and no longer be seen as a Signal user.

Use the steps below to unlink and delete your message history on Desktop. This does not delete the account.

  1. Open Signal.
  2. Navigate to Preferences.
    - Mac: Go to Signal > Preferences.
    - Windows: Go to File > Preferences.
    - Linux: Go to File > Preferences.
  3. Select Clear Data.
  4. Choose Delete All Data to confirm.
  5. You will remain as a Signal user on your mobile device. Follow steps above for Android or iOS to delete account. 

Uninstall to remove Signal's app icon and data: 

  • Windows
    Replace <YourName> with your Windows User in the steps below
    1. Select Uninstall Signal.exe in
      C:\Users\<YourName>\AppData\Local\Programs\signal-desktop
    2. Delete C:\Users\<YourName>\AppData\Roaming\Signal
  • macOS
    1. Delete the Signal.app file from the /Application or ~/Application directory
    2. Delete local data from ~/Library/Application Support/Signal
  • Linux
    1. Use apt-get remove signal-desktop
    2. Delete ~/.config/Signal\

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