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:
Did you mean to view:
- Delete messages and conversation alerts
- Unlinking devices
- New Number or New Phone
- Notification Options
Android
Follow steps to no longer be seen as a Signal user:
- In Signal, tap your profile
> Account > Delete account.
- Enter your Signal number.
- Tap Delete account.
- Confirm Delete account.
iOS
Follow steps to no longer be seen as a Signal user and delete your message history on this iPhone:
- In Signal, tap your profile
> Settings > Account > Delete Account.
- Enter your Signal number.
- Tap Delete account.
- 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.
- Open Signal.
- Navigate to Preferences.
- Mac: Go to Signal > Preferences.
- Windows: Go to File > Preferences.
- Linux: Go to File > Preferences. - Select Clear Data.
- Choose Delete All Data to confirm.
- 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- Select Uninstall Signal.exe in
C:\Users\<YourName>\AppData\Local\Programs\signal-desktop
- Delete
C:\Users\<YourName>\AppData\Roaming\Signal
- Select Uninstall Signal.exe in
- macOS
- Delete the Signal.app file from the
/Application
or~/Application
directory - Delete local data from
~/Library/Application Support/Signal
- Delete the Signal.app file from the
- Linux
- Use
apt-get remove signal-desktop
- Delete
~/.config/Signal\
- Use