I want to stop receiving any messages in iMessage

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I want to stop receiving any messages in iMessage

I do not use an iPhone, and I never have. Recently I started receiving texts from some iPhone users on my Mac or iPad *only*. They come in to iMessage. I only use these devices very rarely, so I end up accidentally ghosting these people for days because I don't get the messages on my phone.

How can I permanently stop getting messages in iMessage on these two devices? I simply want to receive all text on my Android phone as I always have. I'm not sure how this started.

Posted on Apr 6, 2022 5:26 PM

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haydentech Author

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Apr 7, 2022 6:57 PM in response to Eric Root

Initially, I thought this fixed my problem, but it did not. The messages stopped coming in to iMessage, but they never started getting sent to my Android phone as regular texts again. I ended up having to temporarily turn imessage back on to get the missing texts.

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Eric Root

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Apr 6, 2022 5:34 PM in response to haydentech

On the Mac, go to Messages/Preferences/Accounts and uncheck Enable this account. For the iPad, try Settings/Messages, and slide off iMessage. Or go to Settings/FaceTime and sign out.

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I want to stop receiving any messages in iMessage

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