How to disable Facebook Messenger

Messenger is an extremely useful application to keep in touch with all our friends of the social networks. With the passage of time and with options such as Messenger Lite it is really very simple to use it and above all light, effective and fast.

But maybe for one reason or another you don't want to keep using the app. One option is uninstall and forget that it exists. Another is to temporarily deactivate the account so that nobody sends us messages and we don't have to worry about them.




Precisely for this reason a little further below we will see a fairly simple tutorial so that you know how temporarily deactivate your Facebook Messenger account. This way you can reuse it whenever you want.

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How to disable Facebook Messenger

disable Messenger, you must first deactivate your Facebook account. You cannot deactivate Messenger without first having done so with your Facebook account. So let's quickly see how you need to go through this process on Facebook.

  • Log in with your account and go to the top right of the screen. Click the down arrow and a menu will appear.
  • We will select from all the available options » Configuration «.
  • We go to a new page and here we have to choose from the left column «The your Facebook information «.
  • Then the option at the bottom of this new page " Deactivation and elimination «.
  • Choose the option » Deactivate account »And then click on« Continue with account deactivation ».

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When deactivate your account, you must consider that no one else will be able to see your profile. Some of the actions you have done on Facebook will still be visible as comments and messages sent. However, no one will be able to search for you on the social network or access your profile.


If you want to reactivate your account, all you have to do is log in again and it will work as usual within seconds.

In the case of Messenger, you can continue to use it as if nothing had happened. You will have your profile picture and can send messages as usual. If you want to deactivate Messenger, follow the steps that we will leave you a little further below.

Deactivate Messenger step by step

To do this, we will run this tutorial from the application. It is quite simple and in seconds you will have your account deactivated until you decide to use it again.

  • Open the application.
  • Once inside, simply click on your profile photo in the top left corner.
  • Now go on " Conditions and policies «.
  • Click on » Disable Messenger «.
  • Then confirm with » disable «.

This process is done the same on both Android and iOS. It's pretty simple, and as mentioned earlier, you'll quickly turn off Messenger.



In the same way it happens with your Facebook account. If you log in again, your account is reactivated without you having to do anything else.

As you can see, it is extremely easy to learn to disable Messenger. The only thing you need to keep in mind is that it's not possible to deactivate Messenger without first doing it with the Facebook account. However, it's still a fairly simple and most importantly fast process.


At the same time, you have to keep in mind that deactivating an account is a temporary process and you can reactivate it whenever you want. Quite different from the definitive elimination that after 90 days from the beginning of the process, this account cannot be recovered.

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