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She needs to deregister iMessage I think. She can do that on her Mac laptop or online: Deregister iMessage on your iPhone or online: https://support.apple.com/

She needs to deregister iMessage I think. She can do that on her Mac laptop or online: Deregister iMessage on your iPhone or online: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203042 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203042 Direct link for convenience (scroll down to “No longer have your iPhone?”): https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage/ https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage/ Edit: oh I see, the problem is with having the email registered with iMessage. See “Change iMessage settings in Messages on Mac” [1] and scroll down to “You can be reached for messages at”: Open the Message app on the laptop and click the checkbox to deregister the email. Or she can change her Apple ID email address online [2] to some other one, which would deregister the email from iMessage. [1]: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/messages/icht39422/mac https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/messages/icht39422/mac [2]: https://appleid.apple.com/ https://appleid.apple.com/

justsomehnguy 3y ago
> She needs to But thing is she shouldn't in the first place.
- ckcheng 3y ago
  Oh I don’t disagree. Given that she is in such a situation though, I’m just trying to be helpful by offering some hopefully useful info.
- baz00 3y ago
  Worth noting that RCS is a similar shit show. When I opted into this when I had an Android temporarily, it broke (some) SMS for iOS when I moved back. I had to set the android handset up again, log in with my google account and deregister it, then flatten the android handset again. This was ironic in a way because I was just trying to activate WhatsApp with SMS so I didn't have to use SMS/RCS/iMessage!
- dfgfek 3y ago
  How exactly will Apple know she no longer has an iPhone if she does not deregister?
  - justsomehnguy 3y ago
    How your computer know there is no longer a neighbour with an IP address X.X.X.X at MM:MM:MM:MM:MM:MM MAC address? Timeout

justsomehnguy 3y ago

> She needs to But thing is she shouldn't in the first place.

ckcheng 3y ago
Oh I don’t disagree. Given that she is in such a situation though, I’m just trying to be helpful by offering some hopefully useful info.
baz00 3y ago
Worth noting that RCS is a similar shit show. When I opted into this when I had an Android temporarily, it broke (some) SMS for iOS when I moved back. I had to set the android handset up again, log in with my google account and deregister it, then flatten the android handset again. This was ironic in a way because I was just trying to activate WhatsApp with SMS so I didn't have to use SMS/RCS/iMessage!
dfgfek 3y ago
How exactly will Apple know she no longer has an iPhone if she does not deregister?
- justsomehnguy 3y ago
  How your computer know there is no longer a neighbour with an IP address X.X.X.X at MM:MM:MM:MM:MM:MM MAC address? Timeout