I need to disable iMessage from my MacBook and iPad. No matter how many times I utilize the Apple ID and password request in iMessage on my MacBook and iPad, I find it open and running almost everytime I log on. I share these devices with someone and have told him I only want messages on my iphone. How can I take care of this once and for all? please and thank you?
IPhone – How to Disable iMessage on iPad and MacBook
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Best Answer
To disable
Messages
on iPad:Settings
.Next, let us disable iMessage syncing your messages on your iPhone to your iPad. Again in
Settings
:Next, let us make sure nobody else but you can enable iMessage on iPad again. So, again in
Settings
:That's it - now,
iMessage
on iPad.Messages
on iPad.iMessage
again on your iPad (as long as they do not know your Screen Time passcode).To disable
Messages
on your macOS:Messages
.On macOS Mojave:
On macOS Big Sur:
(Screenshot from Apple support docs - the id and phone number are fake).
Now
Messages
should be disabled on your macOS too, and unless someone knows your Apple ID and password, they won't be able to enable and access it.(If you want to share your macbook with someone else regularly, create another user account for them. Learn how to do this here - Set up users, guests and groups on Mac).