AndroidTutor2018- Facebook decided a while back to make Messenger its own standalone app. The Facebook Messenger app doesn't have a log out button like the original Facebook app though, which irritates a number of users. In this article, we'll show you how to log out of Messenger on Android and iOS from your phone or PC.
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How to log out of Facebook Messenger on Android
There are two methods of logging out of Facebook Messenger on Android: clear Messenger's app data in your device Settings, or log out of the Messenger session from your Facebook app.
Clear Messenger app data in Settings
To log out of Facebook Messenger, you need to go into the Settings of your Android device.
Close the app if you have it open, and get rid of it from your recent apps list, otherwise this trick won’t work.
In Settings, scroll down to the Apps or Application Manager, and scroll down until you see Messenger.
Tap on this, and Clear data.
Now when you go back to tap on Messenger in your app drawer, you should see that it won't log you in automatically.
Pro tip: If someone else wants to use your phone to check their Facebook messages while you're still logged in, they just need to tap Switch Account to sign into their own account.
Settings > Apps > Messenger > Storage > Clear data / © AndroidPIT
Log out of Messenger session from the Facebook app
If you've got Messenger on your phone, chances are good that you've got the Facebook app as well. From the Android Facebook app, tap the More button on the top right (which should appear as three lines), then go to Account settings, followed by Security and login. You'll see a section called Where you're logged in, then just select the Messenger session and tap Log Out.
Facebook app > More > Account settings > Security and login > Where you're logged in > Messenger > Log Out / © AndroidPIT
How to log out of Facebook Messenger on iOS
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How to log out of Facebook Messenger on Android
There are two methods of logging out of Facebook Messenger on Android: clear Messenger's app data in your device Settings, or log out of the Messenger session from your Facebook app.
Clear Messenger app data in Settings
To log out of Facebook Messenger, you need to go into the Settings of your Android device.
Close the app if you have it open, and get rid of it from your recent apps list, otherwise this trick won’t work.
In Settings, scroll down to the Apps or Application Manager, and scroll down until you see Messenger.
Tap on this, and Clear data.
Now when you go back to tap on Messenger in your app drawer, you should see that it won't log you in automatically.
Pro tip: If someone else wants to use your phone to check their Facebook messages while you're still logged in, they just need to tap Switch Account to sign into their own account.
Settings > Apps > Messenger > Storage > Clear data / © AndroidPIT
Log out of Messenger session from the Facebook app
If you've got Messenger on your phone, chances are good that you've got the Facebook app as well. From the Android Facebook app, tap the More button on the top right (which should appear as three lines), then go to Account settings, followed by Security and login. You'll see a section called Where you're logged in, then just select the Messenger session and tap Log Out.
Facebook app > More > Account settings > Security and login > Where you're logged in > Messenger > Log Out / © AndroidPIT
How to log out of Facebook Messenger on iOS
Open your Facebook app (not Messenger, but the Facebook iOS app itself), then tap the More button on the bottom right. Scroll down to Settings, tap Account Settings, then Security. In the Security menu, go to Where you're logged in. Once you open it, you can manage all your Facebook account's active sessions across any device, app or browser. Then just close the session listed as "Facebook Messenger on iOS 10" or whichever version of iOS your iPhone is running on. The next time you open Messenger, you'll be logged out and prompted to log back in with the same account as before, or you can choose to switch accounts at that point.
Facebook app > More > Account settings > Security and login > Where you're logged in > Messenger > Log Out / © AndroidPIT
How to log out of the Messenger app from the Facebook website
You can log out of the iOS or Android Messenger apps from the Facebook website, from your PC or your mobile phone's browser. Go to Facebook.com, then select Settings from the dropdown menu onthe top right. Go to Security and Login, then find the section called Where You're Logged In. Find the Messenger session you'd like to log out of, click the three dots on the right, then click Log Out.
Settings > Security and Login > Where You're Logged In > Messenger > Log Out / © AndroidPIT
These workaround methods are a bit annoying, but they work. Facebook doesn't seem keen to change the situation to make it any easier. If you are annoyed by Facebook in general, you might want to consider giving it the boot and trying one of these Facebook alternatives.
What do you think of Facebook's decision to make Messenger a separate app? Does it annoy you that there's no log-out button? Let us know in the comments.
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4 Malstron 2 months ago Link to comment
Thank you! I can't find the logout option in the messenger app. Clear data it's the only option...
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1 Artie 2 months ago Link to comment
I wish the logout was easier. Kind of defeats the point of the green light next to your name if you're not really willing to start chatting. OTOH, Facebook wants to suck everyone to their platform as much as possible, so maybe they're ok with it.
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1 Umesh Sahai 2 months ago Link to comment
thanks for this article, I stuck when i can't find logout
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7 Vera H. 2 months ago Link to comment
It is inconvenient to transfer messages from facebook via Messenger
1 Kristina Nelson
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1 Miller Heide 5 months ago Link to comment
Logging from the Facebook messenger application is quite tricky, the user can not easily logout from it, here you will some bets tips to logout from the Facebook go through this blog
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2 Melissa Harrison 5 months ago Link to comment
i wish i could just click log out like i can with my Facebook profile.
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1 Suzanne Williams 6 months ago Link to comment
Another way to access your messages without installing messenger is to go to the browser settings, I use chrome. Check the box that says view desktop version. Its annoying but not as annoying as messenger.
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1 AJP 7 months ago Link to comment
Thanks, for those who can't find the clear data button, it is inside the storage option.
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1 Alyson Ferro 8 months ago Link to comment
I HATE THAT THERE IS NO LOG OUT and that fb on my phone makes u get messenger!! Also HATE that it tells people when u were last active !
This article doesn't work for me cuz there is no "clear data" option in my application mgr apps, just "force stop"
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1 AJP 7 months ago Link to comment
Of course there is, it's inside the storage option.
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1 De Roxen 10 months ago Link to comment
Very Simple
TRICK 1
1. Open in browser______ m.facebook.com
2. Than go to account setting
3. Than Security Setting
4. Than where are you loged in
5. Than Log out all sessions
Cheers
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1 Muhammed Affas 11 months ago Link to comment
Actually a simple trick is to go to the switch account panel and then retype the accou t info that is logged in and this somehow helped me to log out :)
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1 James Furlong Oct 13, 2016 Link to comment
I went to settings then apps find messenger click force stop and it will stop it until you click on messenger app and it will reconnect back on. They should log out with your Facebook it is so annoying
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2 Betsy GonXalex Sep 6, 2016 Link to comment
It sucks! i logged in my mom's phone and it keeps sending my account's notifications to her phone even tho i switched it to her account.. mine won't disappear until i delete de app!
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2 d.o 10 months ago Link to comment
same thing happened to me!! I logged in on my mom's phone and it keeps sending notifications to her phone.
how did you fix it??
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1 Akanksha Khot Jul 22, 2016 Link to comment
Thanx!
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2 Kiều Linh Lê Jun 9, 2016 Link to comment
It's ok for me when using separate app face and messenger. But I wish that when logout facebook app, the messenger also logout.
Thanks.
1 Alyson Ferro
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1 Abbas Khan May 29, 2016 Link to comment
I've gotten a very simple way sign out of messenger completely.
Go to your facebook account Go to account settings,general settings,and change your password when it's done,check "log me out of other devices" . And now you are out of messenger, you can now log in with any account you want to log in with
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2 Betsy GonXalex Sep 6, 2016 Link to comment
yeah but you have to change your pass.. it's annoying, they should fix that useless thing
1 Alyson Ferro
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2 Mahmood Ali Feb 18, 2016 Link to comment
I got a better trick for all type of messanger. andriod, iOS or any operating system. Just open facebook in app or any browser. Go to setting>Select Security Setting>See Active sessions 0r Where u loged in or like that> Open it> you will get your current sessions. you search messanger.> When you find it Click on End Session, Or Remove or Click (the options are different for different browsers but all have same function). when u would have done this. You have loged in your messanger successfully. To check open messanger again. you will get message. log in session has expired, plz re login. You can also use this trick to log out your account remotely from any system if you have left loged in. Give Me feed back if you like
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Facebook app > More > Account settings > Security and login > Where you're logged in > Messenger > Log Out / © AndroidPIT
How to log out of the Messenger app from the Facebook website
You can log out of the iOS or Android Messenger apps from the Facebook website, from your PC or your mobile phone's browser. Go to Facebook.com, then select Settings from the dropdown menu onthe top right. Go to Security and Login, then find the section called Where You're Logged In. Find the Messenger session you'd like to log out of, click the three dots on the right, then click Log Out.
Settings > Security and Login > Where You're Logged In > Messenger > Log Out / © AndroidPIT
These workaround methods are a bit annoying, but they work. Facebook doesn't seem keen to change the situation to make it any easier. If you are annoyed by Facebook in general, you might want to consider giving it the boot and trying one of these Facebook alternatives.
What do you think of Facebook's decision to make Messenger a separate app? Does it annoy you that there's no log-out button? Let us know in the comments.
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4 Malstron 2 months ago Link to comment
Thank you! I can't find the logout option in the messenger app. Clear data it's the only option...
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1 Artie 2 months ago Link to comment
I wish the logout was easier. Kind of defeats the point of the green light next to your name if you're not really willing to start chatting. OTOH, Facebook wants to suck everyone to their platform as much as possible, so maybe they're ok with it.
0
Reply
1 Umesh Sahai 2 months ago Link to comment
thanks for this article, I stuck when i can't find logout
0
Reply
7 Vera H. 2 months ago Link to comment
It is inconvenient to transfer messages from facebook via Messenger
1 Kristina Nelson
Reply
1 Miller Heide 5 months ago Link to comment
Logging from the Facebook messenger application is quite tricky, the user can not easily logout from it, here you will some bets tips to logout from the Facebook go through this blog
0
Reply
2 Melissa Harrison 5 months ago Link to comment
i wish i could just click log out like i can with my Facebook profile.
1 Artie
Reply
1 Suzanne Williams 6 months ago Link to comment
Another way to access your messages without installing messenger is to go to the browser settings, I use chrome. Check the box that says view desktop version. Its annoying but not as annoying as messenger.
0
Reply
1 AJP 7 months ago Link to comment
Thanks, for those who can't find the clear data button, it is inside the storage option.
0
Reply
1 Alyson Ferro 8 months ago Link to comment
I HATE THAT THERE IS NO LOG OUT and that fb on my phone makes u get messenger!! Also HATE that it tells people when u were last active !
This article doesn't work for me cuz there is no "clear data" option in my application mgr apps, just "force stop"
0
Reply
1 AJP 7 months ago Link to comment
Of course there is, it's inside the storage option.
0
Reply
1 De Roxen 10 months ago Link to comment
Very Simple
TRICK 1
1. Open in browser______ m.facebook.com
2. Than go to account setting
3. Than Security Setting
4. Than where are you loged in
5. Than Log out all sessions
Cheers
0
Reply
1 Muhammed Affas 11 months ago Link to comment
Actually a simple trick is to go to the switch account panel and then retype the accou t info that is logged in and this somehow helped me to log out :)
0
Reply
1 James Furlong Oct 13, 2016 Link to comment
I went to settings then apps find messenger click force stop and it will stop it until you click on messenger app and it will reconnect back on. They should log out with your Facebook it is so annoying
0
Reply
2 Betsy GonXalex Sep 6, 2016 Link to comment
It sucks! i logged in my mom's phone and it keeps sending my account's notifications to her phone even tho i switched it to her account.. mine won't disappear until i delete de app!
1 d.o
Reply
2 d.o 10 months ago Link to comment
same thing happened to me!! I logged in on my mom's phone and it keeps sending notifications to her phone.
how did you fix it??
0
Reply
1 Akanksha Khot Jul 22, 2016 Link to comment
Thanx!
0
Reply
2 Kiều Linh Lê Jun 9, 2016 Link to comment
It's ok for me when using separate app face and messenger. But I wish that when logout facebook app, the messenger also logout.
Thanks.
1 Alyson Ferro
Reply
1 Abbas Khan May 29, 2016 Link to comment
I've gotten a very simple way sign out of messenger completely.
Go to your facebook account Go to account settings,general settings,and change your password when it's done,check "log me out of other devices" . And now you are out of messenger, you can now log in with any account you want to log in with
0
Reply
2 Betsy GonXalex Sep 6, 2016 Link to comment
yeah but you have to change your pass.. it's annoying, they should fix that useless thing
1 Alyson Ferro
Reply
2 Mahmood Ali Feb 18, 2016 Link to comment
I got a better trick for all type of messanger. andriod, iOS or any operating system. Just open facebook in app or any browser. Go to setting>Select Security Setting>See Active sessions 0r Where u loged in or like that> Open it> you will get your current sessions. you search messanger.> When you find it Click on End Session, Or Remove or Click (the options are different for different browsers but all have same function). when u would have done this. You have loged in your messanger successfully. To check open messanger again. you will get message. log in session has expired, plz re login. You can also use this trick to log out your account remotely from any system if you have left loged in. Give Me feed back if you like
2 Lachel ArdiMartin Gregory
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