Delete WeChat account - how it works
If you want to delete your WeChat account and say goodbye to Messenger, just follow the next steps in our guide.
WeChat: So far no delete function
The cross-platform chat service WeChat still has no delete function. It is not as easy to delete your account as with other services.
WeChat: How to delete your account anyway
In order to delete your account anyway, you have to request this from the support tram:
- Open the settings in the WeChat app and clear your history with "Clear Chat History".
- Then select "My Account" in the settings and delete the links to other apps such as Facebook.
- Now you have to request your deletion from the support team. To do this, send an email with the subject "User Account and Personal Information Removal Request" stating your WeChat ID, your registered email address, your mobile phone number and your name to " ".
- Since the support team is in English, you should write the email in English. Alternatively, you can use the following text: "I would like to hereby formally request the permanent removal of my user account and profile from wechat.com, and the complete deletion of my personal information, user profile's Url, and any kind of content and data related to my user account from your server (s) and database (s). "
If you want to switch to another chat service, you should read the comparison between sayHEY and WhatsApp.