Kik Messenger has become so very popular in part because it is just so easy to use. Most Kik Messenger users somehow manage to accumulate a huge amount of friends very quickly. It is the easiest thing to do and when you realize you will have a mile long chat list. Perhaps, because Kik Messenger gives its users the possibility of deleting any one, most Kik users hardly think about it twice before adding new chat friends to their chats lists.
After all, what harm could it do to add as many Kik users as you want to? People who think like that are, in a way, right to approach it like that. Kik Messenger users can add anyone they want to and in be safe in the knowledge that they can then delete them if they begin to be bothersome, or if they just change their mind later on for whatever reason.
There are just two possible small problems that could arise from this, though (but, believe us, they are tiny and very easy to solve). The first problem is that if you add way too many friends on your chat list (okay, fine, there is not such a thing as “way too many friends” but you get what we are saying: if you add a lot of people that you may not even remember), how can you then find the one you would like to chat with? It can be hard to go through what may seem like interminable lists of friends (many of whom you probably will not remember chatting with), to find the right person you are intending to contact. What with a small screen and people using usernames, you could spend a lot time rummaging through longs lists and may find yourself having to do that more than once until you find the right person.
The second issue may arise when you decide you have “too many friends” to chat with or just want to delete someone from your Kik Messenger chat list for whatever reason. How can this be done? Will they know you have deleted them?
In this article we will address all of these questions and others related to finding and deleted contacts from Kik Messenger.
How to Find Your Contacts on Kik Messenger
The answer very much depends on what you mean by “contacts”. You could mean the people already added to your chat lists or the friends you have made on the website Kik contacts. Whatever the case, we will show you how to find your contacts.
But let’s start with the Kik contacts website.
Introducing Kik Contacts
Kik contacts is a website that allow Kik Messenger users to connect with one another. All you need to do is sign up for free. You will need to be at least 15 years old to be allowed to sign up and if you are under 18, you will need permission for one of your parents or legal guardians before you can submit your Kik username to Kik Contacts and start using the service.
The Kik Contacts is a very good way to make new friends on the Kik Messenger because it they do not allow people with more than one profile to join, which prevents fake profiles. This means that you will not waste your time adding people with fake profiles. Also, Kik Contacts ban anybody caught breaking the rules. So, if you decide to use this service, you will need to become familiar with what their rules are and make your utmost to not break them. But, also it guarantees that if other users break them they will be banned so you will not have to deal with them.
If you sign up to Kik Contacts just to find out at some point further down the line that you have had enough of it, you can always cancel or deactivate your account easily. So, you will not be committed to anything by signing up to this free service.
How Can I find friends on Kik Contacts?
Kik Contacts allow its members the possibility of finding friends in a variety of ways. The service will match you up with similar members based on your profile. Also, you can search for other members; see who is online; or go for random users if you want to be surprised.
With Kik Contacts you could be chatting with new friends in no time. Just use the Kik Contacts website to find new people and then add them to your chat list and start messaging them. Also, of course, by signing up, other people will start adding you on their lists so you will be getting lots of chat requests.
If you do not use the Kik Contacts website and would like how to find your friends, all you need is your smart phone or any other mobile device you use Kik Messenger on.
Now, whereas the mobile device you actually use makes absolutely no difference when it comes to finding your friends on the Kik Messenger app, the version of Kik Messenger you are using will. However, regardless of what version of Kik Messenger you are using on your smart phone or mobile device, you will always be able to find your friends and contacts very easily.
So, just to make things extra simple, we will show you exactly what you need to do in order to find your friends on Kik Messenger whether you have the latest version of the app or an older one.
If you have the latest version on Kik Messenger of your Android or iOS mobile device (either iPod or iPhone), these are the steps you will need to follow:
- Grab your Android or iOS mobile device.
- Open the Kik Messenger app.
- Go to your main chats list, and tap on the search icon.
- Then, tap on “use phone contacts”.
- Enter your phone number.
- And finally tap on “find friends”
If you have an old version on Kik Messenger of your Android or iOS mobile device (either iPod or iPhone), these are the steps you will need to follow:
- Grab your Android or iOS mobile device.
- Open the Kik Messenger app.
- Go to your main chats list, and tap on the search icon.
- Select “Find people” from the dropdown list.
- Then, tap on “use phone contacts”.
- Enter your phone number.
- And finally tap on “find friends”
These are the really simple steps you will need to make to find who, among your contacts is on Kik Messenger. This, however, will only work if you enter your phone number correctly.
How to Delete Kik Messenger Contacts
“More than once, I’ve wished my real life had a delete key.”- Harlan Coben
Deleting contacts on Kik Messenger sounds a bit negative but you do not need to approach it like that. Sometimes, you realize that you have too many contacts that you have not chatted with in a while. You could have users on your chats lists. It is not always the case that you would be deleting people for any negative reasons. Most of the time, it will simply be because you do guys have simply stopped messaging.
Anyway, regardless the reason (and they are all valid), here it is how you will delete your contacts from Kik Messenger. Just follow these simple steps in order to do so:
- Grab your smart phone.
- Open the Kik Messenger app.
- Go to your main chats lists.
- Tap on the icon that looks like a magnifying glass, located on the right hand bottom of the screen.
- The list of people that you are chatting with will display.
- Find the contact you would like to delete from the list.
- Tap on the contact you would like to delete and hold down your thumb.
- You will then see a black box pop up with the name of the contact you are tapping on and a button that says “remove from list”.
- Tap on remove from list.
This is all you will need to do. As you can see the process is extremely simple. The steps involved in deleting your Kik Messenger contacts allow you plenty of opportunity to check that you have selected the right person before you delete it. It is worth following the steps carefully to avoid deleting the wrong contact.
Also, if you are thinking of deleting one or some of your contacts, just consider that you may not be able to chat to them again. So, if this is someone that you enjoyed chatting with but just have not talked to for quite sometime, it may be worth trying to contact them one last time before making the decision to delete them.
In this article we have shown you how to find your Kik contacts and how to delete them. It is of course up to you how you use the Kik Messenger app so we are only offering you guideless and, at most, some advice that you can take or leave but that you could at least consider if you want to make the most of using Kik Messenger whether on a mobile device or online.