In previous articles we have explained how you go about registering or signing up to the Kik Messenger app. In this article we will talk about everything you need to know about how the Kik verify email process works and verifying your email address with Kik Messenger.
Kik is a popular messaging app that is used by millions of people around the world. To ensure the safety and security of its users, Kik has a verification process that requires users to verify their email address. This is an important step in the registration process as it helps to verify that the user is a real person and not a bot. Once the verification process is complete, users can start chatting with their friends and family on the messaging platform. Kik also allows users to send chat messages, videos, images, and other types of media to their contacts. Kik can be used on both cellular networks and Wi-Fi connections, and it is compatible with Android devices. To add friends on Kik, users can use a Kik code, which is a unique code that can be scanned to add someone to your contact list. Overall, Kik is one of the most popular social messaging apps available today.
Who Do You Need to Verify Your Email Address In Order to Complete Your Registration to Kik Messenger?
Some people may consider entering their email address when they first register to Kik Messenger perhaps a tad too invasive. There is absolutely no need to feel like that at all. Kik Messenger will not share your email address with other companies or any other Kik Messenger users. Only if you allow “address book matching feature” will other Kik Messenger users be able to find you but they will never be able to see Kik account current your email address.
By using your email address when you first sign up to the Kik Messenger app, you will be able to receive important emails from Kik Messenger. For example, if you forget your password or any other login details, you will only be able to reset your password in order to login to Kik Messenger, by using email. In the case you forget your Kik Messenger password and need it to be reset, Kik Messenger will send you all instructions to the email address you used when you first registered.
Okay, so entering your email address when you first registered is not enough. Soon after you enter your email address, Kik Messenger emails you further instructions so you can confirm that you have entered the correct email address. This is important because it is the only way Kik Messenger has of confirming that you have entered a valid email address (i.e., an email address that you do use and have access to). If you do not confirm it then, you will still be able to use the Kik Messenger app but you may run into some trouble further down the line when it comes time for you to resent your password, for instance.
So, we do recommend you ensure you have confirmed your email address. If you have been using the Kik Messenger app for quite some time and have forgotten whether you confirmed your email address, it is never too late to ensure that you indeed have.
All you need to do in order to check whether you have verified your email address is just follow these simple step guide:
If you have an iOS device (iPhone or iPod), this is what you will need to do:
- Grab your smart phone or mobile device.
- Head over to the Kik Messenger app.
- Tap on settings.
- Choose “your account” from all the available options.
- Then select “email” to check your email status.
If you have an Android Smartphone, BlackBerry, or a Symbian device, this is what you will need to do:
- Grab your smart phone or mobile device.
- Head over to the Kik Messenger app.
- Tap on settings.
- Choose “your account” from all the available options.
- Then, your email status will be displayed under your email address.
If you have an Windows Phone, this is what you will need to do:
- Grab your smart phone.
- Head over to the Kik Messenger app.
- Tap on settings.
- Choose “your account” from all the available options.
- Then, your email status will be displayed as part of your Kik account status.
If your email status is confirmed or verified, you do not have to worry about it; there is not anything else that you would need to do. If, however, your email address is not verified or confirmed, you will need to take some extra steps in order to change that. We would recommend you do that as soon as possible. Just go to the next section of this article to see how you would need to proceed in such case.
What Do You Need to Do If You Did Not Get A Confirmation Email?
“I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I’m really good at email.”- Elon Musk
Whether you are new to Kik Messenger or have been using for a while, in this section we will show you all you need to do if you have not received a confirmation email. The first thing you will need to do is to check that you have entered the correct email address.
In order to check whether you have entered the correct email address, all you will need to do is to follow these simple steps:
If you have an iPhone, iPod, Android, Symbian or BlackBerry mobile device, this is what you will need to do:
- Grab your smart phone or mobile device.
- Head over to the Kik Messenger app.
- Tap on settings.
- Choose “email” from all the available options.
- The email address you used when you originally registered will be displayed there. Just change it to a valid email address (i.e., one that is current and that you have full access to).
- Finally, just tap on “save/ok” or “change email” to save the new email address. A confirmation email will be sent to the new email address.
If you have a Windows Phone, this is what you will need to do:
- Grab your smart phone or mobile device.
- Head over to the Kik Messenger app.
- Tap on settings.
- Choose “your account” from all the available options.
- Then choose “change your email”.
- Enter a valid email address (i.e., one that is current and that you will have full access to).
- Finally, just tap on the checkmark located in the bottom middle area of your screen to save the new email address you have just entered. A confirmation email will be sent to the new email address.
Provided that you have entered the correct email address (i.e., a valid email address that you have access to) but you still cannot find the Kik Messenger, the next thing you should do is to check your junk mail folder. Although rare, it is totally possible that your email provider has redirected or filtered your confirmation email to the junk mail folder so it is always worth checking that.
What Do You Need to Do If Your Confirmation Email Has Expired?
In the two previous section we have shown you exactly what you need to know if you need to check whether you have been sent a confirmation email, how to change the email address linked to your Kik Messenger account, and what you need to do if you have not received the confirmation the confirmation email. What we have not addressed yet if what you need to do if you did receive the confirmation email but, for whatever reason, you did not act on it when you had the chance and the confirmation email has already expired.
So, what do you do if you find the confirmation email but when you try to verify your email address you find out that the email from Kik Messenger has expired?
In that case you should ignore the email that was originally sent out to you and request a new one. The process for doing just that is far less complicated that it may appear. All you need to do is request the confirmation email be resent from the Kik Messenger app.
There are just a few easy steps for you to follow in order to request the verification email or verification link to be resent and they are as follows:
If you have an Android, or an iOS smart phone or mobile device (i.e., an iPhone or an iPod), this is what you will need to do:
- Grab your smart phone or mobile device.
- Head over to the Kik Messenger app.
- Tap on settings.
- Choose “your account” from all the available options.
- Then choose “email”.
- Finally, tap on “not confirmed/email is unconfirmed”. This will generate a new confirmation email to be sent to the registered email address. Be sure to verify the email you will receive from Kik Messenger as soon as possible so that you will need to repeat this operation again! If you cannot locate the email from Kik Messenger, do not forget you check out in your junk folder just in case your email provider has filtered it there.
If you have a Windows Phone, this is what you will need to do:
- Grab your smart phone.
- Head over to the Kik Messenger app.
- Tap on settings.
- Choose “your account” from all the available options.
- Then choose “account status”.
- Finally, tap on the “checkmark” icon. This will generate a new confirmation email to be sent to the registered email address. Be sure to verify the email you will receive from Kik Messenger as soon as possible so that you will need to repeat this operation again! If you cannot locate the email from Kik Messenger, do not forget you check out in your junk folder just in case your email provider has filtered it there.
In this article we have covered everything you need to know about verifying your email address when it comes to registering to the Kik Messenger app. It is important that, as a Kik Messenger user, you confirm or verify your email address for all the reasons we have highlighted earlier. If you have not done this yet or simply you cannot remember whether you did it, go back and re-read the relevant sections of this article.