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Help with Deactivation

Updated over 3 months ago

Deactivation refers to the process of stopping your mobile provider from forwarding your unanswered calls to YouMail. Since this is something you're asking your mobile provider to do (or, rather, STOP doing), it is a process that must be done from your phone.

IMPORTANT: This process must be done from your phone itself OR by your mobile provider (at your request). YouMail cannot do this on your behalf.

Some carriers, for example, Spectrum Mobile, provide an app for their customers. Within the app, you can enable/disable/update certain call features, including Conditional Call forwarding. If your provider has an app, check and see if this is something you can do, as it's an alternate method to update the setting.

Just like when you activated your phone with YouMail, the deactivation process sends carrier codes - either via the app or by manual dialing - to your mobile provider to ask them to stop forwarding your unanswered calls to YouMail. Once you complete the deactivation process, YouMail will no longer have access to transcribe your voicemails or protect your voicemail box from spam.

Why Deactivate?

Some customers choose to deactivate their call forwarding but leave the account open in case they have a full inbox and don't want to bother downloading every message. Some have changed to a carrier offering a service like YouMail. Others just opt to take a break or decide that they're only using YouMail for the Call Protection aspect and not the recording/transcribing of voicemail.

In any instance, deactivating your call forwarding does not uninstall the app from your phone. Equally, deleting the app does not automatically deactivate your account. Also, please note that if you’re a paying customer, you will still get charged if you do not cancel your YouMail order.

Is deactivation the same as canceling?

Deactivation is NOT the same as canceling your YouMail account. It simply stops your mobile provider from forwarding your unanswered calls to YouMail for handling.

Note: Deactivation does NOT delete the app from your phone nor cancel your YouMail account. If you wish to deactivate AND cancel, please click this link: Cancel my YouMail account

Please follow the instructions below, depending on your phone type in order to disable the conditional call forwarding correctly:

Deactivating via the Android App:

  • Open the YouMail app

  • Tap the Menu (☰) icon in the top left corner of the screen

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  • Tap Settings

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  • Select the section labeled Activate/Deactivate

  • Tap on Return to Carrier Voicemail

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  • Select Deactivate

  • Follow the on-screen Directions

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Deactivating via the iPhone App:

  • Open the YouMail app.

  • Select the "Shield" icon in the middle.

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  • Select Voicemail in the top-right corner.

  • Then, tap on Call Forwarding

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  • Select Deactivate and follow the on-screen instructions.

  • The app will automatically call the deactivation code for your specific carrier. Once you dial the code, it should update the setting on your carrier's network.

  • Once the code or codes have been dialed successfully, please ensure that you have a test call done. This ensures that calls are not still being forwarded by your carrier to YouMail.

  • If dialing doesn't work, you can always reach out to your carrier directly and have them disable the setting for you.

    "I'd like to disable conditional call forwarding and have my voicemail handled by the carrier".

  • Once the forwarding is disabled, you can choose to have the account deleted or not. The account can remain open without calls being forwarded.

If you have already uninstalled the app:

  • Dial your carrier deactivation code (as seen below)

  • Or contact your carrier to reset call forwarding and re-enable your carrier voicemail.

Below are the carrier deactivation codes. If your carrier requires multiple codes, please make a separate call for each code. If your provider is not listed below, but you know it uses the cell towers of another company listed below, feel free to try those codes. Pay careful attention to and be sure to include the * and # keys when necessary.

Example: If your carrier is T-Mobile, you would do the following: Dial and call ##004# from your phone's dial pad. If that doesn't work, you can try the alternate code set: ##61#, then dial ##62#, then dial ##67#.

Deactivation Codes

Carrier Name

Deactivation Code

AT&T Wireless

##004#

T-Mobile

##004#

##61#, ##62#, ##67#

AT&T (Cingular)

#004#

Verizon Wireless

*73

Cricket (Leap Wireless)

*730

US Cellular Corp

*900 and *920

Spectrum

*73

Telus Mobility

##004#

Rogers Wireless

##004#

Bell Mobility

*920

Alltel

*710

Edge Wireless

##004#

Cellular South

*760

Fido

##004#

Verizon Residential

*900 and *920

AT&T Residential

*900 and *920

nTelos

*710

Wind Mobile (Canada)

##004#

Mobilicity (Canada)

##004#

Plateau Wireless

##004#

Lyrix Wireless

##004#

NW Missouri Wireless

##004#

Cellular 29

*73

Simple Mobile

##004#

Solavei

##004#

Aio Wireless

##004#

CBeyond

*38

Ting

*38

Revol Wireless

*710

Cbeyond

*38

ATT Landline

*900 and *920

SBC Residential

*900 and *920

Bell South

##004#

Cox Digital

*900 and *920

Koodo Mobile

##004#

Republic Wireless

*38

MTS Mobility

*900 and *920

Sasktel

#67# and #61#

ChatMobility

*73

Straight Talk

##004#

If your deactivation code(s) are not working, click here.

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