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Open Kik on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device. The process is the same regardless of what device you're using.

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In the top right corner, touch the Talk To icon. It looks like a comic book speech bubble.

• If you don't see the speech bubble icon, you're using the older version. Click hereto go to the older version instructions.

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Touch Start a Group

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Touch + Add.

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On the Select People screen, touch all the people you'd like to add to the group, and then touch Done.

• A checkmark is added after the name to show that the person has been selected.
• You can deselect a person by touching their name again.

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Start the group chat. Touch Start to start the group.

• If you don't see Start, touch the checkmark in the top right corner.
• Naming the group and adding a group photo are both optional.

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Type a message and then touch Send. The message will be sent to everyone in your group.

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Add users to an existing group chat. Touch the Info button. It looks like two overlapping circles and a +. Touch + Add, and then choose more people to add to your group.

• On the Info screen, you can change the group name and photo. You can also mute the group to stop getting messages or leave the group entirely.

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Open the Settings menu. You can open this by clicking the Gear icon on the main Kik screen.

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Select "Chat Settings". If you are using a Windows Phone or BlackBerry, select "Privacy".

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Tap "Address Book Matching". This feature scans your phone's contact list to see if any of your contacts use Kik and also have the Address Book Matching feature turned on. You will need to agree by tapping "Yes".

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Enter your phone number. This will be used by Kik for your friends to be able to find you if they use Address Matching. After entering your phone number, your phone's address book will be scanned for other Kik users.

• Ensure that your account has a valid email address associated, as this will help increase the number of matches you get.
• No one can see your phone number, even with Address Book Matching enabled.

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Check your New People list. Any matches found will appear on this list. Tap their name to send a message to the person. Once you send a message, that person will be added to your Contacts list

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Understand how to add friends in Instagram. There are two ways that you can add people to your Kik contacts list: searching for them based on their Kik usernames, or by using Address Book Matching to scan your phone's contacts and find other Kik users.

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Ask your friend for their username. The easiest way to add people on Kik is to enter their username. Asking for your friend's username will make the whole process much easier.

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Tap the Talk To button. This will open the list of people you have already added to Kik.

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Tap the "Kik Username" field. This will allow you to enter in the username that you want to search for.

• If you don't know the person's entire username, you can enter just part of it. You may get lots of results if your search term is very general.

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Tap the Magnifying Glass button. Kik will search for users that match your username search. There may be multiple results depending on how specific your search was.

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Tap the username. This will open the messaging screen. Once you send the person a message, they will be added to your Kik Contacts

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Tap the "Gear" button. This can be found in the upper-right corner of the Kik message list.

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Tap "Chat Settings". If you are using Windows Phone or Blackberry, tap "Privacy".

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Tap "Block List". This will open a list of your currently-blocked users.

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Tap the "+" to add a new user to your block list. This will open your list of contacts. You can select any of your contacts from the list to block them. You can also type a name or Kik username to block someone not on your contacts list. After typing the name, select it from the list of search results.

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Confirm that you want to block the selected user. You will be prompted to confirm that you want to block the user you've selected.

• The user will not be notified that they have been blocked. Their messages to you will show as delivered but not read. You will not receive any messages they send.
• Blocking someone does not delete your previous chats from their device. Blocked users will still be able to see your profile picture and any changes you make to it.
• Blocked users will be able to see your messages if you are in the same group chat.

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Unblock a blocked user. If you don't want to continue blocking someone, you can quickly remove them from your blocked list.

• Open the "Block List" in the "Chat Settings" menu.
• Tap the user you want to unblock.
• Tap the "Unblock" button to remove the block. The user will not be notified that you have unblocked them.

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Open the Kik app. Tap the Settings icon, shaped like a gear, in the upper-right corner. It is not possible to "log-out" of Kik, as it does not support multiple users. Instead, you will be resetting the app, which will cause you to lose all of your conversations.

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Save your old messages. Resetting the app will delete all of your conversations. You can copy and paste individual messages by pressing and holding the message. Select "Copy" from the menu that appears, and then paste the message in another document to save it.

• It is possible to backup your Kik messages, but this requires that your phone berooted or jailbroken, and also requires a third-party app.

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Tap "Your Account". This will open a menu letting you make changes to your account settings.

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Tap "Reset Kik Messenger". Since you can't log out of Kik, resetting the app is the only way to remove your account information and sign in with another account. Resetting Kik will erase your conversation history.

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Confirm the reset. Tap "Yes" in the window that appears to confirm that you want to reset the app. Your account will not be deleted, but you will need to sign in again.

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Update Kik on iPod or iPhone. Go to your home screen in order to begin updating Kik. From here, go into your settings. Scroll down and select Kik. Next, select “Help & About Us” and then choose “Update Kik.

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Update Kik on Android. Go into the Google Play Store. This is the icon that looks like a white shopping bag with a multi-colored circle inside. Once here, click on the search bar near the top of the screen. A keyboard will pop up; type in “Kik Messenger.” Finally, select "Download any available updates."

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Update Kik on Windows Phones. Go into your settings from your home screen. Scroll until you see Kik’s icon and name. Click this and select “Help & About Us.” Next, select “Check for Updates,” and your Windows Phone will automatically download any available updates.

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Download Kik. Go into the app store or Google Play Store. Type Kik into the search bar. It is the app with a black and green message box icon. Verify your account information and download the app.

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Open Kik. If you’ve never had a Kik messenger, you’ll have to open an account. Fill in your name, phone number, username, and password. Once you do, a prompt will ask you if you wish to sync your contacts. Click OK.

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Open the chat. Now that you have your friends on Kik, start a chat. You can have multiple group chats going at any given time. Find the chat that has the picture you wish to download and open the chat simply by clicking on the feed.

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Press the picture. If you press and hold the picture, a menu will pop up on your screen. Tap Save to save your picture. As soon as you do, it will be saved to your camera roll.

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Open the picture. If this doesn’t work, open the picture in full screen by tapping it. Once it’s opened, tap the download arrow in the top right corner of your screen. Now it will be saved to your camera roll.

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Make sure Kik is up-to-date. If you aren’t able to download the picture using either of these methods, you may need to update to the latest version of Kik.

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If you can't find the Kik confirmation email, resend it. Resending a confirmation email if you can't find the original or it's expired only takes a few minutes. You do thiswith the Kik app on your mobile phone, not your computer. Use the following steps:^[5]

• Tap the gear icon at the top of the Kik home screen.
• Tap "Your Account."
• Tap "Email" and ensure your address is correct.
• Tap "Email is Unconfirmed."
• When the message pops up asking if you want Kik to send a new email, tap "Yes" to confirm.
• Note: On Windows Phone, this process is a little different. After going to the "Your Account" page, you need to tap "Account Status," then tap the appropriate checkmark to resend the email.

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Change your notifications so you only get bothered when you want to be. By default, Kik will notify you when you get a new message. However, if you don't like these messages, you can change the way that Kik notifies you with the following steps:

• Tap the gear icon at the top of the Kik home screen.
• Tap "Notifications."
• Check and uncheck the boxes on the following page to change the way that Kik notifies you. You can disable the sound that is played, the vibrating effect, and more.

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Use the block list to get rid of undesirable messages. Getting messages from someone you'd rather ignore, like an ex-friend or a junk mail bot? Disable unwanted messages by using Kik's built-in block list with the following steps:

• Tap the gear icon at the top of the Kik home screen.
• Tap "Chat Settings."
• Tap "Block List."
• Type in the username of the person you want to block or press the + button in the top right and browse your contact list manually. Click "Block" to confirm.
• Unblock someone by visiting the block list, tapping the name you want to unblock, and tapping "Unblock."

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Try re-installing the app if it repeatedly crashes. Kik is constantly being updated and having new features added to it by the Kik team. Sometimes, unfortunately, this rapid update cycle can make the app act strangely. The solution to this problem is usually fairly simple — just uninstall the app, then re-download it and install it once again. You will automatically be updated to the latest version of the app when you re-install it.

• Note: Uninstalling the app will delete your history of messages, so save any important information before you uninstall.

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Visit the Kik support center for more help. Have a technical problem that's not addressed here? Try using the Kik support site, which allows you to quickly search for your problem in the Kik database of help resources

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Set your profile picture. Your profile picture is what other people see when they're chatting with you. By default it is blank, but it's easy to set it to show a picture of yourself or something else. To do this, just use the following steps:

• Tap the gear icon at the top of the Kik home screen.
• On the next page, tap "Set Photo."
• Pick "Take Picture" to take a picture of yourself or pick "Choose Existing" to browse your camera roll for a picture to use.

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Personalize your chat bubble color. Bored of the default green chat bubble for your messages? Use the following steps to change it to the color you wish:

• Tap the gear icon at the top of the Kik home screen.
• Tap "Chat Settings."
• Tap "Chat Bubble Color."
• Tap the color you would like from the list of options.

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Try downloading new emoticons. Once you start using emoticons, it can be surprising how quickly you get used to throwing them into your messages. If you get tired of your basic selection of emoticons, try using the following steps to get more:

• Start a message to one of your friends.
• Tap the emoticon button.
• Tap the + button in the right corner of the menu that pops up.
• Select the emoticons you want from the shop.

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Try messaging the Kik Team for fun. Before you add anyone else to your list of contacts, you will have one already pre-set: a contact named "Kik Team." This is a support bot — a simple program that will try to answer any questions you ask it. It also has a number of witty one-liners and anecdotes in its repertoire, so try sending it any message you like and seeing what it has to say! You can also send it pictures and videos to have it comment on them.

• If you ask the Kik Team bot for help (for instance, with a message like "I need help"), it will give you a link to the Kik support page at help.kik.com.

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Send a message to a friend. Sending messages with Kik is easy! On the speech bubble menu, touch a friend’s name to open a chat. Touch the "Type a message" box, then type your message. Touch "Send" when you're done. That's it!

• Note that, on some devices, the "Send" button will look like a blue speech bubble. If you don’t see the Send button, touch the speech bubble to send your message instead.

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Add an emoticon to a message. Emoticons are fun themed graphics and smiley faces that you can use to add character and flair to your messages. To add an emoticon, touch the smiley face button while you're typing a message to a friend. A menu with many different choices should pop up. Touch an emoticon to choose it.

• If you want more options, you can buy additional emoticons in the Kik store. In the emoticon window, touch the + button to go to the Kik store. See "Using Extra Features" below for more information.

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Send a photo or video. When you're typing a message to a friend, to the left of the "Type a message" box, you should see a small + button. Press this. If you’ve given Kik access to your camera roll, you should see your photos and videos. Touch a photo to add it to your message. If you want, you can also type a message with your photo or video. Touch Send or the speech bubble button as normal to send the content.

• Note: On some mobile devices, especially iOS, the first time you try to send a photo or video from your camera roll, Kik will ask you if it can access your photos. Give the program your permission to continue.
• You can also change this setting in your iOS Settings app by scrolling down to the Kik app settings, and then changing the Privacy settings.

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Take a photo to send. You aren't limited to sending photos you've already taken — with Kik, you can also record and send them on the fly! To the left of the "Type a message field," touch the + button, then touch the camera button. You should see a view of your device's camera pop up. Touch the white circle to take a picture, then touch the Send button.

• Note: Again, on some devices, especially iOS, the first time you try to take a photo or video using Kik, it will ask you if it can access the Camera app.
• You can also change this setting in your iOS Settings app by scrolling down to the Kik settings, and then changing the Privacy settings.

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Use the globe icon to send other content. In addition to photos and videos from your phone, with Kik, you can also send YouTube videos, sketches, images and more. Doing this is easy — just touch the + button, then touch the globe icon. A small menu of options should pop up. Select the one you want. Your options are:

• Stickers: Small images that you can buy in the Kik store. Some stickers are free, while others require money or Kik points (Kp).
• Youtube Videos: Lets you browse and send videos from YouTube.
• Sketch: Lets you draw a picture.
• Image Search: Lets you search the internet for images according to the keyword you type in (e.g., "flowers," "landscapes," etc.)
• Memes: Lets you create your own custom "meme" images (e.g., Socially Awkward Penguin, etc.)
• Top Sites: Lets you browse and link from a list of hot websites. Note that the Kik points site, where you can earn Kp for buying stickers and so on, is in this list.

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Know how to delete images or videos before sending. Accidentally tap on the wrong picture? Undoing a mistake is easy. To delete an image or video, before sending it, touch the image or video, and then touch "Delete." Careful — you can't delete content after you've already sent it.

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