How to deactivate Apple Messages on iPhone and iPad

As long as you are a part of Apple ecosystem, Messages, Apple’s instant messaging app is the best way to communicate and share multimedia data between your family and friends using Apple devices. But the moment you choose to move out of the ecosystem, Apple detects that you’ve moved on and stops all the SMS and MMS services and to start receiving the SMS on your other smartphone you should first deactivate iMessages to continue getting SMS or text messages from people still using iMessages.
If you are wondering how to go about it, here’s our step-by-step guide on how to deactivate iMessages:
Pre-requisites:
Active internet connectivity
An Apple device with Apple ID