How to turn WhatsApp off without uninstalling it or deleting the account?

There is no option built in Whatsapp to logout from your account. It is one of the drawbacks of Whatsapp. Only way to turn it off is either by uninstalling it or deleting your account or switch off your phone. One advise from me is you can backup your app, then uninstall it and install it whenever required. But again you have to go through the process of your number verification and you will lose your messages.

Dear Member,

Whenever I face a problem like this with any app, I will try to force stop the application. Here is how I do that.

* In your mobile, Go to Settings->Applications. Now in this page you will have three categories(may be four) of applications. First one is 'Downloaded', second is 'Internal', third is 'Running applications' and the fourth one might be 'All'. Go to the 'Downloaded' or 'All' category.

* Check whether 'WhatsApp' is present in 'Downloaded' or 'All' category. If it is present, then click on it. Now you will come into a page where you can see the button "Force Stop". Click on it. If it asking for confirmation, give OK. Check now in 'Running Applications'. Your WhatsApp application would have stopped from external connections and would have gone in passive mode.

* Do not ever try to open WhatsApp at this stage because if you do so, its equal to making it active again.

You may turn off your data usage, if yo do not need same for other uses. Apps like whatsapp are expected to be always on and ready to make one 'connected'. Hence turning it off defeats its designed purpose.

Thank you, Syed Rizwan. That is the thing I was looking for. It really worked the way I wanted it to, and it has solved my problem.

Thank you once again!

If you are using android phone/ tablet. Then you can turn off your WhatsApp. To turn off WhatsApp just follow the below steps:

Method 1:
For android 2.3
1) Go to setting and select "applications" then go to running services then click on ALL.
2) Select WhatsApp then click on Force Stop.

For android 4 and above
1) Go to settings and select "application manager" then click on ALL.
2) Select WhatsApp and click on Force Stop.

Now your WhatsApp will be off and enjoy. If you will click on WhatsApp application then it will be restarted.

Method 2:
If you are using Smartphone then you can turn off your mobile data.

1 Open whatsapp
2 go to change my number
3 insert another number
4 Now whatsapp ask u about verification code
5 don't insert code
6 now close your app
7 now u r unable to receive messages