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Sunday, September 22nd, 2019 2:56 PM

SIMS Card removal or deactivation

I have a new iPhone 11. Apple sent message to contact my carrier to remove or deactivate my old SIMs card from my no longer useable iPhone 6+. How do I do that?

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ACE - Expert

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13.1K Messages

5 years ago

When you activate the sim in your new phone on your account, it should deactivate your old sim.

Tutor

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5 Messages

5 years ago

Excellent! Thanks. I'll ignore the Apple message.

Contributor

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2 Messages

4 years ago

My sim card stop reading in my phone so what do I do get it working again

Contributor

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2 Messages

4 years ago

How I get my sim card working again

Scholar

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232 Messages

4 years ago

I have some old iPhones  that still have sim cards in them and I think they are deactivated ,and I'm just wondering on how to get rid of those sim cards and how to make sure they are no longer active?

Former Employee

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32.9K Messages

4 years ago

cut em up

Scholar

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232 Messages

4 years ago

how do I make sure they are deactive?

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ACE - Master

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10.4K Messages

4 years ago

If you remove the SIM card and cut it up, it’s no longer usable.  By definition, that’s deactivated.

ACE - Expert

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64.7K Messages

4 years ago

@bigelarkin Turn the phone on. If it says “no service”, the sim is not active but as suggested, cutting it up will ensure that.

New Member

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3 Messages

4 years ago

I have my sim card number that's written on the sim card, but I don't have the sim card anymore.  How can I deactivate the sim card? 

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