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How to log out of FaceTime on your Mac computer in 5 simple steps

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Logging out of FaceTime on your Mac is simple, and it's a good thing to do for added security and privacy. Crystal Cox/Business Insider
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Before you can log out of FaceTime on your Mac computer, you of course need to know how to log in. Which you can do in just a few clicks, provided you already have an Apple ID with your phone number and email and such synced up.

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How to logout of FaceTime on your Mac

1. Assuming the FaceTime app's icon is not in your dock at the bottom of your Mac's screen, click on the Launchpad icon (it's a rocket) and find the bright green FaceTime icon in there. Clicking it will open the app and will ask you to log in with your Apple ID email and password. And now to log out of FaceTime on your Mac.

2. Click the word FaceTime on the taskbar atop the screen.

3. Click the word "Preferences…" from the drop-down menu.

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The "Preferences" window is also the place where you can customize much of the function of the FaceTime app.  Steven John/Business Insider

4. Click the white "Sign Out" button.

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Once you have signed out of FaceTime on your Mac, the computer will not be able to receive calls until you log in again.  Steven John/Business Insider

5. Click the "Sign Out" button on the pop-up window to confirm.

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Click "Sign Out" again.  Steven John/Business Insider

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Steven John has been a freelance writer for more than a dozen years and has been a regular contributor to Business Insider since 2017. His work includes a focus on the tech world, covering companies including Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Google, and others. He also reviews restaurants, shares how-to cooking articles, and writes general interest pieces.Steven also writes for publications including Architectural Digest, The Daily Beast, Forbes, and more. In the past, he also wrote for New York Magazine, Mashed, U.S. News & World Report and other outlets. He runs his own outdoor lifestyle site, Dad Gear Review, and co-hosts the Fact Trekkers podcast with his son. He has had two novels published, Three A.M. and Outrider. He graduated from Emerson College with a degree in communications focused on filmmaking.He is an avid outdoorsman and can be frequently found in a kayak or on a mountain trail, often with his family along for the adventure.Expertise:Tech industryTech hardwareOutdoorsCookingRestaurantsDIYPopular articles:Microsoft: A history of the software giant co-founded by Bill Gates, its products and services, jobs, layoffs, and moreYouTube is a major entertainment force. Here's the platform's history, plus how to create a channel and upload videos.Inside the life and career of Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, billionaire, and philanthropistTim Cook net worth: How the Apple leader earns and spends his moneyBecoming an Amazon seller is a simple process. Here's what's involved, plus how you make money and get paid.