Switching messages to go to email and not phone

My sisters has aiPod touch and when setting it up we share the same Apple ID and it asked if I wanted to use my cellnumber or email. I don't like getting her messages and her getting mine. How can I switch it so that it goes to the email and not phone?

Get you own Apple ID and use that for iMessage. (You can share the same ID for everything else if you want.) Go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive, tap the ID, sign out, then sign back in with your new ID. You should then no longer get each others messages.

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Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that it can be frustrating when you are trying to activate iMessage but it never activates. Please use the attached article below for information on troubleshooting and resolving this issue.
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