You can apply for divorce if you are unmarried. When a citizen goes through the divorce registration, if the marital status of the household registration book is inconsistent with its current situation, it will not affect the divorce registration procedures, but the parties shall state the reasons for the inconsistency in writing.

Divorce is handled by the Civil Affairs Bureau or the court decides, and the change of household registration information is handled by the household registration management police station. As long as you don't transfer your household registration or change your household registration information after divorce, the word divorce will not be registered in the household registration book.

Matters needing attention in handling divorce

The parties involved in divorce registration shall submit their household registration book, identity card, certificate and two recent bareheaded photos of the same edition. If the parties are unable to submit their household registration books and identity cards, the marriage registration office may handle the divorce registration with the relevant certificates and supporting materials issued by the parties.

If the name, gender, date of birth and ID number in the household registration book are inconsistent with those on the ID card, the parties concerned shall first go to the relevant departments to correct them. If one party who applies for divorce registration loses his marriage certificate, the marriage registration office may handle divorce registration according to the marriage certificate of the other party.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Divorce.