In Paris, he took silver in front of his American movie producer husband Dustin Lance Black and their two sons.
Now, the doting dad will put his focus on family after his emotional retirement.
He added: “I want to be with my family, I’m really excited to spend some time with them and feel normal for a couple of days.
“It’s just very overwhelming, I didn’t mean for it to time out like this but I just feel very proud of my career.”
Daley burst onto the Olympic stage as a fresh-faced teen and has become one of the poster boys for Team GB.
He was a flag-bearer for the Paris Games, where he became GB’s first diver to compete in five Olympics.
He said: “I am really happy with how everything has gone.
“It’s always hard to say goodbye to your sport, lots of things to process but I think it’s the right time, this year felt like a bonus and I got to compete in front family and my kids, I got to be flag bearer.
“Bucket list ticked off on every occasion. I’d like to think my kids are very proud of me.
“I am happy but it’s just hard to talk when you’ve loved something so much. The support that I’ve had from Great Britain has been so incredible.
“It’s the end of an era, but I can look back on my 23 years and be very proud.”
Daley made his Olympics debut aged 14 in 2008 Reuters He won bronze in London in 2012 PA Daniel Goodfellow and Daley took bronze in Rio PA Daley and Matty Lee took gold in 2021 PA Daley won individual bronze in the Men’s 10m Platform Final in Tokyo PA It was silver for Daley and team-mate Noah Williams in Paris Getty
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