Members of the Iranian delegation said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was flying to Tehran for consultations.
US officials said Kerry was heading for Paris to consult with his European counterparts in the French capital.
A US statement said Kerry's "future travel schedule is still being finalised, and we have not yet determined when he will return to Vienna".
Diplomats told the Reuters news agency that French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond were also leaving the Vienna talks after arriving earlier in the day.
Hammond held out hope for an agreement by Monday before meeting with Kerry and Fabius. At the same time, he told reporters that "we have a long way to go if we are to get to a deal before the deadline".
Expectations are growing that the Monday deadline for a full deal will be missed because of differences on how much Iran needs to reduce the size and scope of key parts of its nuclear programme.
High-stake talks
Both the Iranians and the six world powers negotiating with them must decide whether to go beyond Monday or adjourn to a later date.
Officials from the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany are seeking to reduce the potency of Iran's nuclear programme and slow its technical ability to produce atomic weapons.
There are two possibilities for the early withdrawal. One is that they know they have run out of time, that they are not going to reach a deal by Monday. So they are negotiating now the possibility of an extension beyond Monday because no one wants this to collapse completely.
The other possibility is that these are high stake talks and when you are in high stake negotiations, the tactic to get the other side to accept concession is to walk away from the table.
Iran denies seeking such arms, but is negotiating in pursuit of relief from international sanctions.
- Al Jazeera's diplomatic editor James Bays said there are two possible reasons for the pull out of both sides from the talks on Friday.
- "One possibility is that both know they have run out of time, that they are not going to reach a deal by Monday.So they are negotiating now the possibility of an extension beyond Monday because no one wants this to collapse completely," Bays, reporting from New York, said.
- "The other possibility is that these are high-stake talks and when you are in high-stake negotiations, the tactic to get the other side to accept concession is to walk away from the table."
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