The WTA reported Williams' withdrawal from the occasion that begins on October 23 on their Twitter channel, posting a video of Williams clarifying the choice.
It will be the second in a row year that Williams is skirting the season finale in Singapore because of harm.
"Hello everybody in Singapore," Williams said. "I'm super freeloaded that I won't have the capacity to come contend this year.
"It's been a truly intense year for me simply managing such a great amount with these shoulder wounds. My specialist demands that I stay home and mend it each and every day."
The 22-time Fabulous Hammer champion prior hauled out of two competitions in China in the wake of being thumped out of the semi-finals of the US Open.
That thrashing saw Williams' 186-week rule on the world rankings end as Germany's Angelique Kerber achieved the summit and caught the Flushing Knolls title into the deal.
Williams asserted only one Thousand Hammer title in 2016, at Wimbledon. After that, shoulder inconveniences hampered her in Rio where her trusts of a fifth Olympic gold award were smashed in the third round.
WTA Chief Steve Simon said in an announcement that coordinators were "as disillusioned as the fans".
"We wish her a rapid recuperation and anticipate seeing her back contending, fit and sound," he included.
Williams' withdrawal opens up the eighth capability spot to England's Johanna Konta, Spain's Carla Suárez Navarro and Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Either Navarro or Kuznetsova must win the title in Moscow at the VTB Kremlin Glass one week from now with a specific end goal to defeat Konta for the eighth and last qualifying spot.
The competition in Singapore will see ruling champion Agnieszka Radwanska safeguarding her title against current top seed Kerber.
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