{"id":4075,"date":"2022-07-10T12:38:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T12:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=4075"},"modified":"2022-07-10T12:38:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T12:38:06","slug":"how-to-delete-an-instagram-account-permanently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-an-instagram-account-permanently","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete an Instagram Account Permanently"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ea43893f926\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ea43893f926\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ea43893f926\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-an-instagram-account-permanently\/#How_to_Delete_an_Instagram_Account_Permanently\" title=\"How to Delete an Instagram Account Permanently\">How to Delete an Instagram Account Permanently<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-an-instagram-account-permanently\/#Temporarily_disable_an_Instagram_account\" title=\"Temporarily disable an Instagram account\">Temporarily disable an Instagram account<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-an-instagram-account-permanently\/#Email_a_copy_of_your_profile_to_yourself\" title=\"Email a copy of your profile to yourself\">Email a copy of your profile to yourself<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-an-instagram-account-permanently\/#Delete_an_Instagram_account_permanently\" title=\"Delete an Instagram account permanently\">Delete an Instagram account permanently<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Delete_an_Instagram_Account_Permanently\"><\/span>How to Delete an Instagram Account Permanently<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>If you want to delete your Instagram account permanently, you should first understand what you need to do in order to do so. There are two ways to do so: you can disable it temporarily or email a copy of your profile to yourself. In this article, we&#8217;ll discuss how to delete an account permanently. Follow the instructions carefully, and you&#8217;ll soon be able to delete all your posts, photos, videos, and messages from the social network.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Temporarily_disable_an_Instagram_account\"><\/span>Temporarily disable an Instagram account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Do you want to delete your Instagram account? You can also temporarily disable your account. To do so, go to the Instagram website or mobile app, and click &#8220;Disable Account.&#8221; Then, choose a reason and click &#8220;Deactivate Account.&#8221; Then, the account will be disabled. Your profile will be hidden and you won&#8217;t be able to contact other users or see your profile URL. Once you&#8217;ve decided to reactivate your account, all you have to do is log back in.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to delete your Instagram account, you need to follow certain steps. To temporarily delete your Instagram account, go to Settings &gt; Account Management. Then, click the &#8220;Disable Account&#8221; option. Once you have done this, tap &#8220;Disable Account&#8221; in the bottom-right corner of the screen. Your account will now say &#8220;No Posts Yet&#8221; and won&#8217;t show up when someone searches for your name on Instagram. You&#8217;ll also be able to view any old messages that you&#8217;ve sent to the account, but they won&#8217;t appear in searches or lists.<\/p>\n<p>To temporarily disable an Instagram account, you must log in to the website. Select &#8220;Edit Profile&#8221; and then click on &#8220;Temporarily disable my account.&#8221; Once you&#8217;ve finished, you&#8217;ll be asked to provide a reason for deactivating your account. Select &#8220;Something Else&#8221; if you don&#8217;t want to give any reason. Once you&#8217;ve entered the reason for deactivation, you can confirm the deactivation of your account.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Email_a_copy_of_your_profile_to_yourself\"><\/span>Email a copy of your profile to yourself<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There&#8217;s a way to permanently delete your Instagram account. It&#8217;s easy, too. Instagram allows you to back up your data and email it to yourself. Simply send yourself an email titled &#8220;Your Instagram Data&#8221; and follow the instructions in the message. The backup file contains all of your photos, likes, comments, and contact information. You can view this data in your favorite text editor, or by downloading it using a web browser.<\/p>\n<p>The first step in the process is to sign into Instagram. Log into your profile and choose a reason for deleting your account. You can choose from privacy concerns, data security, or just being too busy to use the service. If you have more than one account, you can also select the option to email a copy of your profile to yourself so that you can easily keep track of them.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t removed your account yet, you can do this by emailing a copy of your profile directly to yourself. Instagram will email your profile back to you within 48 hours. Make sure to use a computer or mobile browser to do this. You cannot delete Instagram by email from within the app, so it&#8217;s best to email a copy to yourself first.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Delete_an_Instagram_account_permanently\"><\/span>Delete an Instagram account permanently<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You may be wondering how to Delete an Instagram account permanently. The good news is that it is extremely easy to do and it takes less than a minute to do. There is one more reason to delete your account &#8211; it is addictive! Delete your account if you no longer want to continue to post photos and videos on the popular social media site. If you&#8217;d like to keep using the service, deactivating it will allow you to recover it later.<\/p>\n<p>To delete your account permanently, first sign into the website or app. Next, select the reason why you want to delete your account. If you&#8217;re deleting your account because of privacy reasons, you can choose to return to it at a later time. After deleting your account, log back into the website and follow the directions to complete the deletion process. The good news is that your account won&#8217;t be visible to anyone else!<\/p>\n<p>However, there are several ways to bring back a deleted account. After 30 days, you will need to recreate your account if you&#8217;d like to keep your account. After 30 days, your username will no longer be available to other users, so you may want to try a different one. But if you have already logged in and you still want to access your account, you can do so by using the login credentials that you previously used to sign in. You&#8217;ll notice that all date data will be gone. To restore your account, press the &#8220;Keep Account&#8221; button.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Delete an Instagram Account Permanently If you want to delete your Instagram account permanently, you should first understand what you need to do in order to do so. There are two ways to do so: you can disable it temporarily or email a copy of your profile to yourself. 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