{"id":4649,"date":"2022-07-10T15:14:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T15:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=4649"},"modified":"2022-07-10T15:14:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T15:14:55","slug":"how-do-i-deactivate-my-instagram-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-i-deactivate-my-instagram-account","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Deactivate My Instagram Account?"},"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-6a3836e24c502\" 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-6a3836e24c502\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3836e24c502\" ><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-do-i-deactivate-my-instagram-account\/#How_Do_I_Deactivate_My_Instagram_Account\" title=\"How Do I Deactivate My Instagram Account?\">How Do I Deactivate My Instagram Account?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-i-deactivate-my-instagram-account\/#Temporary_deactivation\" title=\"Temporary deactivation\">Temporary deactivation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-i-deactivate-my-instagram-account\/#Downloading_data\" title=\"Downloading data\">Downloading data<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-i-deactivate-my-instagram-account\/#Contacting_Instagram_if_you_think_you_got_hacked\" title=\"Contacting Instagram if you think you got hacked\">Contacting Instagram if you think you got hacked<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Do_I_Deactivate_My_Instagram_Account\"><\/span>How Do I Deactivate My Instagram Account?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"how do i deactivate my instagram account\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/PMdS8wI.png\">  <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re sick and tired of the daily updates and comments you get from your Instagram account, you can permanently delete your account. You&#8217;ll be asked to select the reason you want to delete your account and re-enter your password. Once you&#8217;ve completed this step, you will be prompted to confirm the deactivation of your Instagram account. Click on &#8220;Yes&#8221; to proceed. Once you&#8217;ve confirmed the deactivation, you&#8217;ll sign out of all your devices and booted back to the Instagram homepage. Your account will now be hidden from all users.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Temporary_deactivation\"><\/span>Temporary deactivation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re planning to temporarily disable your Instagram account, you&#8217;ll find some useful information below. After disabling your account, you&#8217;ll only lose a single follower, so you&#8217;ll not lose any other contacts or posts. In addition, temporary deactivation will not show up in searches. If you&#8217;ve recently sent DMs to a temporarily disabled account, they&#8217;ll be archived and restored when you reactivate your account.<\/p>\n<p>To temporarily deactivate your account, first sign in to your Instagram account. In the &#8220;settings&#8221; tab, select the &#8220;reason&#8221; you&#8217;d like to delete your account. Then enter your password again. After that, click &#8220;Temporary deactivate account.&#8221; Your account will be hidden from anyone else, and you won&#8217;t have a URL to send messages to your followers. If you decide to reactivate your Instagram account, you can click &#8220;Reset My Account&#8221; to restore your old profile.<\/p>\n<p>Disabling your Instagram account is simple and fast. First, visit the website of Instagram and go to &#8220;settings.&#8221; After you&#8217;ve logged in, select the reason for disabling your account. Once you&#8217;ve selected a reason, tap &#8220;Temporarily deactivate your Instagram account&#8221; and confirm the deletion. You can also un-disable your account permanently. Then, you can log back in to your Instagram account using any device.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Downloading_data\"><\/span>Downloading data<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you want to deactivate your Instagram account, one of the first steps you have to take is downloading the data you have shared. Instagram retains this data to display targeted ads. However, you can download all the data and remove it from your account, if you so wish. To do this, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<p>After you&#8217;ve downloaded the data, the next step is to log out of Instagram. Afterwards, you&#8217;ll be redirected to a page that gives you a link to a file containing your account&#8217;s data. This file may contain sensitive information, so make sure to download it before you delete your account. To download your data, you&#8217;ll need your username and password.<\/p>\n<p>To download data to deactivate your Instagram account, you need to log in to your web browser. After that, click on your profile icon and select Settings. On the Settings page, click the Privacy and Security tab. Click the Request Download button. Select the format you&#8217;d like to download. You&#8217;ll then be asked to enter your username and password. Alternatively, you can download the data from your desktop computer by following these steps.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Contacting_Instagram_if_you_think_you_got_hacked\"><\/span>Contacting Instagram if you think you got hacked<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Several steps can help you contact Instagram if you suspect that you have been hacked. Firstly, look at the URLs of third-party apps linked to your Instagram account. If any are unknown, unlink them. Your account may also have been locked, but this is not impossible to solve. The hacker will notify you that he or she has changed your password and will request Bitcoin in exchange for it. The good news is that you still have a 50 percent chance of recovering it.<\/p>\n<p>The next step is to contact the support service at Instagram. If your account has been hacked, you can do this by filling out the contact form or calling the number on the help center. It is important that you have the correct details, because they may not be able to help you if they don&#8217;t have your email address. If you can&#8217;t remember the email address, you can use a different one to verify your identity.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have verified your email address, you should check your phone number and email address to see if there&#8217;s a way to contact the account owner. 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