{"id":6024,"date":"2022-07-11T13:46:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T13:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=6024"},"modified":"2022-07-11T13:46:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T13:46:22","slug":"how-to-deactivate-my-instagram-account-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-deactivate-my-instagram-account-2","title":{"rendered":"How to 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-69ea889e91232\" 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-69ea889e91232\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ea889e91232\" ><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-deactivate-my-instagram-account-2\/#How_to_Deactivate_My_Instagram_Account\" title=\"How to Deactivate My Instagram Account\">How to 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-to-deactivate-my-instagram-account-2\/#Disable_your_Instagram_account_temporarily_to_hide_your_profile_photos_comments_and_likes\" title=\"Disable your Instagram account temporarily to hide your profile, photos, comments, and likes\">Disable your Instagram account temporarily to hide your profile, photos, comments, and likes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-deactivate-my-instagram-account-2\/#Wait_a_week\" title=\"Wait a week\">Wait a week<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-deactivate-my-instagram-account-2\/#Permanently_delete_your_Instagram_account\" title=\"Permanently delete your Instagram account\">Permanently delete your Instagram account<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Deactivate_My_Instagram_Account\"><\/span>How to Deactivate My Instagram Account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/VJKgTVr.jpg\" alt=\"how to deactivate my instagram\"> <\/p>\n<p>If you want to get rid of the social media platform Instagram, you might be wondering &#8220;How to deactivate my account?&#8221; Here are a few steps that will help you do this. First, you can temporarily hide your account&#8217;s photos, comments, and likes for a week. Then, you can permanently delete your account. But first, let&#8217;s discuss what this means in practice. Regardless of your reasons for doing this, you should follow these steps.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Disable_your_Instagram_account_temporarily_to_hide_your_profile_photos_comments_and_likes\"><\/span>Disable your Instagram account temporarily to hide your profile, photos, comments, and likes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You may have noticed that the option to disable your Instagram account temporarily is no longer available for your convenience. Unlike Facebook&#8217;s temporary feature, Instagram&#8217;s option stops short of deleting your account completely. It has been in the wild since February and has already generated complaints all over the social media world. However, you can regain access to your account by logging in with your original log-in information.<\/p>\n<p>Disabling your Instagram account temporarily will hide your profile, photos, comments, and other contents for up to 30 days. This method is much easier than permanently deleting your account, however, it does result in losing all of your posts, comments, and likes. If you want to reactivate your account, you&#8217;ll need to enter your username and password to regain access to your Instagram profile.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve become a serial Instagram user, you can use this feature to hide your profile, photos, and comments for a few hours. It&#8217;s a convenient option for those who want to take a short break from social media but are constantly distracted. This feature will prevent the temptation to log in to Instagram, save your time, and stay focused. If you&#8217;re looking to avoid unwanted attention from followers, you can also disable your account temporarily to hide your profile and your photos.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wait_a_week\"><\/span>Wait a week<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>How to wait a week before deactivating your Instagram account? Instagram has strict policies when it comes to deleting accounts, and you&#8217;ll want to wait at least a week. If you&#8217;ve frequently deactivated your account, you might consider deleting your account. Depending on the number of times you deactivated your account, you may need to wait longer. However, if you don&#8217;t plan to use Instagram again for a while, deactivating your account is the best option.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve repeatedly deactivated your account, you may want to try waiting a week before you do so. Usually, you can reactivate your account after a week if you decide to return. You can also learn keyboard shortcuts to disable your account. You can also choose to permanently delete your account if you&#8217;ve experienced cyberbullying or have a history of being a target of inappropriate behavior.<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to deactivate your Instagram account, you can do so once a week for one week. After a week, the account will automatically reactivate if you fail to log in. After a week, you can reactivate your account as many times as you want, but be aware that you may lose some of your followers and be banned permanently. If you reactivate your account, you&#8217;ll need to wait a week again.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Permanently_delete_your_Instagram_account\"><\/span>Permanently delete your Instagram account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you have decided to permanently delete your Instagram account, you&#8217;ll need to save all of your content before you do so. Here are some ways to keep your data safe. First, log in to Instagram with your username and password. Next, click on the profile picture. After this, you&#8217;ll see your name and profile picture. Click &#8220;Delete&#8221; to begin the process. Once the process is complete, you can either log back in to your account or continue the deletion process.<\/p>\n<p>The process to permanently delete your Instagram account is simple. Go to the Delete Your Account page in the app. If you&#8217;re using a mobile browser, you&#8217;ll want to follow a link to this page. Enter your password again, and then click the red &#8220;delete&#8221; button. You&#8217;ll then be required to wait 30 days before your account is permanently deleted. After that, your profile will be hidden and your information will no longer be accessible to other users.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re deleting your account due to privacy reasons, you can follow a few steps. First, log in to the Instagram website. If you&#8217;re using a mobile device, you can do this through your phone browser. Once you&#8217;ve logged in, you&#8217;ll see a special page where you can request to delete your account. After you complete this step, you&#8217;ll be redirected to Instagram&#8217;s official website. There, you can follow the steps in the steps provided by Instagram. Remember that after you delete your account, you&#8217;ll be unable to get it back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Deactivate My Instagram Account If you want to get rid of the social media platform Instagram, you might be wondering &#8220;How to deactivate my account?&#8221; Here are a few steps that will help you do this. First, you can temporarily hide your account&#8217;s photos, comments, and likes for a week. 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