Instagram doesn’t want to make it easy for us to delete our account from their platform and they don’t let us do it from their application or website.
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Also, we have two choices delete our account; one temporary and one permanent. The difference between the two is that with a we can recover the data and not with the other.
What can you find here?
Therefore, in this post, we explain each of the ways to do so Delete or deactivate your Instagram accountin addition to some of the most frequently asked questions on the subject.
Step by step delete my Instagram account permanently and forever
Before you begin, it is important that you keep in mind that once you delete your Instagram account in this way, you cannot undo the process.
And They permanently delete your Instagram account You will lose all information including photos, contacts, stories or conversations and you cannot re-create an Instagram account with the same username.
If you are unsure about this, I recommend you Temporarily disable your account as we see in the next section.
If you’re still convinced, that’s my advice Save the photos you have in your account to avoid future regrets and then access this link.
As you can see in the image, when we are logged in on this computer, we get to this new window that will show our Instagram username. If this is not the case, you must enter your access data.
Then enter the Ground Why do you want to delete the account?
Enter your password and click “Permanently delete my account.
You can skip a final confirmation (to confirm if you’ve thought it through). If you are sure, confirm the action and you will have Your Instagram account permanently deleted.
How do I delete my Instagram account for a while?
On the other hand, if you want a break from this social network but don’t want to lose everything you have on it, you can turn it off for a while from this link.
In this window, choose a reason you want to deactivate your account, and then enter your password.
If you have it, click the button “Temporarily disable your account” and you deactivated your account until you want.
To activate it, you just have to log in again as usual.
Frequently asked questions about deleting an Instagram account
In this section you will find the solution to the most typical questions related to deleting or deleting an Instagram account.
If I delete my Instagram account, will everything be deleted?
And You delete Instagram account permanently, As we saw in the first section, Yes, you will lose everything what you have in your Instagram account. You lose photos, stories, messages, contacts, etc.
So if you are not sure if you want to lose all this information, I advise you Temporarily disable account (as we saw in Section 2).
My Instagram account was deleted, what can I do?
If Instagram has deleted or blocked your account, I leave you this post in which we will tell you in much more detail how to recover it:
If I delete my Instagram account, will the messages and conversations be deleted?
If you permanently delete your Instagram account, Yes, all messages and conversations will be deleted you have in your account.
If you just want to delete those conversations that you have on your Instagram account but not your photos and contacts, you have the option anyway Option to delete only conversations from the message area.
To do this, go to this section, click on the paper airplane icon in the upper left corner and slide the conversation to the left.
Two options will appear on the right. Click on “Remove‘ and then confirm the action and that conversation will be deleted.
How can I delete my Instagram account without knowing the password?
You cannot delete an Instagram account without knowing the password.
This is how Instagram protects our accounts because if an account could be deleted without the password, anyone could delete ours without our consent.
How can I recover my Instagram account if I delete it?
In this case we have two options:
- That you have deleted your account Definitely Instagramas we see in the first section of this post, and then You cannot recover your account.
- You didn’t delete that, but that Temporarily disable your account and then You can restore it without any problems. If this is the case I leave you this step in which we will tell you how to do it:
How to delete an Instagram account from the application?
Instagram doesn’t want to make it easy for us to delete our account and that’s why We have no choice delete our Instagram account from the app.
The option to delete our account is through the link we saw in the first section of the post.
Can a deleted Instagram account be recovered?
If the account was deleted by you and you have done so definitely not.
if the account was removed from Instagramprobably not, but always You can try. To do this, check out this post where we tell you how to do it:
What is the Page and Link to Delete Instagram Account?
The link for Permanently delete your Instagram account it:
https://www.instagram.com/accounts/remove/request/permanent/
The link for Temporarily deactivate your Instagram account it:
https://www.instagram.com/accounts/remove/request/temporary/
