How to Delete Your Instagram Account 2024

If you’re looking to get rid of Instagram, the most popular social media platform, you’ve come to the right place. 

Sharing photos, videos, reels, and stories on Instagram has become everyone’s obsession these days. While it can be entertaining, you may be wasting time scrolling through posts day and night. Fortunately, you can reduce the amount of distractions you experience by deleting your Instagram account.

You have two options to satisfy your Instagram addiction: you can either disable it temporarily or permanently delete your account. Make sure you select the appropriate option so you won’t regret taking any of the actions. 

Let’s find out what deactivate and delete mean on Instagram.

Should I Deactivate or Delete My Instagram Account?

Deactivating Temporarily: All of your posts, likes, and comments will be hidden if you simply temporarily disable your account. However, you may simply use your prior login credentials to go back into your account and retrieve your data at a later time.

If you want to stop using Instagram as a distraction for the time being but still want to use the same account later, this is the best solution. Your Instagram data is not lost as a result of this.

Deleting Permanently: If you decide to delete your account, after the action is taken permanently, you will never be able to get your data back. Everything you have posted, liked, followed, and commented on will vanish forever.

Downloading your data is advised prior to deleting your Instagram account permanently.

How to Delete Your Instagram Account Permanently

Points to Remember before deleting your account

• Your account will be deleted 30 days after the deletion request is made; it will not be deleted right away. Until then, no one will be able to view your profile.
• You can find the exact time that your account will be permanently discontinued on the account deletion page. You can choose to retain your account if you decide to use Instagram once more after all, provided that you log back into it before the account is deleted.

Delete Instagram Account on iOS (iPhone)

Step 1: Open the Instagram app.

Step 2: Press the symbol for your profile in the lower right corner.

Step 3: Tap the three vertical lines in the upper right corner.

Step 4: Select Settings.

Step 5: Select Account.

Step 6: Choose Delete account.

Step 7: Select Delete Account from the menu on the following page, then hit Continue Deleting Account.

Step 8: From the drop-down menu below, choose an option. Why would you like to have [your-username] deleted? and type your password into the text field labelled “Re-enter your password.”

Step 9: To confirm, tap Delete [your-username] and press OK.

Note to Remeber

Your account will be deleted 30 days after the deletion request is made; it will not be deleted right away. Until then, no one will be able to view your profile.

You can find the exact time that your account will be permanently discontinued on the account deletion page. You can choose to retain your account if you decide to use Instagram once more after all, provided that you log back into it before the account is deleted.

Users using Instagram on Android are unable to remove their Instagram accounts through the app. Therefore, Instagram must be accessed over the web for deletion.

Step 1: Open your computer or mobile browser and navigate to the Instagram Account Deletion Page. You will be prompted to sign in if your browser is not currently logged in.

Step 2: From the drop-down menu below, choose an option. Why would you like to have [your-username] deleted? and type your password into the text field labelled “Re-enter your password.”

Step 3: Click [your-username] to delete.