2022 Instagram Account Deletion

With over 2 billion users, Instagram is a fantastic photo-sharing platform where you can update your status, connect with friends, and follow your favorites on social media. However, if you find this app boring or time-consuming, you can follow the instructions below to temporarily deactivate or delete your Instagram account permanently.

How to Delete Your Instagram Account on Phone or Computer
 

Note: To disappear from Instagram, you can choose to either permanently delete or temporarily disable your account. However, both of these actions need to be performed on the Instagram web interface and cannot be done through the phone interface.

1. How to Temporarily Disable Instagram

If you're not planning to use Instagram for a while, you can opt to deactivate your account temporarily and return to using it when you're ready. This way, your account won't be visible on Instagram, but all your profile information, photos, videos, and comments will still be saved until you reactivate your account.

Note: You can only disable your Instagram account once per week.

Step 1: Visit Instagram.com and log in to your account using your username, password, or Facebook credentials. Click on quick login Here

Step 2: On the Instagram homepage, click on the profile avatar at the top right corner and select 'profile page'

Step 3: Next, click on 'edit profile'

Step 4: In the profile editing section, scroll down to the bottom, click on 'temporarily disable account'

Step 5: To disable your Instagram account, you need to select a reason in the 'why do you want to disable your account' section and enter your personal Instagram password, then click 'temporarily disable account'

Step 6: A confirmation message appears on the screen to temporarily disable your Instagram account, click 'Yes' to confirm

Your account is immediately disabled and logged out of the browser. To reactivate, you need to log back into Instagram afterward.
 

2. How to permanently delete Instagram account

Deleting an Instagram account means you will erase all information about your account, including all images, messages, comments,... Furthermore, you will not be able to retrieve the account or register again with a similar account name. Therefore, you need to consider carefully when choosing to delete this Instagram account.

The steps to follow are as follows:

Step 1: Access the Instagram account deletion link. Click quick access Here

Step 2: On the Instagram account deletion interface, you need to choose the reason for wanting to delete the account. For each selected reason, Instagram will provide you with alternative solutions for account deletion. However, if you still want to delete the current Instagram account, continue to enter your personal Instagram password and click 'delete + account name'.

Step 3: A confirmation message appears asking if you are sure you want to delete your account, click 'OK' to confirm deletion.

Note: The Instagram system will delete detailed information about your profile and account one month from the date you request deletion. During this time, if you change your mind, you can log back into your Instagram account and choose to keep your account to continue using it.

- Additionally, before deleting your account, to safeguard your account, you can download your personal data in the 'settings' => 'security' section on Instagram. This will also help you receive a copy of your account data including photos on your account but excluding messages.

Here are the details of 2 ways to delete Instagram account in 2022, helping you temporarily disable or permanently delete the account in use. If you encounter any issues during the process, you can leave a comment below, and we will continuously update and respond to you.