Bored of Instagram? Depending on your need, you can temporarily deactivate or permanently delete your account. But be careful, the operation can only be done with a web browser, and not from the mobile application!
Whether you are a first-time Instagram user who no longer finds much interest in it or you have recently opened your account only to realize after a few days of use that this social network was not for you, you most likely have the same question: how to quit Instagram?
If you want to stop using Instagram, you have two options:
- temporarily deactivate your account : your account will no longer be accessible, but you can change your mind at any time and reactivate it;
- permanently delete your account : all your data will be irretrievably destroyed and no reversal will be possible.
If you’ve been scouring the mobile app’s menus and options to find a way to delete or deactivate your Instagram account, look no further: it is impossible to do it from the mobile application! Indeed, Meta – owner of Instagram, Facebook, Messenger and WhatsApp – has obviously decided not to make it easy for anyone who wants to leave this very lucrative network.
Don’t worry, closing your Instagram account is still possible! But for this you will need to go to the Instagram site with a web browser.
To start the account deletion or deactivation procedure, you must go through the Instagram website with a browser. You can use a computer for this, but also a phone or tablet.
- If you are not automatically logged into your Instagram account, enter your credentials and click on the button Login to access the delete page.
- Once on the deletion page, indicate the reason for deleting your account by selecting an answer from the drop-down menu.
- Depending on the given reason, a text is displayed with a proposal to fix a possible problem – yes, Instagram does not let its users go so easily. Ignore this insistent suggestion if you really want to delete your account.
- Enter your password in the field provided for this purpose then click on the red button Permanently delete my account.
- A message will confirm that the account is deleted.
If you are still hesitating about deleting your account, you can keep it hidden until you decide by simply deactivating it. Your account will no longer be visible on the network, but its content will not be erased. You can reactivate it simply by logging into your account again. As with deleting an account, you have to go through the website with an Internet browser, on a computer, a telephone or a tablet, the operation being impossible with the mobile application.
- To start the deactivation procedure, open the site instagram in your web browser.
- If you are not logged in, enter your credentials and click on the button Login.
- On the home page, then click on theyour profile icon in the upper right corner of the window.
- Open the section Settings in the context menu.
- The page modify the profile is displayed by default. At the very bottom of this page, click Temporarily deactivate my account.
- In the page Temporarily deactivate your accountselect a reason for deactivation from the drop-down menu.
- Here too, solutions will be proposed according to the reason you have indicated. Ignore these suggestions, enter your password to confirm the operation, then click the button Disable account temporarily.
- Click Yes in the confirmation widget to complete the deactivation process.
- Your account will be deactivated and you will then be returned to the home page of the Instagram site.