How to delete my Instagram account or disable Instagram

How to delete my Instagram account or disable Instagram. As you know Instagram is a very popular social media platform and it is owned by Facebook. Through Instagram, lots of people become famous and also they are making money by using their fame. The famous influencers promote products and services of companies and they get rewarded from them. But sometimes we get frustrated from these social media lives and we want to break from it. so at that time, we don’t want any notifications related to Instagram and from people who are on it.

But if you installed Instagram app on your mobile and get notifications from it, so it is really irritating and you are forced to uninstall the app but there is another option for it, that is you can deactivate your account for some time and when you feel to come back to social media world, so just login in your Instagram account by using your old email id or Instagram id and password. But in some cases, people want to delete their Instagram account permanently. Behind it they have many regions, sometimes people have many Instagram accounts and they de does not have time to manage all accounts and they feel delete their others Instagram account or deactivate for the temporary time period.

If you delete your Instagram account permanently so the side effect of that you never get your account or data back. But if you will deactivate the Instagram account and if you want to use it again, then you have to enter your old account Id and password to log in.

Let’s know in detail how can you delete your Instagram account permanently and how can you disable your Instagram account for temporary.

How to disable Instagram account for a temporary time period

Sometimes we need to break from social media life like facebook and Instagram but peoples do not want to get any notification during the break time so you have an option for temporary disable Instagram account so let’s know about it step by step with pictures.

1. First, you have to do login to your Instagram account on desktop or mobile phone.

2. Now go to your profile details page by click on the profile option which is the last option in the bottom of the right side.

3. Now here you can see the edit profile option parallel to the profile picture, click on it.

4. Now on this page scroll down and you can see the temporary disable account option on the right bottom side and you have to click on it if you really want to disable for some time.

Note– But one thing, if you disable your account and want to log in again so you have to wait at least for 24 hours.

5. Now you will be redirected to the new page where you have to select the region to deactivate Instagram account.

6. Select any one region from the options and put your account login password again and click on ‘temporarily disable account’.

7. After doing the process it takes few hours to deactivate your account.

How to delete my Instagram account permanently

Sometimes we have too many accounts and we can’t manage it or some other issues with it, so we think to delete our old Instagram account permanently, but many people are not able to find the option to delete Instagram account. If you are one of them, who do not know how to delete Instagram account permanently, then keep reading this post, I will show you via screenshot How you can delete your Instagram account permanently.

Note:- if you delete Instagram your Instagram account so you can not get it again, even you can’t get your old account user name.

So let’s see step by step process to delete Instagram account permanently.

1. First, you have to go help center page of Instagram or follow the link to visit the help center page.

2. Before you visit the “delete account page link” you must have to log in on your Instagram account which you want to delete permanently.

3. Here you will see the link option of ‘the delete your account page’. Click on it.

4. Now you will be redirected to the ‘delete your account’ page.

5. Here you have to choose the region for deleting your account permanently.

6. Now you have to enter your Instagram password once again and after that click on the button ‘permanently delete my account’.

7. Once you proceed it you can’t retrieve your account ever again.

Note– before deleting your account please make a backup of your account and download it.

Here is the Video of Delete My Instagram Account

How to delete Instagram account on iPhone

So now if you are using iPhone and want to delete Instagram account permanently so the open the Instagram app and follow the below process.

1. After opening instagram go to the profile section and click on the top right side where there are three horizontal lines.

2. Now on the bottom, you will see the setting option click on it. As shown in the picture.

3. Here you can find the “help” option and click on it.

4. Now its redirect on the web so opens this next page in your available browser.

5. Here you have to choose the region for deleting your account permanently.

6. Now re-enter your password and click on ‘permanently delete my account’.

How to download your Instagram data before deleting the app

If you want to download your whole Instagram data so I will show you step by step how can you download your whole Instagram data like images, posts or more?

1. First, open your Instagram app and tap on your profile option which is below on the right side.

2. Now on this page tap three horizontal lines which are above the right side.

3. Here on the bottom, you can see the setting option. Click on it.

4. Now find the ‘security’ option and click on it.

5. Here you can see the download option click on it and now fill your email I’D where you want to receive your data.

6. Now click on the button request download to submit your request.

7. Within 24hours you will get the email, and follow the instructions to download.

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Conclusion

So here we learned how to permanently delete your Instagram account and how you can deactivate your account for some time if you want some break from Instagram. But when you are deleting your account, you have to remember one thing, as I mentioned above, if you delete it permanently, you will not get your account again.

So I hope you guys liked this information, if you liked it, please share it with your social media friends and also share it with your family members so that they too can know about it and share your thoughts about this post in the comment box.