Do you feel threatened or worried about privacy issues regarding Instagram or perhaps, you just need a break from your social media account or maybe, you’re just done with photo sharing apps. As a matter of fact, it does not really matter what your reason is for deleting or deactivating your Instagram account because you’ll learn how to do it anyway in the next lines.
But first, let us figure out the right way of how to delete Instagram account from its database. Now, you should know that when you delete your Instagram or IG account, this means that your profile along with its videos, photos, comments, likes as well as followers will be deleted for good as well. In case that you have made a decision to do so, here is how you can permanently delete your account.
Step number 1. Log in to your IG account – you must know that you cannot delete your account right from the app. Meaning to say, you will need to directly log in to the page using a web browser on your mobile device or desktop.
Step number 2. Go to the “Delete Your Account” page – you are going to see this section as soon as you are inside the page. All you have to do is to click it and select the reason why you want to delete your account from the dropdown menu.
Step number 3. Enter your password and delete your account for good – after entering an option, you will be prompted in reentering your password in order to confirm that you really want to delete your account once and for all. The option for deleting the account permanently will show up after you have selected a reason for deleting it and successfully entered your password.
Once done, click on “Permanently delete my account” and your account as well as its followers, contents, likes and all other engagements will be deleted as well. Just take into account that after deleting your account, you will not be able to sign up for another account using the same handle or username if you wanted to make another IG account in the future. Before making any actions, it is better that you think of the things you are going to do thoroughly since IG do not have allow account reactivations.
Having said that, if you’re not ready in deleting your account for good, it is best that you just deactivate your account temporarily. This way, you have time to take breaks from your social media accounts but still, has the option to get back with your IG anytime you want.