According to the study ” Digital 2020 Global Digital Overview ” carried out by the companies We are Social and Hootsuite, it is pointed out that Instagram to date reaches more than 100 million connected users, proving to be one of the most popular social networks in the world. However, this application, like any other, ends up being part of the daily dislike of a sector of the population, so many choose to deactivate or delete their personal accounts.
There can be many reasons for someone to decide to temporarily deactivate their account or delete it entirely, above all, it is important to do so if you do not use it, probably for two simple reasons. First of all, it is not good that an application has some of your personal data and more when it does not give you anything in return. Secondly, because it takes up space on the mobile’s storage, and uninstalling the application can increase the fluidity of the device, and more so in those that have limited storage space.
So, if you are looking to deactivate your account temporarily or delete it completely, what you should initially consider is to know the difference between the two actions.
Differences between temporarily deactivating an account and deleting it entirely
By way of knowledge, there are two ways to get rid of Instagram. The first is a temporary deactivation of your personal account, and the second is a permanent deletion of your account on Instagram. The difference between the two is the period of time in which Instagram is unusable for the user, that is, if you choose to deactivate your account temporarily, you will take a break and when you see fit you can resume your activity in the application. If, on the other hand, you decide to delete your account permanently, at no time will you be able to enter Instagram with your personal account. Let’s opt for the first or second option we must follow a series of steps, the same as indicated below.
Disable Instagram
If you have decided to take some time and then return to Instagram, take into consideration the following characteristics of this option:
- The profile will become invisible. This means that no one will be able to see your profile, therefore your publications.
- They will not be able to search for you by your username. In the section of search may not find you by your username.
- They won’t be able to view your posts. Similar to the first feature, they will not be able to see everything that you have published in your personal account.
- You will not be able to send or receive messages. With the account deactivated, you will not be able to send or receive Instagram messages from other people.
- It opens the possibility that in the future you can resume your activity. As it is a temporary deactivation, in the future (when you decide), you will be able to resume the usual activity of your Instagram account, and among many things, you will be able to use your most popular hashtags in your personal account.
To deactivate your account temporarily you can do it in two ways, using your mobile phone and your computer.
How to temporarily deactivate an account from your mobile
Follow the next steps:
- Login with your account Instagram from any browser on the mobile.
- Go to the profile of your account and select Edit profile.
- Scroll down and select Temporarily deactivate my account.
- Answer the question Why do you want to disable your account?, selecting one of the drop-down options.
- Enter your password again to confirm the action and finally click on Temporarily disable the account.
How to temporarily deactivate an account from your computer or desktop
Follow the following steps from your computer:
- Login to your account on Instagram from this website
- Answer the question Why do you want to disable your account?, selecting one of the drop-down options.
- Enter your password again to confirm the action and finally click on Temporarily disable the account.
Delete Instagram
If we have chosen to permanently delete our personal account, we must consider the following features of this option:
- There is no possibility to resume account activity. This means that you will not be able to republish content from your personal account.
- After a while of performing this action, the username can be occupied by another person. As a consequence of deleting your user account, it may be occupied by another person who tries to register with a new account on Instagram.
- The private messages we had will probably still be seen. This means that possibly the people who spoke with us will be able to continue seeing the messages that we had with them.
Like the previous option, we can run this option from our mobile or from a computer.
How to delete the account from the mobile
To achieve this, we must follow the following steps:
- Go to your “profile” from the application.
- Click on the drop-down button (three lines).
- Select Settings> Help> Helpdesk> Account Management> Account Management> Delete your account.
- Click on How do I delete my Instagram account?.
- Log in with your account from your mobile browser.
- Select the reason why you want to delete your account from the drop-down list.
- Select permanently delete the account.
How to delete the account from the computer or desktop
If what you want is to delete the Instagram account from the computer, which is what we suggest for practical reasons, follow these steps:
- Head over to this Instagram page
- Log in with your account.
- Select the reason that best suits your decision to delete your account , you will see it in a drop-down list.
- Select Permanently delete account.
Ready! Having followed the steps that we indicate, either to deactivate your account temporarily or delete it permanently, we will have taken a break from the application and perhaps it is an invitation to decide on another social network that responds to our interests or to focus in other activities.