How to delete your Instagram account

While Instagram allows users to share images/videos and gather followers, the app can also give you anxious feelings about maintaining a perfect image online.

Instagram is one of the most popular apps in India. Worldwide, the Facebook-owned photo-video-sharing app has over a billion users. Instagram can be a beneficial source for sharing your memories with your friends, and also can help keep track of what your favourite celebrity is up to.

While on one side the app allows users to share images/videos and gather followers, on the flipside it can give you anxious feelings about maintaining a perfect image online. In such instances, you may want to go off the platform and might want to deactivate or delete your Instagram account to get the digital detox. Here is how you can delete your Instagram account:

How to temporarily disable your account:

1)Use a browser to go to Instagram.com (you can’t do it from the application).
2)Log in.
3)Click on the profile button in the top-right corner.
4)Next to your profile picture and user name, select “Edit Profile.”
5)Scroll down and select the “Temporarily disable my account” link.
6)Select a reason why you are disabling your account.
7)Re-enter your password.
8)Click on the button that says “Temporarily Disable Account.”
9)To reactivate the account, log back into it.

How to delete your Instagram account permanently

1)From a browser, go to Instagram’s dedicated page for deleting accounts.
2)If you are not logged in, you will be asked to do so.
3)Select your reason for deleting the account.
4)Re-enter your password.
5)Select the red button stating: “Permanently delete my account.”
6)Your account is now gone.