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Instagram Account Deactivation Guide

The document provides instructions for temporarily deactivating your Instagram account from either the Instagram app or from the Accounts Center. It explains that temporarily deactivating your account will hide your profile, photos, comments and likes until you reactivate it by logging back in. It also notes that you can only deactivate your account once per week and outlines the step-by-step process for doing so from within the app or Accounts Center.

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Instagram Account Deactivation Guide

The document provides instructions for temporarily deactivating your Instagram account from either the Instagram app or from the Accounts Center. It explains that temporarily deactivating your account will hide your profile, photos, comments and likes until you reactivate it by logging back in. It also notes that you can only deactivate your account once per week and outlines the step-by-step process for doing so from within the app or Accounts Center.

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Help Center

Manage Your Account Delete Your Account

Temporarily deactivate your


Instagram account

Mobile Browser Help

If you temporarily deactivate your account, your


profile, photos, comments and likes will be hidden
until you reactivate it by logging back in. You can
only deactivate your Instagram account from a
computer, a mobile browser, or the Instagram app
for iPhone.

Keep in mind that you can only deactivate your


account once a week.

To temporarily deactivate your account from


your Instagram app:

1 Log into instagram.com from a mobile browser.


2 Tap your profile picture in the bottom right and
tap Profile, then tap Edit Profile.
3 Scroll down, then tap Temporarily deactivate
my account in the bottom right.
4 Select an option from the drop-down menu next
to Why are you deactivating your account?
and re-enter your password. The option to
deactivate your account will only appear after
you've selected a reason from the menu and
entered your password.
5 Tap Temporarily Deactivate Account. Tap Yes
to confirm or No to cancel.

You’ll need to be able to log into your account to


temporarily deactivate it. If you can't remember
your password or username, see some tips for
logging in.

If you don't want to deactivate your account but


want to change who can see it, you can set your
posts to private or block people.

Note: Follow these instructions if you'd like to delete


your Instagram account.

To temporarily deactivate your account from


Accounts Center:

1
Tap at the top.
2 Tap See more in Accounts Center, then tap
Personal details.
3 Tap Account ownership and control, then tap
Deactivation or deletion.
4 Tap the account you'd like to temporarily
deactivate.
5 Tap Deactivate account, then tap Continue.

Note: You may not be able to deactivate your


account from Accounts Center at this time.

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personal information about you or someone else.
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