Delete instagram account : How to delete instagram account permanently ?

Hey what's up guys, I hope you all are well. As we all know that there are so many users of Instagram and each & every day the number of users increasing on Instagram but there are so many users who don't know about the deletion process of an Instagram account, So guys, In this post I am going to tell you that how to delete an Instagram account permanently ?

As we all know about Instagram application. It is also a most popular social network platform where people shares their photos , videos and much more . At present time, billions of users are using Instagram . If you are reading this post then you are also one of them.

If you think that this is the time to cure your addiction towards Instagram then you have two options either delete your instagram account permanently or temporarily disable your instagram account.

These two options are different from each other so if you want to know the difference in brief then read this post continue.

Delete your account permanently

It means that all the data in account will be delete permanently  which includes your complete account i.e. photos, videos, likes , comments, followers etc. will be deleted permanently and can not be restored again.

In future, if you want to use your account again then you can not be able to reactivate it . The account will permanently deleted.

NOTE :- If you will delete your account permanently then you will not be able to use same username again in new account.

Temporarily disable your account

It means that your profile , videos , photos , likes , comments etc . all these things will be hide but you can restore them by simply logging in into your account again . This is the right option if you want to take some break from Instagram for few days/weeks.

In future if you want to use your instagram account again then you can reactivate it by simply logging in into account . In the previous post we have already discussed that how to temporarily disable instagram account ?

Must read :- How to temporarily disable an instagram account ?

Before going to main topic I would recommend you to download a copy of your data if there is something important in that account. But if there is nothing important in that account then you can skip these steps.

How to download data of  an Instagram account?

NOTE :- All these steps are performed on instagram webpage(website) , so if you will face any problem in performing these steps on Instagram application then try these steps on instagram website.

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If you want to download the data of your Instagram account then you have to follow some simple steps that are given below so follow all these steps very carefully:-

STEP 1 :- Open your Instagram account and click on profile section and then click on "settings" icon as shown in screenshot.

STEP 2 :- Click on "privacy and security" as shown in screenshot.

STEP 3 :- Now scroll down your page and click on "request download"  as shown in screenshot.

STEP 4 :- You have to enter your gmail id and password of your instagram account then click on "request download" as shown in screenshot.

STEP 5 :- Now you can see in the screenshot "download requested". The data will send on gmail account after some time. This can be take upto 48 hours.

After performing all these steps, you will receive your all the data of your Instagram account by mail. You can see in the screenshot that this type of mail you will received after doing this process. You will be able to download your data by simply clicking on "download" button.

Now lets come to the main topic i.e.

How to delete an Instagram account permanently ?

 

This process consists of some simple steps so if you want to delete your Instagram account then Follow all these steps one by one very carefully:-

Note :- Make sure that your account doesn't have some Important data related to you, if it exist then first of all download it with the above steps.

STEP 1 :- You need to open your Instagram account and click on profile section and then click on "settings" as shown in the screenshot.

STEP 2 :- Now you need to scroll down your page and then click on "help centre" as shown in screenshot.

STEP 3 :- Click on "managing your account" as shown in screenshot.

STEP 4 :-  After clicking on it you will see a option of  "delete your account" so click on it as shown in screenshot.

STEP 5 :- Now you have to click on "how do I delete my Instagram account ?"

STEP 6 :- After clicking on it, scroll down your page and then click on "delete your account" as shown in screenshot.

STEP 7 :- Now you have to select a reason of deleting your account and then enter your password as shown in screenshot.

STEP 8 :- Now click on "permanently delete my account" as shown in screenshot.

STEP 9 :- After clicking on it , your account will be deleted permanently as shown in screenshot.

After performing all these steps correctly then you will be able to delete an Instagram account permanently.

Some frequently asked question(FAQs)

• How to download the data of an Instagram account ?
• How to delete an Instagram account permanently ?
• What is the difference between Temporarily disable and Instagram account and permanently delete an Instagram account ?
• How to temporarily disable an Instagram account ?
• What will happen if I disable my Instagram account ?

So guys, that's all for today. I hope you have understand that how to delete an Instagram account permanently ? If you have any doubt related to this post then you can tell me in the comment section or you can go through with our social media platforms.

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