There you’ll find a message asking you if you want to delete your account. Select a reason for why you're deleting your Instagram account from the drop-down list (Image credit: Future/Instagram)Īssuming you're signed in on the Instagram website, you can now go to the account deletion page (opens in new tab) (Instagram doesn’t make this hugely easy to find, so we’ll provide the direct link). Go to the Instagram account deletion page There's no way to delete your Instagram account via the mobile app, so if you're not already signed in on a web browser, go to (opens in new tab) and do that now. First, you'll need to be signed in on a browser. Once you’ve downloaded your data and you're sure you’re ready to wipe Instagram from your life for good, you can follow the process for deleting your account. Click Download Data in the email and follow the instructions to download your data.įor more options, including how to download Instagram data using the app, see our article on how to download Instagram photos. You’ll then receive an email with a link to download your Instagram data. You’ll be asked to re-enter your account password at this point. Enter your email address and click ‘Next’. Log into your account, go to your profile picture and then find Settings > Privacy and Security. Scroll to the ‘Data Download’ section and click 'Request Download'. You can do this in the app or in a browser, but since you'll need to use a browser to delete your Instagram account, we’ll outline this method here. But if you want to download everything, you can go the official route and download all of your data from Instagram in one big zip file from Instagram itself. If you want to download just the odd image or video, you can do that using third party sites. This means you’ll probably want to download your data first. You can request an email link to download your Instagram history (Image credit: Instagram/Future)Ĭhances are that even if you want to permanently download your Instagram account, you don’t want to lose all of the images and videos that you have uploaded to the platform unless you’re very sure that you still have them saved somewhere else.
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