Instagram is a popular Photo and Video sharing platform that is currently owned by Facebook. In short, it’s a social media platform that lets users edit their Medias with filters and upload them with hashtags. Similarly, users have the option to share those posts either privately or with some pre-approved followers.
Despite its popularity, there are many users that want to deactivate or delete their Instagram Accounts. And, studies also shows that Instagram has negative impact on people like Depression, Stress, Addiction, Anxiety, loneliness etc. So, it’s always a great idea to take a break from the platform to focus on our own end goals.
In this case, you have two options to take time away from the platform. First is to delete your Instagram account permanently. And, second is to only deactivate it temporarily to reactivate later on. If you choose the first option, you can’t recover your account and you need to start from the beginning. Similarly, the second option will only deactivate your account meaning you can always return when you feel like it. And, we’ll discuss about the process of Deactivating and Reactivating our Instagram account in this article.
Deactivate Instagram Account
Before we get started, you need to know that you can only deactivate your Instagram account from a browser. But, it works equally well on both mobile and desktop browsers. Note: deactivating your Instagram account will hide your profile from direct messages, comments, tags and others. Now, let’s get started.
- Open your preferred browser either from a mobile or desktop and visit the Instagram website. You can access it easily through: instagram.com
- Next, proceed to log into your Instagram account in the browser. Once logged in, go into your profile and choose the “Edit Profile” option given there.
- Now, scroll down until you see the “Temporarily Disable My Account” in the list. Choose the said option and provide a reason for you leaving Instagram.
- Finally, re-enter your Instagram password and confirm your choices. This will immediately hide your username and you’ve successfully deactivated your Instagram account.
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Reactivate Your Instagram Account
Once you have deactivated your Instagram account, you can easily reactivate it again when you feel like it. Also, it doesn’t require you to follow any kinds of additional steps to do so. You simply just have to log into Instagram with your old ID and Password. And, this will immediately re-activate your Instagram account. Similarly, all your old data and groups are left intact meaning you can start where just where you left. Note: it’s important to know that you can’t reactivate a deleted Instagram Account.