How to Delete Instagram Account on Android

These days people are widely active on social media to share their personal and other information. If you are also on social media platforms, especially on Instagram, and decided to spend less time or no time on sharing online. In that case, you may be an option to suspend your Instagram account for the time being or delete them permanently.

An Instagram account is a place where you connect with your friends and your followers and share pictures, videos, and lots more between them. It is an entertaining platform where you spend your time refreshing yourself. But at some point, you may want to take a break from it or want to move on by deleting your Instagram account completely forever. There would be any reason you want to delete your Instagram account permanently or disable it for a time. You may find its privacy policy options are weak, or someone hacked your Instagram account.

In this article, you will know how to deactivate your Instagram account temporarily and delete them permanently on Android.

Getting rid of your Instagram account is not much complicated, but there are a few things you should need to know before taking this step. There are two ways through which you can make your Instagram account disappear: the first step you may take to deactivate your Insta account temporarily, and the second is you may delete it permanently.

• Deactivating an Instagram account makes your data invisible, but all your content will appear when you decide to activate it again.
• Deleting an Instagram account permanently will erase all your photos, videos, comments, followers, and other content forever.

How to disable your Instagram account temporarily from an Android phone

If you want to take a rest for a few days from using Instagram, you may think about temporarily disabling your Instagram account. Disabling your Instagram account will temporarily hide your profile, photos, videos, comments, likes, etc. unless you enable it with your login credentials. If you agree with this, go through the below-mentioned steps and temporarily deactivate your Instagram account.

1. Suppose you can't find the direct option to disable your Instagram account on its mobile app. You have to log in to your Instagram account on your favorite mobile browser.
2. After login, click on your profile icon at the bottom right corner of the home screen.
   
3. Tap on the menu (three lines) option.
   
4. Now, click on the Settings option from the list of options.
   
5. Tap on the "Help" option and click on Help Center.
   
6. Choose the chrome browser.
7. Choose the option "Managing your Account".
   
8. Now, tap on the "Delete Your Account"
9. Click on the "How do I delete my account?"; from here, you can access both options temporarily disable your Instagram account or delete them permanently.
   
10. Now, click on the link "temporarily disable your account".
    
11. Select the reason for deactivating your Instagram account?
    
12. Enter your password again and tap on the "Temporarily Disable Account".
    

Now, you successfully temporarily deactivated your Instagram account, and your account is hidden from your followers until you sign in it once again.

How to delete your Instagram account permanently on Android?

If you are sure about deleting your Instagram account permanently, follow the below-given steps carefully on your Android device. Remember that once you delete your Insta account permanently, you can't access it in the future once again.

1. On your Android phone, log in to your Insta account using your favorite (chrome) browser.
2. After login, tap on your profile icon available at the bottom left.
3. Tap on the menu (three lines) option.
4. Now, click on the Settings option from the list of options.
5. Tap on the "Help" option and click on Help Center.
6. Choose the chrome browser.
7. Choose the option "Managing your Account".
8. Tap on the "Delete Your Account".
9. Click on the "How do I delete my account?"
10. Scroll down the page and tap on the "Delete your account", it will take you to the page delete your account on your browser.
    
11. Log in to your Instagram account once again on the browser.
    
12. If the browser asks to save your password for further use, tap the "Not Now" option.
13. Select the reason for deleting your account from the drop-down options.
    
14. Confirm your Instagram account's password and click on the "Permanently deleted my account" option.
    

1. Confirm your action by clicking on "OK".

Note: It is important to know that if you delete your Instagram account permanently, you can't be able to login in again with your deleted Instagram username. Also, you cannot use your deleted username to create another account. Even not Instagram can reactivate your deleted accounts and can't access your data.

How to Download Your Instagram Data

If you think your uploaded data over Instagram is important for you and want to keep them forever, download them before deleting your Insta account. Once you delete your Insta account, you lose all your data. If your Instagram data are important for you, it is recommended to download them. To download the copy of your Instagram data, follow the below-given steps:

1. On your Instagram account, click on the profile icon and Settings.
2. Click on the Security section and tap on the Request Download option to request your data backup.
3. Provide your email address to get your Instagram data and confirm your password.
4. Finally, tap on the Done
5. Check your email account; within 48 hours, you may receive an email containing the "your Instagram data" link.
6. Download your Instagram data by following the link and clicking on the Download Data.

Some of the FAQs related to deactivating the Instagram account

Will I lose my data and followers after deactivating my Instagram account?

Yes, suppose you delete your Instagram account for permanent. In that case, you will completely lose all the data, including uploaded posts, saved posts, followers, and people you are following on your Instagram account.

However, the case is different if you temporarily deactivate your Insta account. Temporarily deactivating an account only hides your account from the reach of other people and followers. However, you can even access it again by logging in with your Instagram credentials, and your data reappears to you, and your followers can reach you.

How many times can someone deactivate their Instagram account?

Anyone can temporarily deactivate their Instagram account once a week. Suppose that you have deactivated your account now, and after some time you come back for any reason, then you can't suspend it again in the same week. You have to wait for next week to deactivate your account if you wish.