Ask HN: Anyone else notice it's impossible to delete/deactivate Instagram?

14 points·rblion··10 comments

never mind

It is possible but not from a mobile, and they make it quite difficult even on a desktop/laptop. I had a similar struggle the other day when I deactivated my Facebook page after I counted 64 ads in a row after one post from an actual human I know IRL. I also reduce temptation to use social media apps like that by not having the apps on my phone.

> It is possible but not from a mobile

Am I understood right that I can register only from a mobile but delete the profile only from PC?

you can tap on the instagram logo and select “following” to only show followed users

I wasn’t on Instagram, I don’t use Instagram. I was on Facebook, and Facebook is Full of shitty adds that I don’t need to see. Now I don’t have Instagram OR Facebook and life is genuinely much nicer without it!

If you want to delete an account on a service and can't find wherever the option is hidden, or make sure you can delete it before you sign up, this website is really useful.

https://justdeleteme.xyz/

I can’t even sign up. My university uses it for communications and updates but my account gets deactivated upon creation every time. This is true for Google, Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, Twitter, and WeChat. (My current Twitter account is from a while ago but I can’t create new ones)

Looks easy enough?

https://www.instagram.com/accounts/remove/request/permanent/

I suspect OP uses "delete" in place of "uninstall".

Regardless, your link, which seems to be about deleting your account, I cannot see w/o logging in with an account; I'm not about to create one.

Care to screenshot?

https://help.instagram.com/728869160569983

>delete

Somehow becomes

>temporarily deactivate

How do you actually delete?

edit: https://help.instagram.com/139886812848894/

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