Open Instagram on a Mac or PC, login, and go to your profile. Click the profile icon in the top right corner (person). Select Edit Profile from the drop-down menu. Click Temporarily to disable my account. Select a reason and enter your password before clicking Temporarily Disable Account.
When you deactivate an Instagram account, it simply stops working. All of your photographs, comments, likes, and even your profile will be hidden from the public and your followers, but they aren’t permanently removed. Your account will be hidden until you decide to reactivate it.
Yes, inactive Instagram accounts are generally deleted. “We advise users to immediately log in and utilize Instagram after they’ve created an account. To keep your account active, check-in and share photos as well as like and comment on pictures every now and then.”
Users are not able to delete their accounts on Instagram, but they can make them inactive for a certain amount of time. They can temporarily hide their profile, photographs, comments, and likes until they choose to reactivate it by returning to their account. They may also ask for their account to be permanently deleted after which Instagram has 90 days to completely
Log in to your Instagram account on the website. Click ‘Permanently delete my account’ from the drop-down menu. Enter your password and click ‘Delete My Account’.
