Deactivate Instagram account – this is how it works

If you want to take a break from the photo and video community, you don’t have to go straight to the drastic solution and delete your entire Instagram profile. If you want to return later, you can simply deactivate your Instagram account. We explain how it works here on GIGA.

As has been possible for a long time with the social network Facebook (to which Instagram has been part since 2012), you don’t have to delete your account if you want to get some distance from the constantly connected life. Instead, you can deactivate the Instagram account for an indefinite period of time.

The advantage here is that you keep your pictures, comments, “likes” as well as your subscriptions and everything else if you want to reactivate the account in the future.

Deactivate Instagram account

You can use your Instagram account deactivate and reactivate at any time – So you don’t have to set a fixed period of time or you can only return after a certain time. It should be noted that your Deactivate account only once a week can! If you log in again in the same week in which you deactivated the account, you will not be able to deactivate your profile until the next week.

Deactivating the account works only via the website in the browser (on PC, smartphone or tablet) – in the Instagram app there are no options to deactivate the account.

To temporarily deactivate your Instagram profile, proceed as follows:

1. Opens instagram.com in a new tab of yours Browser and log in with your account details.
2. Click on yours Profile picture (top right).
3. Now choose the “Edit profile” option out.
4. You can find it at the bottom right “Deactivate my account temporarily”, click on it.
5. Now you have to get out of the Drop down menu one reason select for deactivation.
6. Finally you give yours password again and then click on the “Temporarily deactivate account” button.

If you need a little more help, you can have a look at our detailed picture-by-picture instructions here:

Your Instagram profile is now deactivated. Your account as well as the pictures and comments are hidden from others for the time being.

Reactivation: reactivate your Instagram account

If you have deactivated your Instagram account (not deleted!), You can easily reactivate it. You have to do this just log back in to Instagram with your old account data. Your profile will then be in the same state as you last found and set it.

If the deactivation is less than 24 hours ago, the reactivation may not work immediately. In this case, you need to be patient and try again later.

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