How to Delete Instagram Account: Permanent Deletion of your Instagram account

When you delete your account, your Profile, photos, videos, comments, likes and followers will be permanently removed. If you’d just like to take a break, you can temporarily disable your account instead.

After your account has been deleted, you can sign up again with the same username or add that username to another account as long as it hasn’t been taken by a new person on Instagram.

Bear in mind that if your account has been removed for violating Community Guidelines, you may not be able to sign up again with the same username.

For security reasons, we can’t delete an account for you. You’ll need to be able to log in to your account to request deletion. If you can’t remember your password or username, take a look at some tips for logging in.

To request the permanent deletion of your account:

Before deleting your account, you may want to log in and download a copy of your information (such as your photos and posts) from Instagram. After your account has been deleted, you will not have access to Instagram’s Data Download tool.

Go to the Delete your account Page from a mobile browser or computer. If you aren’t logged in to Instagram on the web, you’ll be asked to log in first. You can’t delete your account from within the Instagram app.
Select an option from the drop-down menu next to Why are you deleting your account? and re-enter your password. The option to permanently delete your account will only appear after you’ve selected a reason from the menu.
Click or tap Delete [username].

If you’d like to delete a different account:

Click or tap the username in the top right of the Delete your account Page.
Click or tap next to Edit profile and select Log out.
Log back in as the account that you want to delete and follow the directions above.

After 30 days of your account deletion request, your account and all your information will be permanently deleted, and you won’t be able to retrieve your information. During those 30 days, the content will remain subject to Instagram’s Terms of Use and Data Policy and will not be accessible to other people using Instagram.

It may take up to 90 days to complete the deletion process after it begins. Copies of your content may remain after the 90 days in backup storage that we use to recover in the event of a disaster, software error or other data loss event. We may also keep your information for things such as legal issues, terms violations or harm prevention efforts.

How do I restore content that I’ve deleted from my Instagram account?

Make sure that you’re using the latest version of the Instagram app to see your recently deleted content.

From your settings, you can restore photos, videos, reels, videos and Instagram stories that you’ve deleted. Content that you choose to delete is removed from your account immediately and moved to Recently deleted. Bear in mind that deleted messages on Instagram cannot be restored.

Content in Recently deleted will be automatically deleted 30 days later, or up to 24 hours for stories that aren’t in your stories archive. During those 30 days, you can access deleted content from your account in Recently deleted on the Instagram app for Android and iPhone and either restore it or permanently delete it.

If you can’t see the content that you’d like to restore in Recently deleted, the content may be older than 30 days or 24 hours for Stories.

To restore or permanently delete content:

Tap or your profile picture in the bottom right to go to your profile.
Tap in the top right, then tapYour activity.
Tap Recently deleted. Note: You may not see the options below if you haven’t deleted any content recently.
At the top, tap the type of content that you’d like to restore or permanently delete:
- for profile posts
- for videos
- for reels
- for archived stories
Tap the photo, video or story that you’d like to restore or permanently delete.
Tap in the top right, then tap Restore to profile or Restore to restore content or Delete it.