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

14 points by rblion 3y ago

never mind

57FkMytWjyFu 3y ago
https://help.instagram.com/728869160569983 https://help.instagram.com/728869160569983
- snvzz 3y ago
  >delete Somehow becomes >temporarily deactivate How do you actually delete? edit: https://help.instagram.com/139886812848894/ https://help.instagram.com/139886812848894/
Quinzel 3y ago
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.
- thorncorona 3y ago
  you can tap on the instagram logo and select “following” to only show followed users
  - Quinzel 3y ago
    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!
- eimrine 3y ago
  > 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?
codingdave 3y ago
Looks easy enough? https://www.instagram.com/accounts/remove/request/permanent/ https://www.instagram.com/accounts/remove/request/permanent/
- snvzz 3y ago
  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?
0x_rs 3y ago
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/ https://justdeleteme.xyz/
_lvbh 3y ago
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)

14 points by rblion 3y ago

never mind

57FkMytWjyFu 3y ago

https://help.instagram.com/728869160569983 https://help.instagram.com/728869160569983

snvzz 3y ago
>delete Somehow becomes >temporarily deactivate How do you actually delete? edit: https://help.instagram.com/139886812848894/ https://help.instagram.com/139886812848894/

Quinzel 3y ago

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.

thorncorona 3y ago
you can tap on the instagram logo and select “following” to only show followed users
- Quinzel 3y ago
  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!
eimrine 3y ago
> 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?

codingdave 3y ago

Looks easy enough? https://www.instagram.com/accounts/remove/request/permanent/ https://www.instagram.com/accounts/remove/request/permanent/

snvzz 3y ago
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?

0x_rs 3y ago

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/ https://justdeleteme.xyz/

_lvbh 3y ago

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)