Having some privacy concerns? Ha! Even if your account was hacked, they’ll help you find a solution that doesn’t require deletion. They’ll explain how to use hashtags or even link your account to other social media networks so you can find your contacts. These articles are then tailored to convince you that there’s no need to delete your account.Ĭan’t find anyone to follow? No problem. Then, once you choose your reason, it still tries to stop you by saying, “Please consider the following articles in our Help Center before permanently deleting your account.” The options are “want to remove something,” “too many ads,” “privacy concerns,” “trouble getting started,” “created a second account,” “can’t find people to follow,” “concerned about my data,” “too busy/too distracting” or “something else.”
Once I found the delete instructions (on Instagram’s Help Center), the first thing it says is, “If you’d just like to take a break, you can temporarily disable your account instead.” Then, once you proceed to the account deletion page, it asks for a reason why you’d like to delete your account. So I logged into Instagram’s website from my computer and boy, oh boy … turns out the reason I couldn’t delete my account from the app was because Instagram doesn’t want you to delete your account. But I still needed the app for work purposes, and considering the addictive behaviors I was exhibiting, only logging out would still present a temptation to someday log back in. Now, I could delete the Instagram app quite easily or even just logout of my account. You have to have it saved from the browser as well.Īlready Instagram made it inconvenient for me to delete my account. Crazily enough, if you have your password saved from the Instagram app, it won’t work on a browser app, such as Safari. Instead, you have to login to Instagram from a browser. You can’t delete your Instagram account from the Instagram app on your phone (or tablet). Really and truly, I was using it more out of habit than actual desire.
After all, I don’t use it to keep up with friends or family, and I hadn’t posted something myself in more than a year. So, I decided to delete my Instagram account. This week, I want to delve even deeper into the web that they’ve made.Īfter a recent self-evaluation, I realized that I was spending an inordinate amount of time on Instagram-to the point where I was actually showing up late to things because instead of waking up and getting ready, I was waking up and scrolling through my feed and Instagram Reels.
Last week I wrote an article about how social media is deliberately designed to keep us engaged for as long as possible.
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