In the app of Instagram for mobile lets you add multiple accountswhich is a great advantage if you want to have a personal one and a commercial or professional one. Many people also take advantage of this possibility to have a second Instagram on their phone with which they can stalk people or view stories without their knowledge. But… What if you no longer want to have another account connected to your Instagram?
At first glance, the Meta app doesn’t offer an option to delete your account. And if you Google it, What the social network suggests is to delete the second Instagram account you havebut you don’t have to. Below we’ll show you a simple way to remove an Instagram account from your phone without deleting it.
Steps to Delete Instagram Account Without Deleting It
If you don’t want to completely delete the Instagram accounts linked to your mobile phone, but at the same time you want to remove them from the app to have only one accountproceed as follows:
- Open User profile and click on your user icon in the lower right corner.
- touch your username in the upper left corner.
- Select the account you want to remove from the bottom menu that will appear.
- Once you are on the other account, press the user icon and now press the icon three stripes (≡) from the top right corner.
- Go to the end of the options and press disconnection and then inside You go out.
List! Now you can check it out The removed account is no longer displayed in the application. This account will not have been deleted, you will only have closed it. You can reopen it on your mobile phone or another device by entering the respective credentials.
How to Unlink an Account on Instagram
The above method does not prevent you from logging back into the account you removed using your primary account. If you do not want this to happen, you need to unlink the logins from the accounts by following these steps:
- Open Instagram with your main account.
- touch your user icon and then the menu button (≡)top right.
- Scroll down to the bottom and select Login information.
- Tap the accounts you want to disconnect of yours.
- Click on Eliminate.
On this side, you will have disconnected your Instagram account from all others that you don’t want on your phone. Let us know if you’ve had any issues or need more help.
