How To Temporarily Disable Instagram Account?

Like most of the social media accounts, your Instagram account can also be

disabled for a temporary period and will temporarily remove your existence from

the Instagram.

Other users will not be able to discover your account anymore on Instagram after

you deactivate the account for a specific time until you activate your account

back.

It is said that during the temporarily disable period, your Instagram account will

only be hidden and in a kind of be in a Sleep Mode. Thus, if the next time you log

in, your account gets active like it was before.

When you decide to disable your account temporarily, your profile, all of your

photos and videos, comments and likes, and followers get hidden until you

reactivate it by logging back in.

Follow the simple steps mentioned below to disable Instagram your account

temporarily:

1. Open Instagram website from your mobile or computer browser.

2. Enter your username and password, and tap on the Login button at the

    bottom of the page. (If you have already logged into your account, you will

    get to see the home page of your Instagram account).

Note: You can’t continue this process of disabling your account from an

Instagram App.

3. Tap on the Profile icon. You will find in the top right corner of the page.

4. Tap on the Edit Profile option. You will see this next to your username at

    the top of the page.

5. Then scroll little down and tap on the Temporarily Disable My Account

   option. This link is located on the right side of the bottom of your profile

   page.

6. Now you will need to indicate a reason for disabling your Instagram

    account. Click one of the reasons prompted in the Colum asking “Why are

    you disabling your account?”

7. Here you have to re-enter your Instagram password.

8. Then tap on Temporarily Disable Account button. You will find this at the

    bottom of the page.

9. At last, tap on the OK button when prompted. This will disable your account

   and sign you out of the Instagram on all of the devices you have linked your

   account with.

We hope this article will help you learn how you can easily disable your Instagram

account for the desired period.

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