How To Remove Instagram Account From App
If you are using an Instagram account on the mobile app, and you want to remove it, you can follow this tutorial. This article will show you the exact steps to delete Instagram account from the app. No matter whether the credentials are saved in your phone or not, you can clear the memory and remove your account accordingly. Also, it is possible to remove one account from the app if you are using multiple Instagram accounts.
Instagram is one of the best images and video sharing platforms that you can use to grow your business. No matter whether you want to a personal account or for your business, you can certainly have both and use them simultaneously on your mobile. Although Instagram is a mobile-based application and service, most of the handy features and options are also available for computer users.
Sometimes we need to remove the account from the app due to different reasons. Let’s assume that you are trying out something with your account, and it should not be used on multiple devices. At such a moment, you can remove your Instagram account from the mobile and use the service accordingly.
In the older version of Android, there were no such problems like this since it didn’t allow users to save the login credentials. Starting from Android Oreo, users could save their username and password of various apps so that they can sign into them quickly. If you ever saved the username and password of Instagram, it would appear even if you log out of your account. That is why you should follow this tutorial to remove the Instagram account entirely from your mobile.
How To Remove Instagram Account From Mobile
To remove the Instagram account from mobile, follow these steps-
- Open the Instagram app and go to your profile page.
- Open Settings by tapping the hamburger menu.
- Tap on Log Out [username] button.
- Remove the tick from Remember my login info box.
- Tap on the Log Out button.
Read on to know more about these steps in detail.
At first, you need to open the Settings page of your Instagram profile. For that, open the Instagram app on your mobile, and go to your profile management page. It should look like an avatar icon, and it appears on the bottom-right corner. After that, tap on the three-horizontal like icon, which you can see on the top-right corner and select Settings. On the Settings page, you can find all the options, including Log Out [username]. You need to tap on this button.
After that, remove the tick from the Remember my login info checkbox and tap on the Log Out button.
Now, whenever you try to log in again to your Instagram account on your mobile, it should show two options – Log In as {username} and Remove. You need to tap on the Remove button and confirm it on the next screen.
That’s all! Now you cannot find your account on this particular mobile.
However, if you have multiple accounts in the Instagram app, and you want to remove all accounts, the options are a bit different.
How To Remove Multiple Instagram Accounts From Mobile
To remove multiple Instagram accounts from mobile, follow these steps-
- Open the Settings page.
- Tap on the Log Out All Accounts option.
- Select Not Now on the popup window.
- Tap on the Log Out button.
To get started, you need to follow the same steps as above to open the Settings page. This time, you need to select Log Out All Account button. Following that, you can find a pop-up window with two options – Remember and Not Now. For obvious reasons, you must choose the Not Now button.
On the next popup message, you should select the Log Out option to remove the account.
Bonus Tips: If either of the tutorials doesn’t work for you, you can always clear the cache of your Instagram app. Depending upon the mobile and ROM, it might take from 15 seconds to 30 seconds to get it done. For your information, you can open up the Settings page and use Clear Cache, Clear Data, etc. options to get it done.