By John Awa-abuon
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Don't want your Instagram and Facebook accounts connected? Learn how you can unlink them and remove posts!
Linking your Instagram and Facebook accounts has a lot of advantages. You can easily post your Instagram photos to your Facebook profile. It also makes it easier for your Facebook friends to find your Instagram profile, and for you to find out which of your Facebook friends are on& Instagram.
If you'd rather keep the two social networks separate, you'll need to go through a series of simple steps on Facebook and Instagram.
First, you're going to want to open up Instagram on your phone. Then, you'll need to follow the steps below the screenshots.
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Once you've unlinked your account, new posts that you share on Instagram will no longer appear on Facebook. Moreover, your Facebook friends will not be prompted to follow you on Instagram when they log into that app.
If you want to remove your existing Instagram posts from your Facebook profile, there are two ways you could go about it.
The first is to manually delete all the photos in your Instagram album on Facebook. This could take a long time, especially if you have many pictures.
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The other way is to delete them through the Activity Log. This is where Facebook shows every action that you, or another user, has taken on your timeline—including reactions, shares, comments, tags, and posts.
Here's how to delete your Instagram posts shared on Facebook through your Activity Log.
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You'll see all the posts you've shared from other apps.
Mark all the ones posted from Instagram and tap Trash at the bottom right of your screen. Facebook will move all the photos to trash and automatically delete them after 30 days.
The main benefit of unlinking your Instagram accounts from Facebook is that it allows you have an entirely new profile. You'll be able to find and follow new people without Facebook always trying to suggest your Facebook friends to you.
You may also have gotten that “your Facebook friend _____ is on Instagram” notification. Unlinking your Instagram account stops Facebook from sending similar notifications about you to your Facebook friends.
Lastly, unsyncing your Instagram and Facebook accounts can help you focus more on each social media platform. You'll be less likely to share the same post on both networks, and can better curate the content that you want to share with your followers on each of the platforms.
There is no right or wrong answer when it comes to whether you should unsync your Facebook and Instagram accounts. It all depends on your preferences and what you want to get out of the two social networks.
If you want to keep your Facebook and Instagram separate, follow the steps above to unlink your accounts. If you later decide that you want to link them again, you can always follow the same steps to do so.
So you’ve washed your sheets and vacuumed under the couch in the name of spring cleaning. But what about your online clutter?
Apps that delight, inform and keep you connected deserve room in your digital space. But if you haven’t used your Facebook account in years, or you’re looking to permanently take back some time from doomscrolling, you might consider getting rid of some accounts once and for all. Of course, like other services that profit off of you – in this case, off your user information — social media and other online platforms can make it hard to cut ties.
Here’s a guide to that elusive delete button for when you’ve made up your mind.
On Firefox, you can limit the social media giant tracking your online activities through the Facebook Container extension without deleting your Facebook account. Though, *wildly gestures at news headlines over the past couple of years*, we don’t blame you if you want to stop using the app for good. You may have even deactivated your Facebook account before and found that you can log right back in. Here’s how to actually delete Facebook through the mobile app:
Here’s how to delete Facebook through your browser:
It may take up to 90 days to delete everything you’ve posted, according to Facebook. Also note that the company says after that period, it may keep copies of your data in “backup storage” to recover in some instances such as software error and legal issues.
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So you’ve decided to shut down your Instagram account. Maybe you want to cleanse your digital space from its parent company, Meta. Perhaps you’re tired of deleting the app only to reinstall it later. Whatever your reason, here’s how to delete your Instagram:
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Whether you’ve migrated to another similar social media platform, or have simply outgrown it, you may be tempted to just delete the Snapchat app from your phone and get on with it.
But you’ll want to scrub your data, too. Here’s how to delete your Snapchat account from an iOS app:
Here’s how to delete your Snapchat account from your browser:
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Twitter can be a trove of information. It can also enable endless doomscrolling. If you’d rather get your news and and debate people on the latest hot take elsewhere, here’s how to delete your Twitter account from a browser:
Here’s how to delete your Twitter account from the app:
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Google’s share of the global search market stands at about 85%. While the tech giant will likely continue to loom large over our lives, from search to email to our calendars, we can delete inactive or unnecessary Google accounts. Here’s how to do that:
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Amazon has had its fair share of controversies, particularly about data collection and how the retail giant treats its workers. If you’ve decided that easy access and quick deliveries aren’t worth the price anymore, here’s how to delete your Amazon account:
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Payment app Venmo has made it easier to split bills and pay for things without cash.
But if you’ve decided to use other ways to do that, you’ll want to delete your account along with your bank information with it. You’ll first have to transfer any funds in your Venmo account to your bank account. Another option: return the funds to sender. If you have any pending transactions, you’ll need to address them before you can close your account. Once you’re set, here’s how to delete your Venmo account on your browser:
Here’s how to close your Venmo account in the app:
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TikTok has exploded in popularity, surpassing Twitter and Snapchat’s combined ad revenue in February. If you’ve tried the app and decided it’s not for you, here’s how to delete your TikTok account:
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Whether you want to follow in Neil Young’s footsteps or are already streaming music and podcasts through another service, deleting your stagnant Spotify account is a good idea. If you have a subscription, you’ll need to cancel that first. Once you’re ready, here’s how to delete your Spotify account.
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With our lives so online, our digital space can get messy with inactive and unnecessary accounts — and forgetting about them can pose a security risk. While you’re off to a good start with our one-stop shop for deleting online accounts, it’s far from exhaustive. So here’s a bonus tip: Sign up for Firefox Monitor. It alerts you when your data shows up in any breaches, including on websites that you’ve forgotten giving your information to.
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You can delete your Facebook** and Instagram** accounts in a few clicks. Foreign platforms delete all user profile data without the possibility of recovery after 30 days from the moment the “delete account” option is confirmed.
" The decision to continue using Facebook and Instagram accounts, delete them or not is the personal decision of each Russian user, no one will force them to do so. No one will be recognized as an extremist if they are used, no court decision there is liability for the use of the Meta services.Ordinary users, if they continue to use the sites, will not face any liability ," said Ekaterina Mizulina, director of the Safe Internet League, member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.go to "Settings" → "Help" → "Help Center" → "Account Management" → "Deleting Account" → "How do I delete my Instagram account?" → "Delete account"; select the reason for deletion, enter the password and confirm the deletion of the profile. 5 Habs:nine0010
Deleting a Facebook account:
- in the application or on the Facebook website, go to the profile settings tab;
- go to "Settings" → "Personal data and account information" → "Account management" → "Deactivation and deletion" → "Deleting an account";
- select the reason for deletion, enter the password and confirm the deletion of the profile.
On March 21, 2022, a Russian court recognized Meta* as an extremist organization and banned its activities on the territory of the Russian Federation, including the social networks Facebook and Instagram, except for the WhatsApp messenger, at the suit of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, the requirement of Roskomnadzor and the request of the FSB. nine0003
Earlier, the State Duma explained that if Meta is recognized as a banned organization, users of its platforms will not be equated with extremists and no charges will be brought against them if there are no violations of laws in their publications.
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At the trial, the Prosecutor General's Office confirmed this. “The use of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp by citizens and companies cannot be considered extremism,” a spokesman for the Prosecutor General’s Office explained.
* — recognized as an extremist organization, its activities are prohibited in Russia
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