--- title: 'How to Permanently Delete Your Instagram Account' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=J-qI0NwrgLY' video_id: 'J-qI0NwrgLY' date: 2026-08-18 duration_sec: 304 channel: 'Arvind zone' --- # How to Permanently Delete Your Instagram Account > Source: [How to Permanently Delete Your Instagram Account](https://youtube.com/watch?v=J-qI0NwrgLY) ## Summary This video provides a step-by-step guide on how to permanently delete an Instagram account. The creator walks through the entire process, from opening the app to confirming deletion, and emphasizes the importance of not logging back in for 30 days to ensure permanent removal. ### Key Points - **Start the deletion process** [00:01] — Open the Instagram app and tap on your profile icon in the bottom corner to access your account settings. - **Access Account Center** [00:28] — Tap the three-line menu icon and select 'Account Center' from the top of the screen. - **Manage your account** [01:07] — In Account Center, tap 'Manage Account' to see all linked accounts (Instagram, Facebook, etc.). - **Choose deactivation or deletion** [01:48] — Select the 'Deactivation or Deletion' option, then choose 'Delete Account' to proceed with permanent deletion. - **Confirm and provide a reason** [02:13] — Click 'Continue' twice, then select a reason for deletion (or choose 'Something Else' and type any text, at least 20 characters). - **Enter password and final confirmation** [02:54] — Enter your Instagram password (or reset it if forgotten), click 'Continue', and then confirm by clicking 'Delete Account' on the final screen. - **Wait 30 days for permanent deletion** [04:00] — After deletion, the account is temporarily deactivated. To make it permanent, do not log in for 30 days; otherwise, the account will be recovered. ### Conclusion To permanently delete an Instagram account, follow the Account Center steps and then avoid logging in for 30 days. This is the only way to ensure the account is permanently removed. ## Transcript That too forever. You can permanently delete any Instagram account. Ok? How to do it? What is the process? Let me Look here you will see my phone screen. Now what is the first thing to do? You have to open the Instagram app. Now when you open Instagram, look downwards and you will find the profile in the corner. You have to tap on it. Okay, right? Now after tapping, confirm once here. This ID that is visible, is this the ID that needs to be deleted or some other one? Ok? login. Ok? Now what to do after that? You have to simply tap on the three line option that you get. Now after tapping, friends, you will get an option of Account Center at the top. We can delete the ID by going inside the Account Center and following some steps. But yes, if you do not watch the video completely then your ID will be deleted. You can delete it but you will not be able to do it permanently. It will come again automatically. So watch the video. Follow the entire process. Definitely your ID will be lost forever. What to do now? Click on Account Center. Now after clicking, look downwards, you will get an option of Manage Account here. You have to tap on it. But friends, which state are you watching my video. Please do let me know by commenting so that I can know which states my video reaches. Ok? So wherever you live, whichever state you are from, do tell us in the comments. Now look here, something like this interface has appeared in front of us. Now friends, whatever is linked with your Instagram will be visible here. Like look, my Instagram is showing up, the if you have Facebook, then Facebook will also appear here. But what do you have to do Look here, the option of Manage is coming , you have to tap on Manage. Now as soon as you click on Manage, an interface like this will appear in front of you. Now what to do here? Look, you will get an option here in the middle for deactivation and deletion. So you have to simply click on this. Now as you click on it, you will get two options here also. So, you get the delete account option below, you have to click on it. This will permanently delete your account. Your temporary will be deleted from the above. But it is still not that easy. What to do now? Click on Continue here. Now as soon as you continue, it will , how many posts you have posted , what all is there, it will show you everything. Ok? What to do now? Is. Here you have to click on Continue again. As soon as you continue, you will see an interface like this. Now Instagram will ask you the reason why you want to delete your ID then select it here. If there is no reason, you do not want to give the reason , then click on Something Else here and write anything here. type whatever you want, there is no problem. Ok? It's just formalities. Now Now look, it is saying to type in at least 20 characters. So let me Manso. Now from here I click on Continue. Now after that, look, something like this interface has appeared in front of us. Now look here, the option of continue will appear below. Again you have to click on Continue again. Now after clicking, friends, it will ask for the password of your Instagram account. Now wait brother, there will be many of you who do not even remember their own password. I have forgotten my password. So you have forgotten your password then there I will tell you how to find out your password. If you want, you can find out the password , change it, or create a new one. Ok? I will tell. Ok? Enter whatever your password is. Let me enter the password first. Then I will tell you how to find out. What do I do now in a simple way ? I will fill in the password here. Ok? After entering the password, you have to click on Continue. Now as soon as you continue, you will see an interface like this. Now look here, it will ask for confirmation one last time. Look here, it is written above Confirm Permanent Account Deletion. And yes, here you just have to click on delete account. As soon as you click on Delete Account, your Instagram account will be someone searches, it will temporarily deleted. It will not be deleted forever. There is only one way to delete it permanently. You have to do it as I have told you. And here you will not get a date. For example, it is telling me August 8, that is, from the day you delete it till the next 30 days, it will say that you should not try to login with this ID anywhere again. If you delete it and do automatically expire forever after 30 days. Otherwise, if you delete it and log in again, it will be recovered. Ok? So this is the only way by which you can delete it permanently. Delete it, leave it for 1 month, it will be gone forever. Now let's talk about the rest, if you do not know the password, if you want to learn how to find out the password, then for that you click on this video and watch this video. On this I have told a very easy way to find out the password of any Instagram account. If you want, you can find out the password , change the password, create a new password, break the password. I have explained it in this video. So click. found the video helpful then like the video. If you are new to the channel, please subscribe.