Instagram Users Can Soon Permanently Delete Accounts Without Losing Content

Good news for Instagram users who want to delete their Threads account. Threads, Meta’s microblogging platform, will soon allow users to delete their Threads account without affecting their Instagram account. To recall, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched this new social media app earlier this year to compete with Twitter (Now X), the microblogging platform owned by Elon Musk.

The most criticized feature of Meta’s new social media platform was its account deletion policy. The company integrated Threads with Instagram, requiring users to delete their Instagram account when deleting their Threads account. Simply put, if you delete your Threads account, your Instagram profile will be automatically deleted.

However, according to a recent report, Meta’s Chief Privacy Officer (Product) Michel Protti said at TechCrunch Disrupt that the platform is actively working on a feature that will allow users to independently delete their Threads account without affecting their Instagram account. The company may roll out a separate account deletion feature for Threads by December.

It’s worth noting that Michel Protti didn’t mention whether the feature will be limited to Android or iOS apps, or whether it will be extended to the desktop version as well. He also said that making this feature is very challenging. Currently, users can deactivate their Threads account and hide their content without affecting Instagram. They can also mute their Threads account to stop receiving notifications.

Protti also added that Meta is working to integrate Threads with fediverse, an interconnected network of independent servers designed to communicate with each other.

Another report recently hinted that Threads may soon introduce the ability to edit posts within 5 minutes of posting them, in line with its competitor X (formerly Twitter), which already allows post editing.

The social media giant recently launched news features like streamlined Instagram Direct Message (DM) sharing, editable alt text for media files, and a new mention button to facilitate smoother interactions within the Threads ecosystem.