So you signed up for Threads to check it out, and now you want to deactivate your account? Well, luckily, Instagram and Meta allow you to deactivate your Threads account, even if you can’t delete it entirely. While you can delete it, you have to delete your Instagram account as well, because they are so tied together.
So today, in this article, we’re going to show you how you can deactivate your Threads account. It’s actually quite simple, and only takes a couple of steps.
How to deactivate your Threads account
Open your Threads app on your smartphone. This works the same on iOS and Android.
Tap on the icon in the upper-right hand corner. It looks like two lines.
Now, tap on Account.
Then tap on Deactivate profile.
On this next page, it will ask you if you’re sure you want to deactivate your account. Tap on “Deactivate Threads profile”.
Now your profile will be deactivated, and you can come back and activate it again whenever you want. Remember, you can’t actually delete your Threads account without deleting your Instagram account too.
How to delete your Threads account
Since Threads and Instagram are so closely tied together, you unfortunately cannot delete just your Threads account.
According to Meta, to delete your Threads account, you would need to delete your Instagram account. So the best way to do this is going to be deactivating your Threads account, or creating a dummy Instagram account for Threads and then deleting it if you decide you don’t want to stick with Threads.
This is unlikely to change in the future, as this is described in the privacy policy for Threads. Though, if there’s enough pushback, Meta could make the change in the future. But since its tied so closely to Instagram, that might never happen actually.