Removed Instagram account still shows in Accounts Center

Is this your situation?

The short answer

What you see, and why

Check these first

• Check which settings screen you are using. Instagram is gradually updating people to Meta Accounts.Verify: Confirm whether you see Accounts Center or Meta Account settings.
• Check the Accounts list in Accounts Center. Navigate to Accounts Center on your phone, tablet or computer.Verify: Look for the account you expected to remove.
• Check for a Remove option next to the account. To remove an account, a user taps or clicks Remove next to the account.Verify: Confirm the Remove option is visible next to that account.

How Instagram handles this

• Accounts Center is a place where users manage connected experiences for their Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Meta accounts.
• Users can add or remove accounts from an Accounts Center.
• When an account is removed from an Accounts Center, any profiles associated with that account will also be removed.
• Users may see either Accounts Center or Meta Account settings as the place to manage their account settings.

Which path applies to you?

1. Does the account still show under Accounts in Accounts Center? Tap or click Remove next to the account to take it out.
2. Did you only deactivate or delete the profile itself? Users can add or remove accounts from an Accounts Center.
3. Do related profiles still show after removal? Any profiles associated with the removed account are also removed once the account itself is removed.

Step by step: finding the cause

1. Open Accounts Center. To move an account out of an Accounts Center, navigate to Accounts Center on your phone, tablet or computer.Confirm: Check that the Accounts or Manage accounts list is showing on screen.
2. Open the Accounts list. To move an account out of an Accounts Center, navigate to Accounts Center on your phone, tablet or computer.Confirm: Check the list for the account you want to remove.
3. Find the account still showing. Locate the account you removed or deleted earlier in this list.Confirm: Check that the account name matches the one you expected gone.
4. Remove the account. Tap or click Remove next to the account you want to remove.Confirm: Check that the account no longer appears in the Accounts list.
5. Check for related profiles. Any profiles associated with that account will also be removed once the account is removed.Confirm: Check that profiles linked to that account are no longer listed.
6. Re-add if needed. Users can add or remove accounts from an Accounts Center.Confirm: Check the Accounts list for the account after adding it back.

Common mistakes

• Assuming deletion also removes the Accounts Center listing. Users can add or remove accounts from an Accounts Center.Why it happens: Users can add or remove accounts from an Accounts Center.
• Expecting linked profiles to stay after removal. Removing the account also removes any profiles associated with it.Why it happens: When an account is removed from an Accounts Center, any profiles associated with that account will also be removed.
• Looking at the wrong settings screen. Some users see Accounts Center while others see Meta Account settings.Why it happens: Instagram is gradually updating people to Meta Accounts.

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