Sometimes social media goes above and beyond its remit – and not in a good way.
What starts as a way to keep in touch with family and friends becomes all-encompassing, and all of a sudden you’re living your life through a screen.
Perhaps you want to delete your social media account for this reason, or perphaps you just want to free up space on your phone.
Either way, we’ve got you covered.
How to delete apps?
On iPhone, you delete apps by holding down on your home screen. When the apps start moving around click the cross in the top-right corner of the app you want to delete.
On an Android phone, open your device’s settings, tap apps & notifications, then choose the app that you want to uninstall. If you don’t see it, first tap see all apps or app info. Then choose to uninstall.
This will only delete the app from your phone, however, and won’t actually remove your accounts on these. That comes in next.
Delete your Facebook account
You can deactivate your Facebook for a short period (which means all your data won’t be lost) or delete completely. To deactivate:
- Click the account menu down arrow at the top right of any Facebook page in your web browser
- Select settings
- Choose security in the left column
- Choose deactivate your account’, and follow the steps to finalise this
To delete your account for good, follow this link. You may wish to save your photos and messages beforehand, as they’ll be permanently gone once you’ve deleted.
Delete your Twitter account
To delete your Twitter and never have another argument with a stranger again (hopefully) follow these instructions.
- Sign in to Twitter on desktop.
- Go to your account settings and click on deactivate my account at the bottom of the page.
- Tap Deactivate @username.
- Enter your password when prompted and verify that you want to deactivate your account.
After 30 days, your information will begin being deleted for good, so if you change your mind you need to log back in before that time to access it.
Delete your Instagram account
Like Facebook, you can deactivate or delete Instagram. To deacitivate follow these instructions:
- Log into Instagram from a mobile browser or computer (as you can’t temporarily disable your account from within the Instagram app).
- Tap the person icon in the top right and then select edit profile.
- Click temporarily disable my account in the bottom right.
- You’ll then be asked to say why you’re deleting your account and re-enter your password. The option to disable your account will only appear after you’ve selected a reason from the menu.
- Choose temporarily disable account.
To permanently delete your Insta account:
- Go to the delete your account page. You’ll be asked to log in on web first as you can’t delete your account from within the Instagram app.
- You’ll then be asked to say why you’re deleting your account and re-enter your password. The option to permanently delete your account will only appear after you’ve selected a reason from the menu.
- Click permanently delete my account.
Delete your Snapchat account
To delete Snapchat:
- Follow this link on any browser (you can’t delete the account from the app).
- Enter your username and password and select ‘log in’
- Enter your username and password once again.
- Select delete my account at the bottom.
Like Twitter, Snapchat will keep all your data for 30 days before they start removing it permanently.
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Finally, you can take a break from the endless notifications and pointless updates.
That is, until you’re tempted to download again.
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