Instagram is a great place to share moments and memories. The platform gives you different avenues to share content in text and video through posts, reels, and highlights. These can be used to simply share your experiences or to build a community of active followers to purchase your products or services.
However, there may come a time when you want to remove a post from your Instagram account. Whether it’s due to a change of heart, a desire for privacy, or simply wanting to clean up your profile, deleting an Instagram post is an activity that a lot of users do. This is especially important for a Business that wishes to swiftly correct a PR mistake in their account.
Fortunately, Instagram has a feature that lets you delete posts, just for these reasons. It is a straightforward process, and we are about to show you how to do it.
In this article, we’ll guide you through the steps to delete a post from your Instagram account, ensuring a seamless experience.
How to Delete an Instagram Post
The process for this is quick and easy. Let’s get to it.
- Open the Instagram app.
- Click on the profile icon on the bottom right to open your profile.
- Find the post you want to delete and tap on it to view it in full.
- Right above the post, you’ll see the three dots icon for the options menu. Tap on it.
- The last item on that menu is the “Delete” option. Tap on it.
- Instagram would ask for confirmation. Simply tap “Delete” again, and your post will disappear like it was never there.
How to Delete Multiple Instagram Posts
If you want to delete many posts at once, then the earlier method be a bit stressful. With that one, you’d have to delete all the posts individually and that would take a while. Here’s an easier way to do it.
- Open the Instagram app
- Get to your profile by tapping on the profile photo at the bottom right of the screen.
- Once there, tap on the hamburger menu icon on the top right of the page to open the profile menu.
- On the menu, tap on “Your activity” to open the activity menu.
- Swipe down on the activity menu to the “Content you shared” section, where you’ll see “Reels,” “Posts,” and “Highlights.” Click on Posts.
- This will bring up all the posts you’ve shared on that account. Now, you just have to long tap on the first post you want to delete to select it. Then, select all the others you plan on erasing by tapping on them.
- With the first selection, two buttons would pop up on the bottom of your screen. One saying “Archive” and the other saying “Delete.” Tap “Delete” when you are done with your selection.
- Confirm your action by pressing “Delete” again, and you’re done.
With these simple steps, you can easily get rid of any posts that you need to take down. Be sure of your decision before doing it, because it is impossible to retrieve deleted posts.
