How to completely clear Instagram from iPhone?
I'm having an issue where I'm not able to promote posts on the Instagram app. I was told by Facebook support to delete the app but when I reinstall Instagram after deleting it, all my data and account info is restored.
It's repopulating the same accounts that I had signed in from that device earlier, so I assumed that it may be some local data. It should ask for a fresh sign-in.
How do I completely delete the Instagram app and all documents & data associated with it from my iPhone?
Solution 1:
Try this process for deleting the app:
- Go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage
- Wait for your apps to start populating the list
- Swipe up to find the listing for Instagram (from memory it's around 100MB in size, but that will depend on how much data you have stored)
- Tap on Instagram
- Now you'll see how much space is taken up by the App and its Data, as well as an option to Offload App or to Delete App
- Tap on Delete App to delete it and all of it's data.
Note: Deleting the data itself cannot be undone without doing a full restore from a backup!
Solution 2:
Go to Instagram settings and try to find
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under Privacy & Security (it may have changed in new updates but it should still be there). Then you should be able to toggle it off and remove local username and password information. After deleting the app itself, your login information will no longer appear.
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