Within a few hours of its launch, Meta’s Threads has created more than one crore users. A large number of people are showing interest in it. However, in this app, all the data of Instagram is being saved by default. Means if you delete this app then Instagram profile can also be deleted. So be alert and careful while deactivating Threads account.
Will deactivating Threads account delete Instagram?
A question was asked on the FAQ page of the app – Can I delete this app? Got the answer- ‘You can delete your individual posts, but to delete threads profile and data you have to delete Instagram account.’ Meaning if you have created a Threads account and do not want to use it, you can deactivate it, but to delete the Threads profile, you will have to delete the Instagram account itself.
What to do if you want to deactivate Threads account
After deactivating a Threads account, you will no longer see the account’s posts and interactions. However, your account and data will not be completely deleted. Deactivating Threads account will have no effect on Instagram but for this you have to be careful deleting the account.
How to delete threads account
- First go to your Threads profile.
- Now go to Settings and click on Account.
- After this, click on Deactivate Profile and press Enter.
- Your Threads account will be deactivated.
- what is the concern about threads
The biggest concern of Tech Experts to Threads is that this account is using the entire data of Instagram. Threads is accessing Instagram’s login information, name, username, full details of profile, followers, following list and user age from Instagram.
