Right now, if you want to delete your Threads account altogether, you’ll also take your Instagram account with it.
If you signed up for Threads as soon as it came out, you aren’t alone — the app was downloaded over 30 million times within the first 16 hours of being published. As the virtual floodgates opened on the Threads launch, users that longed for a Twitter alternative rapidly burst in, made all the easier since most already had an account before the app was even created; no invitation or exclusive waitlist was necessary.
Although it’s a separate app, Threads was built by the Instagram team and uses the same credentials. If you already have an Instagram account, your username and profile carries over to Threads, though you can customize it and change it if you wish.
