Deleting Threads is easy – but Instagram users should watch out
Threads, Meta’s Instagram-linked rival to Twitter, is finally available. You can read all about it in our Threads hub, but chances are if you’ve clicked this link you’re already fed up with the microblogging app and want to delete your account.
Thankfully, deleting your Threads account is easy – but there’s a big catch. Since you have to log into Threads using an existing Instagram account (and you’ll be temporarily suspended if you make a new account just for Threads at the time of writing), deleting your Threads account also means deleting your Instagram account.
You probably don’t want to do this (though if you do, we’ve got a guide to deleting your Instagram account too!), but fortunately, there’s also an option to just deactivate your Threads account, which essentially makes all of your posts and interactions invisible until you choose to reactivate it.
