Do you want to close your Instagram account, but without this resulting in something permanent? For these types of occasions, the social network has an option that allows you to temporarily disable it. If you do, your profile, photos, comments and ‘likes’ will be hidden until you activate it again.

How to temporarily deactivate an Instagram account?

These are all the steps you must follow to disable your Instagram account depending on the device you use:

From a computer:

Access the Instagram website from a Windows or Mac computer
Tap your profile picture from the top right of the screen
Click on the profile section
Click on the edit profile button that appears next to your username
Scroll to the bottom of the page and select the option to temporarily disable my account
In the question why do you want to disable your account? , choose a reason from the drop-down menu
Enter your password to access the last step
Press the temporarily disable account button.

From a smartphone:

Open Instagram from the web browser of your Android or iOS device
Touch your profile picture located at the top right of the screen
Go to the profile section
Click on the edit profile button that is displayed next to your username
Go to the bottom of the page and click the option to temporarily disable my account
Select the reason for your decision in the section why do you want to disable your account?
Re-enter your password
Press the temporarily disable account button.