Today Instagram is one of the most secure social networks that exist, so much so that it begins to gain weight against the competition. Not only young people create an account, it is possible if you are a company, a company or a sports club.
Among the many things of this service is to prevent them from finding youThis will reduce your circle of friends to certain people you know. To do this, it is necessary to follow a few steps to be able to carry out this process and be invisible to the entire network.
How to avoid being found on Instagram
To avoid being found on Instagram A fundamental step is to delete your phone number, for this people who use "Find friends" will not find you this way. One essential thing is to have the account verified, click on "Edit profile" and add an email to Private information, then validate when receiving the email.
Doing this allows you to be invisible to this specific person and anyone who is on Instagram. On the other hand, it is advisable not to do it if you want someone close to you to want to find you and talk to you. You will be able to find the users you want to add to your Instagram account, since they will all be visible to you.
Another step is to unlink your Facebook account from Instagram., so people will not find you, due to the link this is easier, since you will be locatable at all times. To unlink it, follow these steps:
- Click on the three stripes
- Now go to Settings> Linked accounts
- To remove it, click on "Unlink account" to delete your Facebook account on Instagram
Disable similar accounts on Instagram
A fundamental thing also to not show yourself on Instagram is to disable the suggestions of similar accounts, remember that if you do it you will be invisible on the social network. In this case, the steps to follow are:
- Log in to the Instagram website, in the application for now it is not possible
- Once inside from the web browser, click on Edit profile and uncheck the box for Suggestions from similar accounts
- This ensures that it does not appear as a suggestion in the profiles. about people that you may know, thus avoiding being "more findable"
This is ideal if what you need is for no one to appear and for this the same thing comes out., not showing any results, which in the end is what we are looking for. One thing must be added to this, that once you activate it you have the possibility of removing it if you want to find related people, which is what will happen if you deactivate it.
No account will find yours, except those that already follow you specifically. If you publish stories, it will be visible to them, who have the option to interact. Otherwise, if you activate this setting through the browser, there is also the possibility of removing it or adding it from the app.
Delete Instagram number
It is perhaps the best trick so that no one finds you on Instagram, you will not appear in searches either, which in this case is the same (without the 9 digits). By deleting the Instagram number and saving the change, this will start to work, which is ultimately what we are looking for and which is much easier than you think.
Removing this will not take us long, to do this we have to go through the application or browser options, either of the two is valid. It's time to add that only the administrator of that account can do it., which in this case is the one who can access it with your password.
To delete phone number from Instagram, Do the following:
- Open the app or account from the browser, it is important that you are logged in with your main account
- Once you log in, go to your profile, it will be represented by an icon at the bottom (app) and top (browser)
- Now add an email in the private area, if you have it, do not do this step
- Verify that you have two-step verification activated, do this in Settings – Privacy and security and click on “Two-step authentication”
- Now finally, click "Edit profile" and delete the phone number, you have it in "Private information", remove it and click "Save"
The number is something that is usually private, so it is best that you remove it, since this will save you some headaches if they access your account. It is also worth noting that you can do this and then have greater security with two-step authentication, which is vital both here and on Facebook.
Unlink your Facebook account from Instagram
You probably haven't realized it, but it's more than likely that you have to unlink the Facebook account from the Instagram account, Both tend to throw people related to you. For this the step will be similar to unlinking Instagram from Facebook, which in this case it is important that you do.
If you use both, this will come in handy if you want to find a family member, friend or acquaintance, and many friendships have always emerged from social networks. You must do this and not ignore that later You will be able to activate it whenever you need it, following the same steps.
Unlink Facebook account from Instagram it is done as follows:
- Open the app on your device, you can also do this from the browser go to instagram.com
- After this, click on the “Profile” figure icon to go to the built-in options
- Enter the “Settings” section and then click on “Linked accounts”, click on "Unlink account" and that's it
- After this they will no longer find you, since you will not appear
