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How to remove a remembered account on Instagram from phone
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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By remembering your Instagram account login credentials on your device, the app makes it convenient for users to log in to their accounts after logging out.
However, there are some instances when a user would prefer to remove Instagram remembered accounts from his or her phone.
When you open the Instagram app with your account logged out, instead of requiring you to enter your login details, you see theContinue asoption.
With this option, anyone can access your Instagram account, so far as you have logged in on the device in the past.
In this guide, we will show you how to remove Instagram remembered accounts from your phone quickly and protect your account.
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How do I remove Instagram remembered accounts from a phone?
1. Remove account locally
The above steps are applicable for when you wish to remove Instagram remembered account after logging in to the app. If you want to do it without logging in, use the method below.
3. Log out of Facebook
Facebook owns Instagram; so, users can log in to Instagram using their Facebook credentials.
If this is what you did, then the other solution in this guide may not work for you.
To remove Instagram remembered account from your phone when you logged in with the Facebook app, you have to sign out of Facebook.
Next, launch the Instagram app, and you’ll notice that you have successfully removed your Instagram remembered account from the phone.
You can go ahead to log back into Facebook.
4. Clear data from Settings
5. Change your password
Changing your password keeps you logged in on the phone you changed it with. However, it logs you out of other devices on which your account is logged in.
Note:This method doesn’t technically remove your Instagram remembered account from your phone. It only makes it impossible for anyone to log in to your account even if the account is still on the device.
All the solutions (exceptsolution 5) apply to Android, iOS, and desktop Instagram interfaces.
With these methods of removing Instagram remembered accounts, you no longer have to worry about anyone accessing your account.
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Coming from a solid background in PC building and software development, with a complete expertise in touch-based devices, he is constantly keeping an eye out for the latest and greatest!
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Vlad Turiceanu
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Coming from a solid background in PC building and software development, he’s a Windows 11 Privacy & Security expert.
