Threads profiles can’t be deleted without removing your entire Instagram account
If you’re already tired of Threads and want to delete your account, you can’t do that right now unless you delete your entire Instagram account. However, Meta is “looking into” a way for that not to be the case, according to a post from Instagram chief Adam Mosseri on Thursday.
Threads, Meta’s just-launched Twitter competitor, uses Instagram’s account system. That has the benefit of letting you bring over your Instagram username when you join the app. But it also ties the apps together in such a way that means you can’t delete your Threads account without deleting your Instagram one, which people may not want to do if they’ve been posting on Instagram proper for years.