A growing number of people are starting to take breaks from social media in order to rest their minds, get their focus back, and . There can also be negativity on these platforms that some may want to avoid for a while. This may lead to them deactivating their account for a period of time — but can you reactivate it afterward? Here’s how to reactivate instagram account after deactivating it.
Temporary Deactivation
If you’ve chosen the option to deactivate your account temporarily, then you don’t need to do anything else. Instagram will only deactivate it for one week, but after this it will return to normal. This is a great idea if you want to take a short break and then just jump back in.
If you choose to deactivate it for longer than that, you will need to follow these steps to reactivate it.
Reactivating Your Instagram Account
In theory, reactivating your account should be a simple task, but there could be complications that need to be resolved first:
- Open your Instagram app and log onto your account. For the majority of cases, this will be enough to reactivate your profile. Be aware though that if you still want the account deactivated, but you log in to check something, you may need to deactivate it again afterward.
- If you entered your username and password and your account didn’t reactivate, you may need to reset your password.
- Click on the “Forgot password?” link below the login
- Enter your username or email address you used to set up the account
- You will receive an email with the rest of the steps you need to reset the password
- You should now be able to enter your account, if not, then you may need to investigate further.
Why Can You Not Reactivate Your Account?
If you’re having problems reactivating your profile, it may be that there has been an issue with the account.
- One reason may be that you deleted your account by mistake. If you delete your account, then Instagram will not let you recover it again. You may also not be able to have the same username again if you create a new account.
- Instagram may have deactivated your account themselves. They can decide to do this if there is a breach of their community guidelines.
- Someone may have hacked your account and deactivated it.
If you are unsure why the account is deactivated, then you should contact Instagram to find out what has happened. You can do this in several ways:
- You can enter Instagram’s Help Center where you can report issues and accounts and find out what the issue is with your account.
- You can click “something’s not working” in your settings, or if you can’t log in, then click “I can’t log in” to get instructions to help restore it.
- Open the Instagram page on Facebook and send them a direct message. This can be the quickest way to contact them.
Hopefully, you will be able to recover your account and find out what the reason was that it was deactivated. If you want to make sure that you don’t lose all of your photos, you can back-up your files from Instagram to your device. This will be a good way to protect your precious memories.
Deactivating and reactivating your Instagram account is a great way to take a social media break without getting bombarded by messages when you come back.
