---
title: "How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-delete-facebook-instagram-and-threads-bi2uvmn68
source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/22/how-to-delete-facebook-instagram-and-threads/
type: article
source: "TechCrunch"
published: 2025-01-22T21:51:26.514Z
updated: 2025-01-22T21:51:41.137Z
tags: ["privacy", "social-media", "facebook", "instagram"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 99
comments: 10
language: en
---

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# How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads

**[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 6 min read · 99 upvotes · 10 comments

## Summary

Meta's recent decision to relax its content moderation policies and remove its third-party fact-checking system has led to a surge in users searching for ways to delete their Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts. The post provides detailed instructions on how to download personal data from Facebook and Instagram before deletion and outlines the steps for permanently deleting accounts on these platforms.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@daniel8000** · 17 upvotes

> I deleted FB in 2011. I have never had Instagram or other social media account.

**@petermrozek** · 8 upvotes

> To quote the article: "hotbed for misinformation and polarizing speech". That's about right. 😁
>
> I would really love to leave FB, but there are a few projects out there (I want to stay in touch with) that use FB as their main platform for communication and content providing.
>
> ![9k72nh](https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Lk7ugA4b--/f_auto/v1739520005/ugc/content_9f9aab8b-b97b-493c-b0b0-75db37ec2f22)

**@ghost** · 6 upvotes

> I signed up for insta to promote things, but every second i spend on there, in the feed feels like brain cells are dying.

**@kbbdy** · 2 upvotes

> I don't have to. I never had any of them. Fortunately my wife is keeping contact with most important people on facebook, so I don't have to :D
> Currenlty amount of AI generated s_it on social media is so overhelming, that I see that even most engaged users are loosing their interest.

**@andy63** · 2 upvotes

> This is one of the reasons they kicked out TikTok. You wont be left with many choices. I would still wish everyone woul delete all META apps over night. Bring the stock to 0!!

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Tags: [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#social-media](https://daily.dev/tags/social-media), [#facebook](https://daily.dev/tags/facebook), [#instagram](https://daily.dev/tags/instagram)

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