All you have to do is open the Instagram app on your smartphone and tap the ‘Forgotten password’ on the login screen. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you hadn’t set a different way to get password recovery on your second account (phone or email), I don’y know of anything you can do. Push notifications on multiple Instagram accounts. Note: Yes, I actually deleted my 2,000 follower account that I’ve had for several years and all of the emotional memories that went along with it. PLEASE make this possible on a computer!! One hashtag I use is #keepasharpeye and it has made its own page with no name. Hope I could be a help to someone and if so hmu with those usernames! If I’m understanding correctly that you’re sharing from Adobe Lightroom, I suggest you reach out to Adobe. I tried logging into her account so I could remove it, but it says I don’t have access to it and when I tried to hit the X next to Log In, it didn’t work. It’s happening with stories too. Someone else also posts on this. I have to this point been managing it on my bosses iphone. While logged in to my personal account, I followed the directions to set up another account. EEK? Can anyone assist me? I have a problem which is related to this: I created an account called T, late one night, I was tired so I didn’t finish it , in fact it barely exists, it seems to be a user name and an email. Your email address will not be published. Can you help me at all? I have three Instagram accounts and they all three had the same username (my email) and password. You have to be careful that you remember all of your usernames and passwords for this fix. It might be possible to change it on the one you can log in to, but I can’t say for sure. Maybe you should just change the name on the previous account. Thanks for the explanation. You used a different email, right? Mine is doing this as well! I tried logging out and again back to the same business p;age. How to permanently delete an Instagram account. Tap or your profile picture in the bottom right to go to your profile. As we’ll discuss below, you must be logged in to delete your Instagram account. You’ll get an email to reset it, after you pick a new one a reset the password for this account, you’ll be able to access both accounts – just with username and different passwords, even if it’s under the same email. Will that help? But I only have (and can afford!) Is that possible? I recently logged in to do the top 9 and ever since, two of them keep making me make a new password every time I log in. In the settings section, scroll right down. Simply select manage accounts and press x. Please HELP! I had a personal page and then made a business page about a year ago. At some point you might wish to remove one of your Instagram accounts from Hootsuite. on desktop or if I’ve logged out all accounts and just want to log back into business on the app). Did you ever find an answer? Confused, Hi I just had the same problem. This is also starting to happen often. Here’s how to go about it. Every time I request a new password it just gives me a link instead, so I am unable to log in via desktop. Sorry but there’s no definitive info I can provide. I’ve been trying to resolve it for weeks for my new business. any idea how i can bring this back ? Unfortunately, I don’t know anything about Android. Make sure you know the passwords for all your accounts. So you’re effectively locked out of other account(s) with the same email. However a reader left a comment that sounds like she was able to. I have a 3rd IG that I use for business (but not a business IG acct)-can’t remember password and have to re-sign in bc I have a new phone. Thanks in advance. I appreciate your answer. There are 12 steps, but they’re really easy: 4 | Tap the gear icon at the bottom for Settings. If the PW reset is going to a different account, then it sounds like you set them both up with the same login. I tested to see if I could still access my personal account using the original iPhone email/password combo, and it worked just fine. Now I am unable to find/get into it. How do I create another using that same email address? Because of the way I started the business account through my personal account on my iPhone, both accounts were linked and logged in on the iPhone under the same email/password combo. I created an Instagram account and then linked it to my business page. What’s your suggested course of action if you’re managing 15 accounts? I am able to switch between the two without logging out but now I can’t post anything anymore under my private account. I am now worried that I must have signed this second account up with the same phone number. Help? The 2nd account must exist before you can add it. It’s called Tammy’s Nail Beautique . Sorry to be dense! You are always my first GO – TO blog when I need to know something that can easily be implemented! help me. I used your most recent option (the solution provided February 2019) and was finally able to get rid of it. Tap on Remove. It did not used to be like this and I really dont want it to? I wasn’t active at all – I would use it once in a while just to take a look at photos. Oh no! Are you unable to use #Instagram #chat themes on your Android or iPhone? I recently created a second IG account and linked it to my original account. 9 | If you choose Email, you’ll confirm your new account later. For example, Stories and carousel posts still need to be posted manually. The “add account” does not exists no that I have iPhone X Is there another way to add a switchable account on instagram. I have an issue with my accounts, and thought you and your followers may help. I would like to be able to log into my business account on my Mac. So frustrating!! I have never uploaded something, I did never like or follow something or someone with my first account. How do I disable or remove a second account I created? Natalie, I can only suggest you carefully check any related IG help docs so you make sure you only delete the correct one and not the original one. My goal is to use the second account anonymously so I hope not! I don’t know of any tricks, other than you have to be logged out of your current account. Remove Linked Accounts First, you might want to know that your Instagram account has a setting which lets you link your account with other social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Ameba and Ok.ru.If you are used to sharing your posts from Instagram to Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr then you already know this. I’ll have to find out more about it since I keep hearing from people with problems. I have different accounts on 2 different devices. It’s near the end of the blog post under “My removed Instagram account is still showing!”. account I guess the only thing left to do is make a new account and just leave the second one to be deleted? So I did all 3 options on how to remove “How do I remove an Instagram account I’ve added?” and non help. Hey. So you will have to change your password and select the Log out from all devices option. In the pop-up that opens, tap ‘Log Into Existing Account’. Also, when I try to login in with my new business account through the Instagram login page it won’t work only when I am on my original and then switch from there. If it’s not there, I have no way to help. A new window will open as if you had never used Chrome before. Hi Lousie, I have two Instagram accounts, one to contact with my real friends and one for social purposes. I read it through, but I had already added an account linked to my personal account. On Mobile: Open Instagram. Not sure if that’s affecting your different accounts activity perhaps being seen in aggregate. I got new phone and it logged me out – i used the same email address as i was not aware that it would cause an issue. I won’t do this. Which has meant I can’t link my business account to a planning tool like Later or Hootsuite! It worked, now I have two and I can switch. I have currently set up my me account with another name for now, but would like to get the other one back. Step 3: Once you meet the aforementioned requirements, click the Permanently delete my account button to delete your Instagram account. I have two IG accounts I want to switch the names how do I do that and is there a timeframe? For example: Cristina Zenato (my personal account) is on Instagram as “Green leaf” account. It could be tricky to separate them once linked. What should I do? Thanks. 2019 UPDATE: If you set up accounts under “One Login,” anyone who can access one of the accounts will also be able to access the others. I’m afraid if I tinker with it, I will lose the account and I have about 100 followers so far that I don’t want to lose by starting over again. I try to switch accounts and instead of seeing the business account’s activity or news feed, all I see is my personal ones even though I am in the business account. I had a second Instagram account linked to my main account. It’s near the bottom. Sorry it didn’t work for you, but it’s still their official policy. Question-there are 2 of us that are logged into a business account (as an additional account on insta). Any help is appreciated , thank you! I’ll create a new account to see how it works. Did you find a solution? My IG accounts are linked so I can login with 1 password and switch back and forth on my phone, but I cannot for the life of me log into my IG business account via my desktop, or get connected on Hootsuite. Then, what happens to my login information to that account which is the same for both accounts. I don’t know if that makes sense to you but what happens when you go to a different email.. you log out and log into the new one. It’s like the business Instagram account is no longer linked and I can’t post to it or do anything “as” the business. Hi, I used function “Post on other accounts” to post on multiple accounts. Hi, where do you find this? Type in the username and password for the account you'd like to add. I actually was reading this to see if I could switch accounts easily using my computer, but someone asked and you answered so I get that. I have an instagram account with name and all. It’s not difficult. 1. Hi! When you use an approved scheduling tool like Tailwind or Later, it is important to be logged into the right account on your app for some types of posts. Thank for any help. When I go to reset the password entering the username of the business account it sends me the link to reset but always logs in to the personal account. Do you followers see all your accounts and posts in all accounts or do they just see the one they are following? Another possible thing is log into your main add the other account from the setting tab on your main. I am also having to change my password, as Insta thinks my account has been compromised. I have tried updating , uninstall and reinstall my instagram account but it’s not working. One last thing is try to log into one of your SPAMS as a The “MAIN” and see if you can re-add all the other accounts. That’s where mine are. I used Hootsuite to schedule posts to my business account for about a year, but then neglected it for about 6 months. At multiple sources I’ve read how simple it should be to create and manage multiple accounts (just like your place here), at least with the app (up to five?). Maybe yours is 3 dots or a gear. © 2021 Guiding Tech. I assume it’s OK if it’s a business account, but you should look up best practices for this. I searched in IG and there is no account on that name. Every time I try to sign in on that account, it just redirects me to my main account. I have 5 on 1 device and 3 on another. I dont know how to stop logging into that page. Plus, I guess I’m pretty clueless about the need to log out. How can I add a link to my story on my second account which is for my business? Is it the Android settings or am I doing something wrong? I would appreciate you letting me know if you find something, as this will be a problem for a lot of people. Any ideas on a fix, so that I can toggle back and forth between the two on my desktop? 5 | Scroll to the bottom. I put my number in and was sent a code to verify it which I did, along with a new password which I added and that was the end. Q2, enter the username you wish to log into. I doubt a real agency would use such a thing. How to Delete an Old Instagram Account without Knowing Password # Method 1. Okay, I found my old account sometime before this response but I have forgotten my password to my new account and it will not send me a new reset for password since I have not been able to confirm the email since I can not remeber the password, LOL! Here is a list of all potential solutions to this annoying solution for all. Very safe. It’s obvious when you know how to do it, but I couldn’t work out what I was doing wrong Clear, concise and perfect. Hi. I went to my laptop (Mac), searched Instagram and found my new, business Instagram account. If you have the same problem, the reason may be related to spammers. If you’re not logged into Instagram on the web, you’ll be asked to log in first. Anyone who knows how to log into one account will also have access to all linked accounts. I’m so sorry but I don’t know of any way to recover that account or username. Near the bottom, there’s a ‘login information’ option to select. Hi! Anyone know how to change this without removing any account? Can you change the first account to different email and phone? Meaning you can’t log into that account at all? Any idea where it went? This is important to me because the business is named T and that is what I want to see, otherwise it will be very confusing for customers. hi, my son used my existing account to make an attached linked account on Instagram. You have to be careful that you remember all of your usernames and passwords for this fix. i can still log in from desktop but i can’t find the account on the IG APP anymore .. only 4 are showing ! Have an excellent day. After that, you will be logged out from all devices including PC. Any subsequent accounts linked to the same email as the first may not be retrievable. Appreciate your time and detailed reply , Ok 1 more lol this is bothering me and I don’t have this problem lol ? I don’t know why that would disappear unless you’ve already added the max (5 linked). But a completely new browser copy (just copy the browsers directory – it’s just that easy with these portable browsers) will have its own cookies and thereby should be able to open its own Instagram session. I figured out the email. I logged into my main account with my username and password. Unfortunately I have also changed phones and as a result no longer have access to my second account. Maybe the folks at Later can help? OR you can switch from any tab with a long-press your profile picture in the bottom left! Here’s what one reader, Deanna, had to say: I have a personal Instagram account and created a business account linked to it using my iPhone under the same email/password combo. Is there anyway to retrieve it so he can have it on his phone now or is it a lost cause? This is the simplest method to get access to your old Instagram account if you don’t remember the password for the same. So, when you click a notification from the scheduling app to post, you need to be logged into the right Instagram account on the app first. It looked like the only option was to link my 2nd non-profit Instagram to my personal FB. But it won’t help! I got a new iphone (10) went into Instagram and it had a very old one not the one that was in my last phone (6S). Hope someone knows ?? First, they launched IGTV for vertical videos, then the nametag feature, followed by close friends for stories. My friend just created one not long ago and now he said couldn’t find his account anymore which I find hard to believe.