Interestingly, Meta did not allow account deletion of Threads that it had opened in the past months. Users who wanted to leave Threads also had to delete their Instagram accounts. However, this will change starting from December. Alright Threads account deletion how to do it?
How to delete Threads account?
According to a privacy manager at Meta, an important update is coming to Threads. The company said that by December they will allow users to delete their Threads accounts separately from their Instagram accounts.
Threads, Meta’s X rival social platform, launched in July. However, in order to remove the Threads account, the Instagram profile also had to be deleted. This situation created privacy and data security problems for users.
While it is possible to disable the Threads profile or customize permissions, completely removing the account is not allowed. Meta Security Manager Michel Protti touched upon the technical difficulties of separating Instagram and Threads accounts.
He stated that they took into account users’ requests to remove their profiles in this regard. Accordingly, Meta is now Deleting Threads profiles separately works for.
The Instagram-independent account removal option will give Threads users more control over their data.
However, despite all the improvements, X still remains popular. This means that users do not give up their habits easily. Let’s see what Threads will do to increase its popularity.
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