Facebook's acquisition of Instagram made Instagram followers worry as the Social Giant got access to a large amount of
data.This caused a insecurity among users as their data became social property.
Since the images are tagged, hashed and location embedded it causes user to
lose their personal information and even location. So, some users prefer to
delete their accounts. Here in this article we will help you reduce your
frustration by backing up your Instagram images before deleting your account.
To accomplish this task we need a image transfer site to transfer all your images to your hard disks or iPhone/Android.
Go to [1] site
which is especially designed for Instagram image export and backup.
Click the "Sign
in with Instagram" button. Sign in with your Instagram
ID and password.
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Or if you are already
logged into Instagram then you will be ask for authorization permission.
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Click authorize button
to allow the application.
Now it will show your account being connected and will move on to next stage- The transfer stage.
The transfer stage includes-Choosing export service.Choose the first option "Download as .zip file". Apparently its the only button active in the current platform.Now click "Start Export" button to start exporting.This will export all your images
If you want to archive a particular batch of images or albums then click the advanced tab(Given just above "Start Export" button). In this option you can customize the way you want to backup or what you want to backup.After finishing adjusting click export to transfer all the files to your desired storage platform.
After backup you can delete your account by going to
Tips
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The advanced feature
of Instaport is quite easy and flexible so use it carefully.
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There is an alternate
fun method to back up your pictures which is mentioned in this article -Download Photos from an Instagram
User
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Make sure during the
transfer process your internet connection or power shouldn't go off otherwise
again it will be a unsuccessful transfer.
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Make sure your
transfer platform has sufficient space otherwise your data transferred might
get corrupted.
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Deletion of account
erases of all the data and leaves no scope for recovery.So you need not worry
about your images being used on social network.
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If you are having
issues deleting your Instagram account, Then may be you would like to read-How to Delete an Instagram Account
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Instaport website can
also be used for backing up files on other image uploading sites so if you have
a connected account with Instagram then make sure you backup those images too.
Warnings
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Deletion of account is
a permanent process so be careful and make sure that you backup your files
before deletion.
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