Threads will finally let users delete their accounts without losing Instagram too
Meta's Twitter rival will now offer users – who signed up en masse when it launched – the option to delete.
If you're unhappy with Threads but still love scrolling on Instagram, there's good news for you: you'll soon be able to delete the first account without losing the second .
Adam Mosseri, the boss of Instagram, announced this week on (of course) Threads that an update of the application would allow users - including some signed up after the initial boom of the new app but did not become regular users — only to be able to finally and permanently log out of Threads.
Since Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter last year, users, unimpressed by some of its changes, have looked for an alternative. No clear winner has emerged.Credit... Ascannio/ShutterstockWhen Meta introduced Threads in July , intended to be a rival to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, it quickly became the most downloaded application in history.
But the momentum did not hold. Users complained that the platform had fewer features than some of the other new platforms competing to become the new Twitter. It lacked subject tags, direct messaging, and any way to access content from a desktop computer. (Threads has since introduced a web version.)
Another key complaint: Many users who had spent years carefully curating their Instagram accounts joined Threads on a whim. head only to discover that they couldn't remove one without dropping the other as well.
Instagram said early on that it was investigating a fix for...
Meta's Twitter rival will now offer users – who signed up en masse when it launched – the option to delete.
If you're unhappy with Threads but still love scrolling on Instagram, there's good news for you: you'll soon be able to delete the first account without losing the second .
Adam Mosseri, the boss of Instagram, announced this week on (of course) Threads that an update of the application would allow users - including some signed up after the initial boom of the new app but did not become regular users — only to be able to finally and permanently log out of Threads.
Since Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter last year, users, unimpressed by some of its changes, have looked for an alternative. No clear winner has emerged.Credit... Ascannio/ShutterstockWhen Meta introduced Threads in July , intended to be a rival to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, it quickly became the most downloaded application in history.
But the momentum did not hold. Users complained that the platform had fewer features than some of the other new platforms competing to become the new Twitter. It lacked subject tags, direct messaging, and any way to access content from a desktop computer. (Threads has since introduced a web version.)
Another key complaint: Many users who had spent years carefully curating their Instagram accounts joined Threads on a whim. head only to discover that they couldn't remove one without dropping the other as well.
Instagram said early on that it was investigating a fix for...
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