Preliminary information
Before explaining to you how to understand if an Instagram account is deactivated, let me give you some useful preliminary information about it.
Let's start by saying that, as easily understood, there is no official solution that allows you to know if a person has deactivated his Instagram account; however this information is easy to find, since there are various methods to deduce it in a more or less reliable way.
All you have to do, as I will explain in detail in the next chapters of this guide, is to put into practice some simple checks within the photographic social network, in order to identify the profile of the user that you suspect has deactivated his account and see if it is still active.
Also, if the person you are "investigating" is a famous person, searching the Internet you will almost certainly find information relating to his Instagram account and the status of the same.
But now enough chatter. If you need more information on how to proceed in all the cases mentioned, keep reading: I'm about to give you all the information you need.
How to understand if a person has deactivated the Instagram account
As just mentioned, to understand if a person has voluntarily deactivated his Instagram account temporarily, you can first of all carry out simple checks by acting directly through the well-known photographic social network owned by Facebook. There are, in fact, several operations that you can perform to clarify your doubts, and you can find them all listed below.
Search for the profile on Instagram
The first solution that you can put in place, if you want to understand if a person has deactivated his Instagram account, is to use the social network search engine, in order to immediately check for the absence of a reply (which could confirm your suspicions).
You can search Instagram via the social network app for Android and iOS, but you can also act as a PC via the official Instagram site. To do this, use the Instagram search engine (marked with the magnifying glass on mobile devices and from search bar on the web version of the social network) to type the user's name say your interest.
Once this is done, if the account in question has actually been deactivated, you shouldn't see it in the results. In some cases you may still be able to locate a deactivated profile but by pressing on its nominative, you should see the wording User not found, That Instagrammer or or, again, you may see the wording Sorry, this page is not available.
In these specific cases, it is clear that the Instagram account no longer exists; however, it is not possible to know for sure if the account has been temporarily disabled or if the owner has decided to permanently delete it.
Check private messages
In case you can't find the profile of the user you want, or if you don't remember his username, you can implement an alternative strategy aimed at verifying if the account owner has decided to deactivate his Instagram profile.
Through i private messages of the photographic social network, you can in fact find the profile of the user of your interest, in the event that there had previously been a private conversation between you.
Therefore, log into your Instagram account via theWhatsapp of the social network for smartphones or connected to your profile from Web. Now, press onairplane icon, to see the section dedicated to private messages and locate the name previously started with the person of your interest, in order to press on his nominative and see the history of messages sent and received.
At this point, if the user has deactivated their account, you should see error messages. First, his name may have been replaced by the wording Instagrammer. Then, pressing on his username (if still visible), you should see some error messages, such as User not found o Sorry, this page is not available.
If this happens, it means that the Instagram account in question no longer exists and, therefore, the owner of the account may have chosen to delete it or temporarily deactivate it from the photographic social network.
Check other social networks
You can't find the link to the profile of the user you are interested in on Instagram or you have no idea what his profile is username? Don't worry because I'm about to provide you with another workaround that will help you figure out if a person has deactivated their Instagram account.
In fact, by making use of other social networks you can try to trace a person's Instagram account: for example, if you know that the latter often shares Instagram content on other social networks, such as Facebook o TikTok, you can try to search, through the latter, information relating to his Instagram profile, such as theYour account URL or, more simply, his username.
Once you have found this information, all you have to do is follow the instructions I have already given you: looking for his username in the Instagram search engine or by connecting to his profile through theURL, you will be able to see if the account is still active or if you are shown error messages.
In the latter case, the account may no longer exist because it has been temporarily disabled or deleted.
Search for information on the Internet
The person you think has disabled their account is famous, or is his profile of some public interest? If so, you can try making one search on the Internet, in order to understand if any news site has written an article about it.
Usually, in fact, the deactivation of the account of a social network, such as Instagram, by a particularly famous person is news and therefore, someone else may have noticed the deactivation of the profile and may have written a news about it.
In this regard, all you have to do is search on Google, typing the name of the person in question in the search engine. After that, click on the section News, to see what are the latest news related to the person of your interest. In the event that this had decided to deactivate his profile or delete it, you could, in fact, find articles that mention it.
How to understand if an Instagram account is deactivated
