Threads will let you delete your account without losing Instagram, Meta claims.

what a launch streams It was on everyone’s lips, it’s not new. The launch of the new Meta social network has exceeded expectations, although this does not mean that there is nothing to improve in it. One of the most important criticisms of the platform was the inability to delete an account without deleting the Instagram profile it was associated with. Luckily, Menlo Park is trying to fix this.

Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, touched on this possibility in a Threads post. The executive explained that if you subscribed to the new app by importing data from Instagram, the account you use on both platforms will be the same. Therefore, today there is no way to eliminate them separately. Therefore, if you delete your Threads profile, you will also lose your Instagram profile and all of its content, and vice versa.

However, he warned that are working on making account deletion manageable independently. This means that in the future, Threads will allow those who decide to leave to remove all traces of themselves on the platform but keep their Instagram account active. Unfortunately, there was no mention of how long it might take for this feature to be included in the app.

“I have received several questions about deleting your account. To clarify, you can deactivate your Threads account, which hides your profile and content from Threads; you can make your profile private and delete posts from individual threads without deleting your account from Instagram. Threads works with Instagram, so it’s one account right now. But we are looking for a way to delete your Threads account separatelyMosseri explained.

Meta aims to fix one of Threads’ first major flaws

The inability to delete Threads without losing the associated Instagram account was one of the major downsides to launching the social network. Obviously, the first version of the platform is still missing some features – hashtags, direct messages, native support for GIFs, search by messages, customization feedetc. – but the accepted provision on the deletion of accounts it was a mistake.

Mind you, maybe this is by design. It would not be strange if Meta thought that a constant connection with Instagram would help keep users interested in Threads. But it is a reality that many have come to a new social network to see what it was about and see if it can really replace Twitter. It is logical to think that a few users of the first wave can refuse the service if they are not convinced. And those who have Mark Zuckerberg should have thought about it beforehand.

Perhaps some people think that deactivate your Threads profile and uninstall the app it is enough not to use the platform anymore. However, there is a feeling that the permanent deletion of related data, which does not involve the loss of the Instagram account, should have been a built-in feature from the first minute.

It’s good that top Meta executives like Mosseri or Mark Zuckerberg himself are very active in Threads, collecting Feedback users. This will help the platform evolve and introduce new features faster. Let’s hope that the separate deletion of Threads and Instagram profiles will be included among the first.. We will closely follow the news.