How to delete Instagram search history

When you look up something on Instagram, your search history is automatically saved. If you want to delete your search data, you can always do this via the social media platform. We explain how that works in this article. This is how you delete your Instagram search history.

on your phone

On your Android phone or iPhone, open the Instagramapp and tap your profile icon at the bottom right of the navigation bar. Then, when you get to your profile page, tap the hamburger menu (the three horizontal bars). Choose the option here Settings and then for the option Security† In this menu you will find Data and history the option Clear search history† On an Android phone this is simply called Search history†

Then you get an overview of your search history and with one tap Clear all delete all this data. You can also delete individual searches from this list by tapping the cross to the right of the search.

You may still see accounts you searched for as suggested results after clearing the data.

on your desktop

If you don’t use the app, but you always add your photos via the Instagram website via your Windows PC, Mac or Chromebook, then you have to clear your search history in another way. Go to the Instagram website and log in to your account. Click on your profile icon at the top right of the screen and go to Settings. In the menu Privacy and Security do you think View account details (under the heading Account details†

When you click this option, you will arrive at a page with all kinds of information about your profile. Here you can understand when you’ve logged in or out of Instagram, the accounts you’ve blocked, and more. You will also find here Search history† If you click under this heading Display all then you can clear any searches you’ve made for accounts, locations, or hashtags.

Both on your smartphone and on the Instagram website, you can also delete recent searches by tapping the search bar and then clicking the cross to the right of the search.

Of course, only the search history of the account you are logged into will be deleted. If you have multiple Instagram accounts, you will have to go through the above steps again to delete the history of that account as well. Read more about this in our article about creating and adding multiple Instagram accounts.

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