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Linking Facebook and Instagram accounts makes cross-platform sharing effortless. However, at times, you might want to portray two different sides to your personality or cater to different sets of audiences on either platform. To do that, you’ll have to unlink Facebook and Instagram from the Meta Accounts Centre.
Before I show you how it’s done, let me assure you that disconnecting Facebook and Instagram won’t delete the posts you have already shared. Apart from posts, your followers, preferences, likes, reels, and so on will remain independently intact on both platforms.
With basics out of the way, let’s quickly look at how to unlink your Facebook account from Instagram on your iPhone or Computer.
To unlink your Facebook and Instagram accounts, you need the login credentials to just one of the two accounts. Depending on the app you are logged in, choose one of these two methods:
Remember, if you created your Instagram account using Facebook or were using Facebook credentials to log in, you might have to follow a few more on-screen instructions to complete the unlinking.
For instance, you’ll be asked to change your Instagram password if it matches your existing Facebook password.
You can complete the process from the official Instagram site too. But as you know, its UI is quite dated and offers fewer features.
Still, if you have no other option, go to the Instagram website → More → Settings → See more in Accounts Centre and follow steps 5-8 from above to complete the unlinking.
While unlinking Facebook from Instagram is easy, it will leave you at a dead-end. I mean, the two accounts will not recognize each other or be in sync.
So, instead of completely unlinking the two, I’d suggest turning off the automatic share options. This action stops the default sharing of posts on both platforms.
In fact, while posting, you can choose whether you want to share it on both platforms. To achieve this control from your iPhone:
Conclusion
Instagram generally tends to have a younger audience than Facebook. So, for a lot of youngsters, sharing the same content on both might not be fun. (I won’t tell you why 😜)
As you just saw, Meta has made it quite easy for you to unlink the two using its Accounts Centre. If you get stuck in the process or have any other questions regarding these two platforms, you can reach out to me in the comments. I’d be happy to respond.
FAQs
To remove your Facebook profile for your Instagram bio, go to your Instagram profile → Edit profile → Links → Tap Facebook profile → Select Remove from bio and wait for a few seconds. You can follow the same process to remove any links added to your Insta bio.
If you unlink Instagram and Facebook, you won’t be able to use cross-platform sharing, log in to Instagram using Facebook, or find mutual Facebook friends on Instagram (and vice-versa).
More on Instagram and Facebook:
Thanks for the detailed instructions! I was struggling to unlink my Facebook from Instagram on my iPhone, but your step-by-step guide made it super easy. Appreciate it!