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Easily Manage Multiple Instagram Accounts with Account Switching

October 12, 2020 by Louise Myers 498 Comments

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Got multiple Instagram accounts?

One for business, one for fun?

Another one for another business? Or maybe your pet?

Maintaining separate accounts is a highly recommended, yet frustrating, tactic.

Recommended, because Instagram users love to follow laser-focused accounts.

Frustrating, because you’ve had to sign in and out of one account to access another.

But no longer!


Instagram finally announced account switching February 8, 2016. I got it that same day, after checking obsessively for days. It had already been rolling out for a week!

Note: This post was originally published on Feb 8, 2016, and last updated October 12, 2020, with the latest info for you.

We’ll cover all this below:

  • How to create another Instagram account.
  • How to add Instagram Account Switching to existing accounts.
  • How to enable one login for all your linked accounts.
  • Push notifications on multiple Instagram accounts.
  • How to remove an Instagram account you’ve added, with troubleshooting tips.
  • How to permanently delete an Instagram account.
  • NEW! Posting to multiple accounts from scheduling tools.
  • NEW! How to switch Instagram accounts on desktop.

The purple banners will help you find a specific section. Read on!

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How can I create another Instagram account?

You can create a new Instagram account while you’re logged into your current account.

If you’ve already created multiple Instagram accounts, you can simply connect them, so skip to the next section.

Here’s how to create a new Instagram account that will instantly be connected to your current one.

There are 12 steps, but they’re really easy:

1 | Open your current Instagram account.

2 | Go to your profile.

3 | Tap the 3 lines at top right.

4 | Tap the gear icon at the bottom for Settings.

5 | Scroll to the bottom. Tap Add Account.

6 | DON’T fill in the log in screen. At the bottom of the page, tap Sign up.

7 | You’ll see an option to use Facebook for sign-up. If you’re already using Facebook for your primary account, choose Sign Up With Phone or Email.

8 | Enter your Phone or Email NOT used by another account. *READ CAUTION BELOW!

9 | If you choose Email, you’ll confirm your new account later. Open the email from Instagram and select Confirm your email address.

10 | If you choose Phone, you’ll need to enter the verification number sent to your phone. Once you’ve entered the verification code, tap Next.

11 | Next you’ll add your Instagram profile photo, Name, and Password.

12 | The next step will be to create a unique username. You can include dots, dashes, or numbers.

You can skip the remaining steps for now.

You’re logged in to your new account, and can switch to your original account!

Here’s a short video demonstration of the process outlined above:

 

Can I create more than one account with the same email?

*DO NOT use the same email or phone for your second Instagram account.

Some readers have managed to do this and found themselves permanently locked out of the second account when they forgot their password. You MUST have different emails or phone numbers to recover your account!

And, per Instagram, “If you sign up with email, make sure you enter your email address correctly and choose an email address that only you can access. If you log out and forget your password, you’ll need to be able to access your email to get back into your Instagram account.”

Despite the introduction of “one login” in June 2019, Instagram STILL asserts:

An email address can only be associated with one Instagram account. source

More about “one login” further down.

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How to add Instagram Account Switching to existing accounts

Account switching became available as part of Instagram version 7.15 for iOS and Android. First make sure your app is updated. If it IS and you still don’t have account switching, one user reported that deleting and reinstalling the app solved this issue.

You can add multiple Instagram accounts to switch between them without having to log out and log back in.

To add existing Instagram accounts:

  • Go to your profile and tap your account name along the top.
  • In the pop-up that opens, tap ‘Log Into Existing Account’.
  • Once you have added the account, it will show in this pop-up (3rd pic).
  • Tap the account you want to use to switch between them.

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To switch between accounts you’ve added:

  • Go to your profile.
  • Tap your username at the very top of the screen.
  • Tap the account you’d like to switch to.
  • OR you can switch from any tab with a long-press your profile picture in the bottom left!

Note that you can add up to 5 accounts on one device. source

From now on, just tap your Instagram profile picture at the bottom of any panel to switch between accounts.

Once you have multiple accounts added, you’ll see your profile photo appear in places throughout the app so you can always tell which one you’re using at the moment. I noticed that my account name appears in the comment field so I’m sure which account I’m using. Nice!

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Where do I add an Instagram account? I don’t have this option.

There’s another way to add an account to your existing one.

Tap the three lines in the top corner and then click ‘settings’.

Scroll all the way down. You’ll see an ‘add account’ option.

Tap, and you can create a new account or log into an existing one.

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Can I use one login on multiple Instagram accounts?

Per Instagram, every account needs its own email address or phone number.

But once you’ve linked accounts, there’s the option to set up one account to log into all of them.

Be sure you do want to permanently link them, though! It could be tricky to separate them once linked.

Why NOT to use one login

It can be convenient – but there are a couple reasons you may regret setting it up.

Anyone who knows how to log into one account will also have access to all linked accounts.

Business access

You may want a business partner or social media manager to access your business IG, but not your personal one! If this might ever be a possibility, I recommend you avoid one login.

If you did it and now want to separate them, keep scrolling to the section below the next one.

Desktop access

Instagram says that each of your accounts will keep their individual login and password, which you can still use to log into each account separately. But if they share a password, more trouble ensues.

If accounts share a password, you’ll be able to access only the primary account on instagram.com.

How to set up one login

Sure you do want one login? Go to your profile and tap the three lines in the corner.

In the settings section, scroll right down.

Near the bottom, there’s a ‘login information’ option to select.

Here you can set up one login.

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The next time you sign in with the login info you selected, you’ll also be logged into the accounts you added it to.

Can I disconnect a personal and business account on the same email address?

One login causing problems? Here’s what one reader, Deanna, had to say:

I have a personal Instagram account and created a business account linked to it using my iPhone under the same email/password combo.

I can only access the business account through the personal account on my iPhone. On my Mac, I can log into my personal account, but it does not allow access to my business account.

I would like to be able to log into my business account on my Mac. Is there a way to create separate login information (username and password) for my business account now that it’s already established and linked to my personal account?

Another reader left this option on October 7, 2020. This worked for him, though I can’t vouch for it – and as social media always changes, we can’t rely on this to be available in the future.

According to Linoy:

You should log out from it and then try to reset your password. You’ll get an email to reset it, after you pick a new one a reset the password for this account, you’ll be able to access both accounts – just with username and different passwords, even if it’s under the same email.

Note that your accounts that had previously shared a password will be unlinked – BUT you can relink them with the new password. According to Deanna:

When I went back to my phone, because I had changed my business account password, I was notified that the business page was unable to be accessed. I unlinked the business account from my personal account and then relinked them following the prompts and using the new business account username/password. They linked up just fine.

Hope this helps.

What about push notifications on multiple Instagram accounts?

If you’ve added multiple Instagram accounts, you may get push notifications from any account that has them turned on. This depends on when you last logged in and the number of devices that are logged in to an account.

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How do I remove an Instagram account I’ve added?

To remove an Instagram accounts you’ve added, you need to go to your profile.

Tap the three lines in the corner and then click settings.

Scroll right to the bottom and select ‘log out’.

It will give you the option to select the account you want to log out of. Select this and you will be logged out.

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My removed Instagram account is still showing!

If you’re still having problems, my wonderful readers have offered 3 different solutions.

Option 1:

  1. Go log out of both accounts.
  2. Then go back to the home page where you log in. It’ll show the extra account still.
  3. The name will appear on the left and on the right will say log in for both.
  4. Hold down on the page and next to the log in tab an X will appear. Hit the X.
  5. It will prompt you that you will need all the info to log in again and ask if you’re certain.
  6. Hit accept.

Here’s another solution a reader found when that didn’t work!

  1. The X wasn’t active next to the account I wanted to remove.
  2. I removed Instagram from my iPhone by holding down the icon and tapping the little x in the corner.
  3. Then I re-downloaded the application from the App Store.
  4. I logged into my main account with my username and password.
  5. I went into settings and then to Add Account and added my second account again.

The third account is finally gone! PS. You have to be careful that you remember all of your usernames and passwords for this fix.

Plus, a third solution provided February 2019:

Here are the steps for removing an account from showing in your list that you’ve already deleted.

  1. Make sure you know the passwords for all your accounts.
  2. Log out of all your accounts.
  3. On the home page of the IG app, tap, Manage accounts.
  4. An X will appear next to the account name, tap that to remove the account you no longer want to appear.
  5. To remove another account, repeat step 4.
  6. Now you’ll be able to create / add new accounts.

If this isn’t working for you, use the Report a Problem feature in your account settings.

Unfortunately I can’t provide additional assistance, because I haven’t experienced this problem myself. Would love to get your insights if you’ve been able to solve it!

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How to permanently delete an Instagram account

The instructions below are to permanently delete an Instagram account via computer.

Permanently deleting your Instagram account cannot be undone!

After you delete your account, you can’t sign up again with the same username or add that username to another account. Instagram can’t reactivate deleted accounts.

When you delete your account, your profile, photos, videos, comments, likes and followers will be permanently removed.

If you’d prefer to take a break, you can temporarily disable your account instead.

If you’re sure you wish to permanently delete, log in at Instagram.com. You can’t delete your account from within the Instagram app on your mobile device.

To permanently delete your account:

  • Go to the Delete Your Account page. If you’re not logged into Instagram on the web, you’ll be asked to log in first.
  • Select an option from the drop-down menu next to Why are you deleting your account? and re-enter your password. The option to permanently delete your account will only appear after you’ve selected a reason from the menu.
  • Click or tap Permanently delete my account.
  • If you’d like to delete a different account, click the username in the top-right of the Delete Your Account page, tap/click on next to username and select Log Out. Log back in as the account you want to delete and follow the directions above.

Can I delete an Instagram account via my mobile device?

According to Instagram, as of November 2019 this is NOT an option.

However a reader left a comment that sounds like she was able to.

Proceed with caution! I have not tried this and can’t be responsible for your results.

Heather said:

Once you log out of ALL your accounts, when you go to log back in you can “manage accounts” and delete them separately.

Can Instagram delete my account for me?

For security reasons, Instagram can’t delete an account for you. You’ll need to be able to log into your account to delete it. If you can’t remember your password or username, here are tips for logging in. source

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Posting from scheduling tools

When you use an approved scheduling tool like Tailwind or Later, it is important to be logged into the right account on your app for some types of posts.

For example, Stories and carousel posts still need to be posted manually. So, when you click a notification from the scheduling app to post, you need to be logged into the right Instagram account on the app first.

Check this before you tap on the scheduler app notification!

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Managing multiple accounts on desktop

Because desktop doesn’t have an app, it isn’t as easy to switch between accounts.

Rather than switching, you have to log out and log in again to another account. Which can get pretty confusing!

If you are a Google Chrome user, there’s a quick tip to make the process easier – ‘people’.

In the top corner of your Chrome browser, there’s a picture or icon of you. This represents your account.

Tap on this and some options appear for your account settings.

At the bottom is ‘other people’. If anyone else has a login saved on your Chrome, their picture will appear here.

At the bottom, there are two options: ‘guest’ and ‘add’.

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Click the add button and a screen opens.

Give the ‘person’ a name – if you have more than one business, you could call it after that. Or use ‘personal’ for a personal Instagram account.

You can give the person an icon to help you spot which one is which.

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A new window will open as if you had never used Chrome before.

Now log into Instagram. If you want to use your personal account but have your main Chrome browser logged into your business one, use the personal login info.

Chrome will ask you if you want to save the password – click yes but don’t sync with other profiles.

Now to get into your personal account without logging in and out, click your picture on Chrome and select the ‘person’ you just made.

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Go to Instagram and you will see your personal account.

This also works for things like Pinterest too if you have more than one account.

Wrapping Up

We covered all this:

  • How to create another Instagram account.
  • How to add Instagram Account Switching to existing accounts.
  • How to enable one login for all your linked accounts.
  • Push notifications on multiple Instagram accounts.
  • How to remove an Instagram account you’ve added, with troubleshooting tips.
  • How to permanently delete an Instagram account.
  • Posting to multiple accounts from scheduling tools.
  • How to switch Instagram accounts on desktop.

Missed something? Need the details? Look for the purple banners above.

This is a long-awaited feature that I use daily.

Have you tried Instagram account switching yet?

Has it made your life easier for managing multiple Instagram accounts?

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Filed Under: Instagram Tips Tagged With: Instagram for business, Instagram update, social media marketing

About Louise Myers

Louise Myers is a graphic design expert whose designs have been featured by Disney, Macy's, WalMart and more. Her straightforward writing style empowers small business owners to make their own graphics for social media success!

Comments

  1. Emily Clayson says

    September 26, 2017 at 8:43 AM

    Will this show up on other devices because I have a shared account and I don’t want anyone to go into my private account?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      September 26, 2017 at 12:56 PM

      No one should be able to get into your account without your password. I have different accounts linked on different devices and other accounts don’t automatically pop up.

      2019 UPDATE: If you set up accounts under “One Login,” anyone who can access one of the accounts will also be able to access the others.

      Reply
      • Roxana says

        February 17, 2018 at 11:17 PM

        How can get my account back I forgot my password and can login in no more

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          February 18, 2018 at 2:45 PM

          Request a password reset on the login screen.

          Reply
      • Ruby M Hawkins says

        May 16, 2018 at 1:00 PM

        There’s other people using my email address’s as they’re own. I’ve tried to delete them ,. Did on my phone but they are still showing up in other people account. This is Facebook and Instagram account. I deleted my original Facebook, created a new one same as Instagram account, but already there are multiple accounts again

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          May 16, 2018 at 4:12 PM

          If your email account has been hacked, it sounds like you need a new email with better passwords and security for all your accounts.

          Reply
    • Fiona Dunford says

      December 10, 2019 at 12:30 PM

      Can anyone tell me why I only set my linked accounts on the app.. when I log into Instagram via my desktop theres only my primary account . There’s no linked account and no option for one.

      Reply
      • Louise Myers says

        December 11, 2019 at 8:48 AM

        Accounts can’t be linked on desktop, only on mobile.

        Reply
        • Ashley says

          April 24, 2020 at 9:45 AM

          So how do I manage me second account that’s a biz account if I can’t get into it on my desk top? Do I “deselect an account if I no longer want to log into it with ………..” HELP!

          Reply
          • Louise Myers says

            April 24, 2020 at 10:39 AM

            Just log out of the one you don’t need to use on desktop, and log into the one you want.

          • Vikki says

            July 20, 2020 at 6:11 AM

            Hi Louise,
            I have recently added a new account to my Instagram under the same email address. Since I have done this I have realised it would be easier to manage the second account from a completely new email address – is it possible to do this without losing the posts on the new account?
            Thanks

          • Louise Myers says

            July 20, 2020 at 11:32 AM

            I haven’t quite figured out the “one login” program. You can try this help doc, but I have not used it so I can’t guarantee what will happen. My bigger worry would be losing the entire account, but it’s hard to imagine that would happen, at least without them giving you a huge warning.

  2. Esther Zhang says

    September 29, 2017 at 5:55 PM

    How do I log back into my added account…it won’t work

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      September 30, 2017 at 4:05 PM

      If you can’t log in to your account, you should contact IG. You shouldn’t need to log back in after you’ve added it. At least that’s been my experience.

      Reply
    • R says

      March 12, 2018 at 5:09 PM

      I’m having the same problem, I was logged out of my design account, but not my personal account and don’t have the option to switch between the two anymore

      Reply
      • Cindy says

        August 21, 2019 at 12:55 PM

        ME TOO!!!!! Did you ever find an answer? It’s maddening. And, HOW do you contact Instagram – they’re the wizard of Oz. Can’t get to them.

        Reply
        • rikki says

          October 17, 2019 at 7:36 AM

          I have the same problem – Instagram recognises both of my accounts but will only let me access one, we just go around in circles when I try to link them… did you get any help??

          Reply
  3. jb says

    October 4, 2017 at 2:22 AM

    Hi! Wondering if you can help . . . I run an account for a friend and suddenly, since this switching, all my contacts are on her insta feed! Embarrassing. Hers is a business, mine is family and friends. How do I separate them?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 4, 2017 at 9:41 AM

      I don’t know what you mean. Unless her account is following those accounts, their posts shouldn’t show in her own account’s feed.

      On second thought – do you mean they’re showing as suggested accounts to follow?

      Reply
    • Amanda says

      January 8, 2018 at 7:26 AM

      Did this ever get fixed? This just started happening between my personal account and the business account I run for someone else. Mine just started last night. I try to switch accounts and instead of seeing the business account’s activity or news feed, all I see is my personal ones even though I am in the business account. Same for posting. I post from the business account and it shows up on my personal account instead. It’s happening with stories too.

      Reply
      • Louise Myers says

        January 8, 2018 at 8:07 AM

        Which device are you using? I’m wondering if this glitch is limited to a specific device. I would keep reporting it to IG though – even daily.

        Reply
      • priyam says

        January 13, 2018 at 7:13 AM

        I have had the same issue, how did you get it resolved?

        Reply
        • Kate silvio says

          January 16, 2018 at 8:47 AM

          I’m having this same problem… has anyone resolved it? It started about the same time as everyone else’s account did.

          Reply
          • Hayley Laidlaw says

            January 22, 2018 at 8:44 AM

            Mine is doing this as well! So frustrating!!

          • Darlene says

            January 24, 2018 at 5:12 PM

            Same thing is happening to me. I have an Apple 6 and IOS 11. I just posted on my work account and when I switched to my own account I can only see my work feed even though I am on page and see all my posts!

      • Venetia says

        February 9, 2018 at 7:09 PM

        Im experiencing the same problem! All my posts from my personal account show up on my business account.Were you able to fix the problem?

        Reply
      • R says

        March 12, 2018 at 5:11 PM

        Did you get this fixed, having a similar issue with my account.

        Reply
  4. Wendy says

    October 4, 2017 at 4:18 PM

    I am attempting to add another (bus) Instagram account as you have mentioned but when I type the new username that I wish the page to have and a new password – and click the blue ‘log in’ button I get the message:
    “Incorrect Username
    The username you entered doesn’t appear to belong to an account. Please check your username and try again”.
    It may be something simple that I’m missing but would love your advise please.
    I have checked the username’s availability and does it matter if I use the same or different password to my original account?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 4, 2017 at 7:12 PM

      You can’t create a NEW account this way. You can only add an existing account. So, log out of your current account and create the new account.

      Reply
      • Denese says

        October 5, 2017 at 10:33 AM

        How do you do multiple business accounts? Can I make my new account I want to add a business account? I’ve been trying to figure this out for longer than I’m willing to share.. lol. Thank you!

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          October 5, 2017 at 11:45 AM

          Yes you can! You just have to use a different email or phone number for each account.

          Reply
          • Julie says

            March 17, 2018 at 1:50 PM

            Hi! Question,I have two IG accounts made with different email addresses. I would like to activate now the two authentification method,which means I need to save phone numbers.Can I use the same phone number for both? Thank you!

          • Louise Myers says

            March 18, 2018 at 4:05 PM

            This may have changed, but previously you could not.

      • Holly says

        March 2, 2018 at 8:22 AM

        I have this problem too. I thought if you log out of an account you delete it. My friend added my second account but I can’t add a third. I know how to go between them that’s not th problem

        Reply
    • Nancy R. says

      January 3, 2018 at 8:11 PM

      Were you ever able to get it to work? I am having this issue now…

      Reply
  5. Mylittlepony says

    October 5, 2017 at 11:46 PM

    Hi, is it possible to manage 20-30 accounts on IG on my smartphone? I need for my work?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 6, 2017 at 9:48 AM

      You can only link 5 on one device. After that you need to log out and link another chain of 5. I think this would work on one device, but very cumbersome.

      Reply
  6. Lina Mayorga says

    October 8, 2017 at 12:26 PM

    How can I add a link to my story on my second account which is for my business? I can add a link to my story on my personal IG, but not my second account. What can I do?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 8, 2017 at 7:50 PM

      Sorry, I don’t know.

      Reply
  7. Louise Myers says

    October 11, 2017 at 7:35 AM

    On my iPhone and iPad it’s 3rd from the bottom. If it’s not there, I have no way to help.

    Reply
  8. Rebecca Perrins says

    October 12, 2017 at 8:45 PM

    Hi!
    I’ve just sold my business & would like to unlink this account from my personal
    IG menu. It still appears in my ‘switch between’ menus even though I’m locked out of it.
    How can I remove it please? Obviously the new owner needs to keep the page running & I don’t want to jeopardise this.
    Thanks

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 18, 2017 at 6:06 AM

      Sorry, I don’t know. They may have to do it from their end, possibly in the related FB account.

      Reply
    • C Tait says

      November 2, 2017 at 9:18 AM

      Hi, did you have any luck, I have same problem? Thanks in advance 🙂

      Reply
      • Dev says

        November 14, 2017 at 2:45 AM

        Yep! Same issue- I have logged out of an account but it still shows in my accounts list. I think this is because i chose to remmember the password. How can I unlink the account ?

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          November 14, 2017 at 8:17 AM

          Try “Log out of all accounts” and if that doesn’t work “Report a problem.”

          Reply
        • Chno says

          December 12, 2017 at 3:19 PM

          The latest feature allows you to manage accounts and delete accounts. Simply select manage accounts and press x. If it doesn’t work, try tilt your phone to horizontal, mine worked like that. Strange. Hope this helps.

          Reply
          • Violet samy says

            February 3, 2018 at 12:56 PM

            Hi It doesn’t work now, I have IOS but when I logged out from one of the 5 accounts to add a new one, it’s still showing and it said that I have the max number of accounts and can’t add more. please advice

  9. Connie says

    October 20, 2017 at 11:48 AM

    I have 2 Instagram accounts. I am able to switch between the two without logging out but now I can’t post anything anymore under my private account. It gets deleted and then gets posted to my business one! Why does it to that. I want to be able to mange both separately.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 20, 2017 at 4:30 PM

      Sorry, I’ve never heard of this before.

      Reply
      • Tara says

        December 7, 2017 at 12:59 AM

        This happens to me as well. It didn’t in the beginnning. Only in the last week or so. Very frustrating. No matter which account i am actuvely using (account A or account B) it automatically switches and posts as “account A”. If you figure it out i’d kive to learn how.

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          December 7, 2017 at 11:12 AM

          Oh no! That’s ridiculous. Hope they come up with an update that addresses this. Are you on Android? I have 5 accounts on my iPhone and 3 on my iPad and I’ve never experienced this.

          Reply
          • Scott says

            March 19, 2018 at 3:20 PM

            How did you create so many accounts? The directions provided here and through Instagram itself, start after you’ve created the account. The directions to Add Account are simple, but you need to create an account before adding it. I have one already under my only email address. How do I create another using that same email address?

          • Louise Myers says

            March 19, 2018 at 8:41 PM

            At the time I created my accounts, IG required different email addresses. Not sure if it’s still required, but you could have problems with password reset if you have more than one account on the same email.

        • Jordy says

          December 16, 2017 at 5:05 AM

          Mine is doing this now… did you figure out a way to fix it? Kind of stressing me out

          Reply
    • Jordy says

      December 16, 2017 at 5:05 AM

      Mine is doing this now… did yours ever get fixed???

      Reply
  10. Scarlett says

    October 25, 2017 at 12:06 AM

    Hi,

    Need to add a *business account* that will be opening in a 90 days. No phone # yet. Street address, yes.

    Can I set up IG account using my cell # (I will manage IG account anyway) and enter street info later?

    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 25, 2017 at 8:08 AM

      Yes, but you must use a phone number that’s not used on another IG account.

      Reply
  11. Dani says

    October 27, 2017 at 7:16 PM

    I have 5 linked accounts on Instagram and I want take one off. The one I wanna take off is on my phone but I don’t have access to it right now. If I change the password to the one I want to take off , will it just logout on all devices?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 28, 2017 at 8:32 AM

      Maybe, but I don’t know. Don’t the instructions in the article above work?

      Reply
      • Heather says

        November 18, 2019 at 6:41 AM

        I am also trying to DELETE one of the accounts under my original account. The instructions above will delete ALL of my accounts. I can’t find anywhere on the internet how to delete just one without deleting the others. Soooooooooo frustrating!!!!

        Reply
        • Heather says

          November 18, 2019 at 6:44 AM

          Forget it I figured it out!!
          Once you log out of ALL your accounts, when you go to log back in you can “manage accounts” and delete them separately. YAHOOOO!

          Reply
          • Louise Myers says

            November 18, 2019 at 7:36 AM

            Interesting, so you found a way to delete an account on a mobile device? Because according to Instagram (where those instructions came from) you can’t. They say you can only delete via the website, where you can only be logged into one account at a time (so only one would be deleted).

            If you could clarify, that would be amazing, so I can post the straight scoop for others.Thanks!

  12. Victoria says

    November 1, 2017 at 6:27 PM

    I have a linked account and really need to remove it but it still appears on my insta linked accounts and yet will allow me to log back into it by tapping it I really need it removed please help!!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 1, 2017 at 7:10 PM

      Unfortunately I don’t know anything more than what’s in the article. If “Log out of all accounts” doesn’t work, use “Report a problem.”

      Reply
    • Allison says

      November 23, 2017 at 10:57 AM

      Go log out of both. Then go back to the home page where you log in. It’ll show the extra account still.
      The name will appear on the left and on the right will say log in for both. Hold down on the page and next to the log in tab an X will appear. Hit the X. It will prompt you that you will need all the info to log in again and ask if your certain. Hit accept

      Reply
      • Louise Myers says

        November 23, 2017 at 1:50 PM

        Thank you!

        Reply
      • Jennifer says

        April 12, 2018 at 12:34 AM

        I tried the “log out of both” that Alison recommended but then the x wasn’t active next to the account I wanted to remove. What did remove the 3rd account was removing Instagram completely from my iphone by holding down the icon and tapping the little x in the corner. Then I re- downloaded the application from the App Store. I logged into my main account with my username and password and then went into settings and then to Add Account and added my second account again. The third account is finally gone! PS. You have to be careful that you remember all of your usernames and passwords for this fix.

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          April 12, 2018 at 11:05 AM

          Terrific, thank you Jennifer.

          Reply
    • Chno says

      December 12, 2017 at 3:20 PM

      The latest feature allows you to manage accounts and delete accounts. Simply select manage accounts and press x. If it doesn’t work, try tilt your phone to horizontal, mine worked like that. Strange. Hope this helps.

      Reply
    • Amy says

      September 13, 2019 at 1:04 PM

      Something I just used, log out of your main account and the page should show all the accounts that are linked together. Underneath all the accounts is a little grey sentence saying manage accounts. Click that and then the X will show on the right to each account. Just click X on the one you want to remove and then when you log back in it should be back to normal. Hope this helps!

      Reply
  13. Kellie says

    November 10, 2017 at 2:21 PM

    Is this still working? I had a linked account and one update deleted it and I don’t have the option to link another account now. Just want to be sure it actually works for others still.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 12, 2017 at 7:25 PM

      I can’t speak to Android, but I haven’t had a single problem on iPhone or iPad.

      Reply
  14. Carolyn Knepp says

    November 19, 2017 at 7:53 AM

    I have tried on my iPhone app and on website and I don’t see the option to add another profile to my account like you described?? Please help

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 19, 2017 at 2:30 PM

      If you don’t see it in the account settings on your phone (it’s almost at the bottom) the use the “report a problem” option.

      Reply
  15. Alex Blanton says

    November 22, 2017 at 8:45 AM

    I have updated my Instagram. But yet it still doesn’t show up add an account. So now
    I have to go back and forth from safari to the Instagram app. Can you help me fix it?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 22, 2017 at 2:19 PM

      Nope, I do not know how.

      Reply
  16. Michael says

    November 23, 2017 at 8:28 AM

    The “add account” does not exists no that I have iPhone X Is there another way to add a switchable account on instagram. I don’t have the theee dots … I have a clock that does not show add account. Help

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 23, 2017 at 9:52 AM

      It’s now a gear icon, next to Edit Profile.

      Reply
  17. Randa says

    November 25, 2017 at 10:34 AM

    Hello, if i wanna delete an account from the lis of accounts i manage, but i have previously saved that account’s password, even after logging out it stays on the list. My problem is that i need to add nee accounts to manage but since the other ones are not getting deleted from the list, i am unable to add any! Help?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 25, 2017 at 9:29 PM

      Use the “report a problem” option in your account settings.

      Reply
    • Chno says

      December 12, 2017 at 3:21 PM

      The latest feature allows you to manage accounts and delete accounts. Simply select manage accounts and press x. If it doesn’t work, try tilt your phone to horizontal, mine worked like that. Strange. Hope this helps.

      Reply
  18. Andrew says

    November 26, 2017 at 7:27 AM

    Great article and better than Instagram help desk!
    I have heard of [x] from the friends working in marketing agency. Anyone tried it from here?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 26, 2017 at 9:24 AM

      You mean like a spam bot? I doubt a real agency would use such a thing.

      Reply
  19. Lisa says

    December 2, 2017 at 8:51 AM

    Please HELP! I deleted teo account from the lists of accounts I manage, so I cannot access them but it still is on the list. My problem is that I need to add new accounts to manage but since the other ones are not getting deleted from the list, I am unable to add any! And I cannot log in the ones I deleted because they are still active. My job depends on this. I already reported the issue with no help from Instagram.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      December 2, 2017 at 3:45 PM

      See comment from Alison for tips. I’m updating the post too.

      Reply
    • Chno says

      December 12, 2017 at 3:21 PM

      The latest feature allows you to manage accounts and delete accounts. Simply select manage accounts and press x. If it doesn’t work, try tilt your phone to horizontal, mine worked like that. Strange. Hope this helps.

      Reply
      • Louise Myers says

        December 12, 2017 at 3:48 PM

        Hi, where do you find this? I just updated my iPhone app and i don’t see it. Thanks 🙂

        Reply
  20. Nancy says

    December 26, 2017 at 7:50 AM

    Hello,
    I have two accounts that I use. When I’m in my Lightroom photo account and share from there it sends to the wrong account. Any idea how to change which account is the default to share to?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      December 26, 2017 at 8:35 AM

      If I’m understanding correctly that you’re sharing from Adobe Lightroom, I suggest you reach out to Adobe. However, in general when sharing from another app to IG, it will post to whichever account is open.

      Reply
  21. Jan says

    December 26, 2017 at 11:12 AM

    Thank you for your post and continuing to answer questions. I had three accounts. I’ve logged out of one. But the drop down still shows three. I really need that one to disappear. Is it possible? Thanks in advance.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      December 26, 2017 at 4:29 PM

      The only possible fix I’m aware of is what a reader shared. It’s near the end of the blog post under “My removed Instagram account is still showing!”

      Reply
  22. Jim says

    December 26, 2017 at 12:55 PM

    Hi

    Whats your review about buying some Instagram followers to grow my account?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      December 26, 2017 at 4:29 PM

      Nope, never, don’t do it.

      Reply
  23. Jace says

    January 1, 2018 at 9:44 PM

    Trying to add account but won’t show it’s been adding just saying it’s connected to my already made account.

    Reply
  24. Jo says

    January 4, 2018 at 6:16 AM

    I have three Instagram accounts and they all three had the same username (my email) and password. Now I can only get into one of the accounts. I need help getting back into my two accounts. Please help. Thanks

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 4, 2018 at 10:42 AM

      I’m not sure how you could have 3 accounts with the same username. I would have no idea how to recover them. Try IG support though.

      Reply
      • Jo says

        January 5, 2018 at 5:41 AM

        Thank you for your reply. I login to all three accounts with the same username which is my email. The usernames are different. I’ve reported the problem to ig but have not received a reply. I was able to log in to one of them last night by putting the username and password, but still cannot get into my third account.

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          January 5, 2018 at 9:05 AM

          I would definitely keep trying to log in using the account-specific username rather than an email which is common to all 3 accounts. If you get in, you might consider setting different emails so it’s easier to get a “password reset” on a specific account if you need it. Perhaps using the same email is confusing IG.

          Reply
  25. Clay says

    January 5, 2018 at 7:29 AM

    I tried making a completely separate account with different email address but it still somehow linked to my original account. I want them to be 100% individual accounts. How do I do it? I thought the different email address, username, and password would have accomplished that. Is it because I access both from my mobile phone?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 5, 2018 at 8:55 AM

      No, they shouldn’t be linked unless you added the second one inside the first. I can only recommend what’s been suggested in the article for unlinking accounts.

      Reply
      • Clay says

        January 5, 2018 at 11:28 AM

        Thanks for the quick response. I logged in from IG online, not the app, created account with new email, username, etc. It suggests same people to add (who are not in my phone contact list) as on my other account. Even did a test by having someone block me on original account – blocked on new one too. Very odd. I’ll try to get some answers from IG directly. Thanks so much for your help.

        Reply
  26. Maddy says

    January 7, 2018 at 8:59 AM

    Is there not any way to have more than one account with the same email? I have already got an account which is a personal one and wanted to add a professional one but wanted to have the same email info for both? Is that possible??

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 7, 2018 at 7:19 PM

      When I signed up for my accounts, it was definitely not possible. Sounds like the previous commenter set up 3 accounts with the same email – but was having trouble logging into them. So proceed at your own risk.

      Reply
  27. Thara Sofian says

    January 18, 2018 at 6:30 PM

    This is how I did it –

    1. Log out of All Accounts
    2. It will show the list of accounts you have, and ask which account login you’d like for Instagram to remember on your next login. Disable/Turn off the account that you want to delete.
    3. The next time you login, you will only be shown the accounts that you only want.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 19, 2018 at 7:54 AM

      Thanks Thara

      Reply
  28. Phoebe Brooks says

    February 2, 2018 at 12:06 PM

    Hi, I currently have an Instagram account for personal things. I’d like to make an account for a blog/ business I run. However I don’t want the accounts to be linked, so I don’t want my current insta followers to receive a notification that I have another page when I create it for example (which I know has happened to a lot for other people).
    I’d essentially like to have an almost anonymous account that I can work from the ground up as a completely new Instagram.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 2, 2018 at 4:48 PM

      In my experience, the notifications come from linking with Facebook, not other IG accounts. I don’t know of any way to disable it. Perhaps they’ve fixed this for business accounts, which do need to be linked with FB to enable all features.

      Reply
  29. Merve GOKTAS says

    February 3, 2018 at 1:56 AM

    I have a personal account and a business page account on instagram connected to my facebook account. I deleted the app and uploaded again for some reason. Now i can only access mu personal account but not the one for business. Since it doesnt have a separate password, i dont know how to gain access to mu business account, it is still open but i cant access 🙁

    Reply
  30. Avi Lang says

    February 4, 2018 at 9:49 PM

    question i run an account fr a business and we couldnt log into our old account instagram told usto start a new account i really want to get into the old account is there anyway to do this we forgot the email address and phone number so we can’t get in and second anyway to reach instagram to speak to someone to close our old account ??

    Thank You

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 5, 2018 at 7:13 AM

      Not that I know of. Maybe someone else will have a suggestion.

      Reply
  31. Lucy says

    February 5, 2018 at 1:07 AM

    Hi I’m hoping someone can please help?
    I have 2 accounts linked to my Instagram and accidentally removed one of my accounts (one I created after my first Instagram) by clicking “log out of all accounts’
    Is there a way to reverse this?
    I can see the page is still live but I cannot find it to log in…
    Thanks so much
    Lucy

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 5, 2018 at 7:21 AM

      Don’t know, I could make some suggestions but I don’t know if they’d help or make matters worse. It’s possible if you update your app, do a hard shutdown, or log out of all accounts… but it’s at your own risk.

      Reply
  32. Laura says

    February 8, 2018 at 8:35 AM

    I am trying to add account and the screen it takes me too basically wants me to log in. I only have one account so I’m not sure why it isn’t working. I tried to report the problem to instagram but they haven’t responded. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 8, 2018 at 9:32 AM

      If you only have one account, then there’s nothing to add. Set up another account and then you can add it.

      Reply
  33. Shalaka Kadam says

    February 9, 2018 at 9:28 AM

    I have two accounts too. However type mode is only active on 1 account. Earlier I thought my iOS was not updated or app is not updated.. But it’s still the same with everything Updated. HELP

    Reply
  34. Tyler Miller says

    February 22, 2018 at 7:44 PM

    I have only been able to find out how to link a second account to my instagram. I know and understand how to do this already. I am only lookin for someone to help show me how to MAKE a second account. Any help?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 23, 2018 at 11:59 AM

      Have you tried going to the signup screen? I don’t know of any tricks, other than you have to be logged out of your current account.

      Reply
  35. ismail says

    March 4, 2018 at 12:50 PM

    i was having an 3 accounts on my phone but it fell so now it is not working .so i opened it on another mobile but it is only one account is working and the other accounts do not want to open. and all of them is on one username and password.

    Reply
  36. Meredith Henning says

    March 5, 2018 at 12:53 PM

    So I added an account as directed above in your post (did this about 3 weeks ago before actually seeing your post) and created it successfully. Posted several photos to the 2nd account and then a couple of days ago, the switch back and forth option just disappeared from my main account??? Any idea where it went? The 2nd account is still there and I’m following it with my main account, but I can’t access it or switch back and forth anymore…I have updated my app and logged out and back in to no avail. Any suggestions? Thanks a bunch 🙂

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 15, 2018 at 8:46 AM

      Hey Meredith, I wish I knew. Maybe one of my readers will have a suggestion.

      Sorry for the delay, just found a bunch of comments in the spam folder!

      Reply
  37. Lucy says

    March 13, 2018 at 7:00 AM

    Hey wondered if you can help, I have 6 accounts at the moment and need to add another one for work however can’t. Any ideas on what I can do . Really appreciate any advice cheers lucy

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 13, 2018 at 9:48 AM

      You could try using a different device.

      Reply
  38. Tammy says

    April 7, 2018 at 5:02 PM

    Hi
    Awhile ago I created a second account and I haven’t been able to get into for awhile.. I did report it and see what happens. You can still look the account up but I cannot add or do anything with it even though it’s my account. What can I do? It’s called Tammy’s Nail Beautique . This happened when the change over happened.
    Thank you
    Tammy

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      April 8, 2018 at 11:19 AM

      I really don’t know. I have an inactive account and can log in but nothing else. So if you were inactive this could be a factor.

      Reply
  39. Cristina says

    April 10, 2018 at 2:09 PM

    Hi Louise,
    I manage three account of my Instagram and my friends/followers told me that sometimes on their Instagram on their Instagram notifications a message appears to let them know that I am managing those accounts. For example: Cristina Zenato (my personal account) is on Instagram as “Green leaf” account. I don’t want my managing of these accounts to be visible. How can I avoid that? I have yet to find a solution on the internet and I noticed you reply.
    Thank you in advance for your kind consideration and time
    Cristina

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      April 11, 2018 at 6:45 AM

      I don’t know of any way of disabling that

      Reply
  40. Nikhil Dhariya says

    April 12, 2018 at 3:00 AM

    Thanks for sharing such article .Its a great article for Instagram lovers who wants to use more than 1 account. I had heard about handling more than 1 account but never tried it. This article will be really helpful for me.Thanks.

    Reply
  41. Sam says

    April 24, 2018 at 9:07 PM

    Does it work similar with the newer Android phones? I have a Galaxy 8s plus

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      April 26, 2018 at 9:24 AM

      It should! Have you tried it? Would love to know how it goes!

      Reply
  42. Sypher says

    April 30, 2018 at 10:13 PM

    Hi,

    If my account is linked to my brothers on my device, does that mean he can see mine on his device ?

    Or is it possible for mine to be linked to his and his not to mine?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      May 1, 2018 at 6:06 AM

      I believe it varies by device. I have one account that’s linked to 4 others on one device, and 2 different ones on another device. He can add yours to his if he knows your password.

      However as others have noted, there can be glitches.

      Reply
  43. Ann says

    May 8, 2018 at 6:49 PM

    Question-there are 2 of us that are logged into a business account (as an additional account on insta). The other employee has quit but can still get in to our account even after I have changed the password. How is this possible? I would think if I changed the password, it would prompt her for a new password when she tries to switch from her personal to the business. We have asked her to delete it and she won’t…

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      May 8, 2018 at 7:04 PM

      Have you tried changing, then adding 2-step verification?

      Reply
      • Ann says

        May 8, 2018 at 7:25 PM

        I have changed it and she still signed on this evening. I have since added 2-step verification to see if that will stop her. Not sure if it has worked…

        Reply
  44. Ram says

    May 10, 2018 at 11:42 AM

    How can I log out of other devices????

    Reply
  45. Kate says

    May 29, 2018 at 4:23 AM

    I use Instagram on my iPad always and have had two accounts and switched between them no problem….suddenly this has vanished….any hints on fixing it please

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      May 29, 2018 at 8:39 AM

      Here’s what I would try, in order (no guarantees)
      Add account again
      Update your app
      Hard shutdown of device
      Delete and reinstall app
      “Report a problem” until they resolve it

      Reply
  46. jelena says

    June 9, 2018 at 3:06 PM

    i want to add an account but after i type new name and password tells me its incorrect
    now what

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      June 10, 2018 at 8:54 PM

      Log out of your account and register a new account. The 2nd account must exist before you can add it.

      Reply
      • jelena abbou says

        July 1, 2018 at 8:01 AM

        does it matter if i do it on my phone or lap top

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          July 1, 2018 at 1:34 PM

          Did you log out of your account and register a new account before trying to add it? I’m not sure what the “phone or laptop” has to do with what I suggested.

          Reply
  47. XXPrettyGangsta says

    June 10, 2018 at 2:47 PM

    Hi! I wanted to know if you disabled your account from one device. Does it disable from the other devices as well?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      June 10, 2018 at 8:55 PM

      I haven’t disabled any, so I don’t know. My guess is no.

      Reply
  48. Victor says

    June 22, 2018 at 12:00 PM

    Hi Louise. Thanks for writing this article. Do you or anyone experience that Linking an additional account. IG cross promotes followers?

    Example. On an Iphone

    With one personal account. I add a new account(new email address, account info, etc..) that I want to keep separate from the personal account. Not long after adding the new account followers from personal account are following the newly added account. I can’t find anything in the settings to prevent this.

    Thanks for your help in advance

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      June 22, 2018 at 2:55 PM

      I don’t know of any way to prevent Instagram from suggesting business accounts you admin to people you’re connected to on Facebook or Instagram.

      Reply
  49. Ana says

    July 3, 2018 at 10:22 AM

    HI Louise!

    I´m working perfectly with both my accounts… I just want to know if both work with same email and password.

    For example, I need to give the information of my business account to someone, but the system says I can´t log in… This means I have to log in with my personal account?

    Does the second account work as a regular integral account…?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      July 3, 2018 at 9:06 PM

      Hi Ana,

      “but the system says I can´t log in”

      Sorry, I don’t understand. What system?

      I can log into any of my accounts separately on desktop, if that helps. I haven’t unlinked them on my devices so I don’t ever login to them there.

      Reply
  50. steve says

    July 26, 2018 at 2:05 PM

    Hi Louise.

    Was attempting to do this on a new Android phone that I recently received as a birthday gift.

    I was originally using an iPhone before and had 5 accounts already created for some time and was previously able to access them all and switch between them as you mention above.

    Even when I logged out of ALL accounts, I was still able to re-access them again when needed simply by pressing the Instagram icon and immediately being presented with the 5 accounts in a list in the app with ‘Log in’ next to each one. I simply selected anyone of them and was logged in automatically and was then instantly able to switch between them again from the header menu drop down of each account.

    However, i now have a new phone (the Android) and things do not respond in the same way at all.

    I have added each account following the above advice.

    Once added and during the same session I was able to switch between them.

    But once I log out of All accounts (because nobody leaves their Instagram account live and open and using data) I now need to physically log in again AND add each account again before they show.

    I am no longer presented with the 5 accounts in a list with ‘Log In’ next to each one as i was on the iPhone.

    I have uninstalled the Instagram App and reinstalled it twice. No change.

    Any idea why this is happening?

    Is it the Android settings or am I doing something wrong?

    Becoming a pain in the rear having to manually log in to each account every time.

    Thanks in advance.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      July 26, 2018 at 4:28 PM

      Unfortunately, I don’t know anything about Android.

      Plus, I guess I’m pretty clueless about the need to log out. Can’t you just turn off Background App Refresh? I’m not very techy so let me know what I’m missing!

      Reply
    • Aaron (Dru) a_trippy42 says

      July 28, 2018 at 7:17 AM

      Wait you’re saying you close the app as if you would with an iPhone, you double tap home button and slide them up? But correspondingly with an Android “square button & drag across?” I would say maybe your best bet is to try and log into your main Instagram account and try to get the “save password for this site” thing that pops up and see if that helps considering you basically “kill” (slide up) the app after every use. like if you have to put your password in every time you log In maybe it’s because the app is closed. see if you can get it to save your main password so when you click the app it just opens your main instead of making you put your password in. (Unless you want your account logged out all the time) and then possibly you can choose accounts from there? Also I’m not trying to like be a dick or make you feel lesser than me I’m just trying to help. but I don’t think it is necessary to log out of every account when you get off. If you log out of your main every time no one could get into your other accounts anyway unless they had your main password right? Because other accounts are a linked log in from your main? Another possible thing is log into your main add the other account from the setting tab on your main. My “theory” is that if you go through your main to have these “spam” accounts maybe it’ll go off your main as the official log in for all of them like to have the tabs. One last thing is try to log into one of your SPAMS as a The “MAIN” and see if you can re-add all the other accounts. Maybe your main is teacher on that phone to ha e those accounts. But That’s what I wanted to do run my insta, finsta and car page off one log in..

      iPhone guy here just trying to use what little bit of a brain I have and help. Used to be an android guy until the 7+. Hope I could be a help to someone and if so hmu with those usernames! ??

      Reply
      • Aaron (Dru) a_trippy42 says

        July 28, 2018 at 7:17 AM

        Also just wanted to say sorry for the book of a response. Just my thoughts.

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          July 28, 2018 at 9:53 AM

          Appreciate your time and detailed reply 🙂

          Reply
    • Aaron (Dru) a_trippy42 says

      July 28, 2018 at 7:42 AM

      Ok 1 more lol this is bothering me and I don’t have this problem lol ? “shoulda just stayed iPhone tbh”

      “But once I log out of All accounts (because nobody leaves their Instagram account live and open and using data)”yes they do, you don’t have to log out just force close the app it’ll keep you logged in but the app is closed 🙂 ” I now need to physically log in again AND add each account again before they show”

      I literally think it is because you log out of each account…..You log out of each individual account every time? Have you always done that like with your iPhone? And why? I have a lock on my phone so no one gets on my instagram anyway (I also don’t really have anything to hide), so I stay logged in. But if you log out of every account I can understand why it makes you log back in to every individual one. It’s like I have 3 snapchats for different things, but I have to log into them separately because I have to log out when I switch accounts.. I don’t know if that makes sense to you but what happens when you go to a different email.. you log out and log into the new one. Maybe that’s what’s fu^c\€d up w/ your IG. like you’re literally logging out every time. It’s like if I tried to log In on your phone I would need to put my password in for my shit. But I would still have my finsta because it’s linked and doesn’t get logged out…I’m trying to make this make as much sense as possible and I don’t know if it does…anyways, don’t log out of your spams and just log out of your main see if it helps! Or get a password on your phone and keep the shit logged in. A_trippy42 🙂

      Reply
  51. Joe says

    July 28, 2018 at 6:37 AM

    This might be super late but do I have to crest another account first and then add it to my account? Because I went straight from my ig to add account and clicked *sign up* typed my stuff in and it takes me back to my real insta

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      July 28, 2018 at 9:52 AM

      yes.

      Reply
      • Pascal says

        December 9, 2018 at 1:58 PM

        Hello – sorry to add but I am desperate for help. I cannot see a dropdown of any kind on my MAC when I open Instagram. Neither do I see a place to add account s(I’ve already added one and just want to toggle back and forth on the MAC. It’s easy on the phone but I can’t see any way of doing it on a MAC desktop.) I’d be SUPER thankful for any help? THANK YOU!!!!

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          December 9, 2018 at 7:22 PM

          Desktop has limited capability. You can do this on a phone or tablet.

          Reply
    • Maria Moustouka says

      February 15, 2019 at 2:40 PM

      Louise I need help
      I think I’ve been locked out of my Instagram account as I switch back and forth and it’s my business account as I have used same email for multiple accounts what can I do

      Reply
      • Louise Myers says

        February 16, 2019 at 11:29 AM

        If you hadn’t set a different way to get password recovery on your second account (phone or email), I don’y know of anything you can do.

        Reply
  52. Dee Silver says

    August 12, 2018 at 5:21 PM

    Ok i have two school accounts because I’m a club sponsor. Recently my phone had to be restored to factory settings. I lost all my profiles from my IG app. I was able to recover my personal account and one of the clubs. I can’t access the other one because I used the same phone number for all the accounts. It keeps sending the link to the personal account and not the one I need. How do I access it?? I can’t find where I wrote the password since it’s the summer and school hasn’t started. It’s been frustrating because I need to update the profiles by adding pics. Unfortunately I’m unable to access that particular profile. I hope I’m making sense. Thank you so much for your assistance

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      August 12, 2018 at 9:04 PM

      Unfortunately, I don’t think there’s any way to recover additional accounts that used the same email or phone as a previous one.

      Reply
    • ancas says

      December 13, 2018 at 4:01 AM

      You can change the number for one of the accounts that you can access.

      Reply
  53. kim says

    August 26, 2018 at 11:08 AM

    thank you so much! Just spent over an hour on this – yours was the only set of directions that worked for me! THANK YOU!!!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      August 26, 2018 at 5:41 PM

      I’m so glad it helped!

      Reply
  54. Michelle says

    August 29, 2018 at 5:48 PM

    Hi Louise,
    I have 2 profiles on instagram that I access through my phone.
    My question is this: If I like or comment using one profile, can people following my main profile know that it’s me if they don’t know I have that second profile?
    I would like to keep my activity on each profile private from the followers of each.
    Thank you.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      August 29, 2018 at 7:26 PM

      I don’t think there’s a way for them to know it’s you just from your comment and the fact that the accounts are linked. I can’t guarantee it, I just don’t know how they would.

      However any profile that has FB connected to it may be telling your FB friends, “your FB friend so and so is on IG.”

      Reply
      • Michelle says

        September 1, 2018 at 7:35 AM

        Thank you. FB isn’t an issue, it’s more in regards to those that follow me on my main Insta page. I don’t’ want the activity to cross there.
        I appreciate your answer

        Reply
  55. Nana says

    August 31, 2018 at 10:59 AM

    I got 2 instas. If i post something on the story of 1 of them it will also show on my other profile!? It did not used to be like this and I really dont want it to? Help?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      August 31, 2018 at 2:52 PM

      I have no idea how this would happen. It doesn’t happen to me.

      You could try disconnecting them, and reconnecting. Or else you’d have to keep them disconnected… unless you can figure out something else.

      Please let us know if you do!

      Reply
  56. Amanda says

    September 4, 2018 at 1:26 PM

    I can’t add my existing instagram account. What should I do? I have tried updating , uninstall and reinstall my instagram account but it’s not working.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      September 5, 2018 at 9:03 AM

      Are you not seeing the option to add account?

      Reply
  57. Nadia R. Lopez says

    September 6, 2018 at 7:48 AM

    Hi louise. I recently just open another account on Instagram, but I was wondering if I can move completely pictures to the other profile. Thank you for your time. Have an excellent day.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      September 6, 2018 at 8:25 PM

      Maybe you should just change the name on the previous account. You can’t move the posts from one to another.

      Reply
  58. Nicole says

    September 10, 2018 at 9:07 AM

    When you add another account to your instagram…will the other accounts on the app be notified that you opened another account?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      September 10, 2018 at 12:15 PM

      I can’t guarantee anything, can only say this didn’t happen when I added accounts.

      Reply
  59. Tamela Hulett says

    September 12, 2018 at 11:37 AM

    I signed up for a new account with new email , same phone number . The username is amigayoga . But Underneath the profile circle – it say my first & last name . I just want it to be amiga yoga gear
    Apparel

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      September 12, 2018 at 1:59 PM

      You can change this in your account. Tap “edit profile” and type the name you want.

      Reply
  60. Mariya says

    September 13, 2018 at 1:17 PM

    I recently created a second IG account and linked it to my original account. However, I made the mistake of using my email or phone # (can’t remember which one) to create the new account that I used on my original account. Is there a way to change the email/phone # on the new one? I would actually prefer to remove the 2nd account and just create a whole new account altogether. It’s for a business and I want my co-founder to be able to add photos as well so I’d rather it go under the business name and not be associated with me at all. If I remove the account, will that account still exist?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      September 13, 2018 at 9:30 PM

      You’ll have to look up how to delete the account as opposed to simply unlinking it.

      Reply
  61. Tae says

    September 28, 2018 at 4:06 PM

    Thankyou so much! It’s obvious when you know how to do it, but I couldn’t work out what I was doing wrong
    Clear, concise and perfect.
    Thankyou again, Louise

    Reply
  62. Jo Lynn says

    October 11, 2018 at 7:15 AM

    What’s your suggested course of action if you’re managing 15 accounts? Is there an app to install? What about posting to instagram accounts from a laptop?

    Thanks for your help! 🙂

    JLB

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 11, 2018 at 9:08 AM

      If you manage that many accounts, you’ll definitely want to check out these Instagram marketing partners to post from your computer.

      Reply
  63. Mary S. says

    October 12, 2018 at 10:05 AM

    I am new to IG. My daughter put IG on my phone but deleted it when she was given her own iphone. I now need to put IG on my phone to manage the social media for a small business I work for. It is an existing account. I have to this point been managing it on my bosses iphone. He asked me if I could manage it from my personal phone. Can I do this?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 12, 2018 at 2:18 PM

      I would be wary about logging in via different phones. Really the best solution would be to use an Instagram-approved partner to manage the business account.

      Reply
  64. stefania says

    October 23, 2018 at 4:43 AM

    The issue is that with multiple accounts, posting pictures is too annoying.
    Before, if I wanted to share a picture from my gallery, I clicked on “share” and then “Instagram”.
    Now, I have to open the instagram app, choose the right account, open the gallery, find the photo and share.
    When you share directly from the gallery it doesn’t ask you WHICH account but it uses the current one.
    I know, it’s not a big deal, but it annoys me!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 23, 2018 at 9:55 AM

      I get it, but there’s probably nothing that can be done to change this, as Instagram only allows their approved marketing partners to post to IG accounts.

      Reply
  65. Anita says

    October 27, 2018 at 6:10 AM

    Hi, I have 2 IG accounts. I don’t have a problem switching between them using my iPhone, but I can’t do it on my computer. Since most of my pictures are on my computer I would like to use it instead. Is there a way to switch accounts using a computer or is that not available yet. Thank you.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 27, 2018 at 9:33 AM

      You have to log out of one and log into the other.

      Reply
  66. Rob says

    October 31, 2018 at 4:39 PM

    Hi! What if you used the same email and phone number for both your personal account & business account & cannot log in to the business account?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 31, 2018 at 7:23 PM

      If you figure something out, please let us know. You need to have a unique phone number and/or email for each account.

      Reply
      • Christine says

        November 19, 2018 at 3:07 PM

        Hi Louise,

        I just set up my 2nd (business) account with the same phone number.
        I am currently logged into both accounts. Is there a way to change the phone number to an email because then I can use a different one than for the 1st account. Thank you!

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          November 19, 2018 at 3:56 PM

          Christine, I don’t know of a way to do this. I would look in your account settings to see if you can add an email.

          Reply
          • Eleni says

            January 3, 2019 at 2:55 PM

            Hi on my android I added my dogs account through the same Facebook
            Now I got an iPhone and cannot sign in to dogs account? can I go into my android phone and change the sign in info?

          • Louise Myers says

            January 3, 2019 at 8:42 PM

            I have no idea. Why not try it?

  67. Rebecca says

    November 5, 2018 at 4:56 AM

    Hi I have my IG account connected to my daughters account and in the last few days I can switch back and forth but when I go to her account it says can’t refresh and I can’t see her messages and friends. What can I do to fix this?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 5, 2018 at 6:57 AM

      When I see “can’t refresh” it’s because my iPad isn’t finding wifi (even if I’m next to the modem!). I’m not sure in this case. Perhaps she’s blocked you?

      Reply
  68. April says

    November 7, 2018 at 9:33 AM

    How do I disable or remove a second account I created? I understand how to log out of that account so it doesn’t appear on my phone, but how do I disable the added account so that it’s not searchable any longer without it affecting my primary account? Thank you!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 7, 2018 at 3:11 PM

      This info is from Instagram. To permanently delete your account:

      Go to the Delete Your Account page. If you’re not logged into Instagram on the web, you’ll be asked to log in first. You can’t delete your account from within the Instagram app.

      Select an option from the drop-down menu next to Why are you deleting your account? and re-enter your password. The option to permanently delete your account will only appear after you’ve selected a reason from the menu.

      Click or tap Permanently delete my account.

      Reply
  69. Scott Place says

    November 7, 2018 at 4:40 PM

    I created a third account then it locked me out of my second account only.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 8, 2018 at 9:53 AM

      Meaning you can’t log into that account at all? I don’t have any advice as I’ve never experienced problems with account switching. I have 5 on 1 device and 3 on another.

      Reply
  70. Linda says

    November 9, 2018 at 8:34 AM

    I just created a second IG account, and everything seems to be fine. I actually was reading this to see if I could switch accounts easily using my computer, but someone asked and you answered so I get that. But I am trying to understand what the problem is in using the same phone number for both accounts? Sorry to be dense! I did use a different email account, because it prompted me to do so. But I only have (and can afford!) one phone, so what problems might I encounter, please?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 9, 2018 at 10:28 AM

      You would not be able to recover the password for the 2nd account.

      Reply
  71. Ashley H says

    November 14, 2018 at 3:49 PM

    Hi, My husband made a secondary account for our business. He doesn’t have time for it now and I need to be able to access it from my phone through my account. I have tried adding, logging in etc and it won’t work. How do we fix this? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 15, 2018 at 8:19 AM

      This is all I know:

      Go to YOUR profile and tap the gear or settings icon in the top right.*
      Scroll down and tap Add Account. It’s near the bottom.
      Enter the username and password of the account you’d like to add.
      Or log in with Facebook if that’s how you set up the other account.

      I’ve never heard of this not working and have no idea what’s wrong.

      Reply
  72. Michael says

    November 14, 2018 at 7:17 PM

    I just tried something that worked on iPhone.
    Logout of all accounts, then a page with all the accounts and a switch button in front of each ig handle will open. Use the switch button to select which account you want the app to remember when logging in again.
    Once that is done, select logout and all your accounts will log out.
    The next page will come with 1 of the remaining account for you to login to.
    Once you login to that the other account will also be remembered and the “unwanted” will be gone.
    Very safe.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 15, 2018 at 8:16 AM

      Wow, this sounds cool! Thanks Michael.

      Reply
  73. Mikael Soerensen says

    November 21, 2018 at 12:20 AM

    Great read Louise.

    When i first startet doing instagram, i got alot of “shadow bans” because going way to aggresive. Learned alot by the years by now. And couldn’t agree more on what u say.

    Reply
  74. Tim says

    November 26, 2018 at 11:37 AM

    Hi Louise,

    I have two Instagram accounts that I use, one with my first last name and one in the reverse, surname then first name (Example, @johndoe, and @doejohn) I forgot I had the one with my first then the last name and have been using the other. I would like to switch my @doejohn to @johndoe and I know I will have to delete the other account to do so and then change my profile name on my @doejohn to @johndoe but I am afraid I would lose the name if it cannot be done instantly. I have been publishing a good bit of content on my @doejohn and do not want to lose the content. I want to make the switch for brand purposes. I am a Leadership Coach.

    I hope I made sense. I would appreciate any advice you can provide.

    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 26, 2018 at 2:13 PM

      Instagram says that deleted account names aren’t released to be used again. I wouldn’t recommend testing this theory!

      Reply
  75. Hannah says

    December 11, 2018 at 6:29 AM

    Hi! I have a second Instagram account but it does not allow me to repost or share to my story. When I click on the share arrow it only allows me to send to people individually.

    Reply
    • Katrina says

      December 18, 2018 at 8:25 AM

      I have the same problem . . .

      Reply
      • Angela says

        February 26, 2019 at 2:55 PM

        I have this problem also! Were there any solutions??

        Reply
  76. Kudran says

    December 13, 2018 at 1:12 AM

    Hi Louise,
    My name’s Kudran. Can I ask you a favour? I don’t know what happened to my IG account. First time I made an Instagram account I used Google, and by mistake I tapped on ‘save password’. Then I use IG app and usually log in from there.
    Yesterday I created a page on Facebook along with a new IG page from there using Chrome browser desktop view. When it’s all done I tried to log in the new account but it couldn’t open. It keeps showing my first account. I tried to input my new account but still it couldn’t open, and now even worse, when I clicked on my first account just as it is shown, it also couldn’t open saying that the username doesn’t belong to an account. I tried setting the password in chrome to ‘off mode’ but still it doesn’t work.
    When I created the new account from Facebook it didn’t ask for password, just email. When I open Instagram from Chrome it shows my first account with already written password but it cannot open.
    Could you help me with this problem? What should I do to restore and also use the new account ?

    Thank you very much

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      December 13, 2018 at 9:45 AM

      Unfortunately I have no idea how to help.

      Reply
  77. Christy says

    December 28, 2018 at 7:40 AM

    Thank you! Solved my problem with getting accounts off my app. 🙂

    Reply
  78. Nickib says

    January 2, 2019 at 4:50 PM

    Thanks Louise! You are always my first GO – TO blog when I need to know something that can easily be implemented! *fist bumps*

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 2, 2019 at 6:21 PM

      *fist bumps back!*

      Reply
  79. Bethany says

    January 2, 2019 at 7:29 PM

    Hey! I did make my second instagram account by using my phone number because I didn’t have two emails. Now I can’t sign into that account. Am I forever locked out of that account or can I recover it? Every time I try to sign in on that account, it just redirects me to my main account.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 3, 2019 at 9:51 AM

      I don’t know of any way to recover it IF you used the same phone number to sign in on both accounts. If you used an email on one and phone on the other, you should be able to.

      Reply
  80. Bethany says

    January 3, 2019 at 9:27 AM

    I have 3 accounts. I recently logged in to do the top 9 and ever since, two of them keep making me make a new password every time I log in. They have two separate email addresses but are both linked to my Facebook. My facebook email is the same as my personal accounts on both platforms but is different for my business IG page. My business IG is linked to my business Facebook page. I’m wondering if the linking between platforms is what is making me reauthenticate every time?? HELP PLEASE.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 3, 2019 at 10:02 AM

      No, I have different emails for all 5 of my accounts and only 1 matches FB. Sounds like the Top 9 site did something weird but I have no idea what. You could try contacting them…

      Reply
      • Bethany says

        January 3, 2019 at 10:41 AM

        So it shouldn’t matter that my Facebook links to my personal and business?

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          January 4, 2019 at 8:00 AM

          Not sure of your question. I have 4 business pages and a personal FB, all linked to 5 different IG accounts and I have no problems.

          Reply
  81. Dolly Maufras says

    January 9, 2019 at 2:18 PM

    I have 3 instagram accounts. When I switched Iphone from Iphone 7 to Iphone XR, my main instagram account was installed but not the other two accounts. I remember my main email address, the 2nd email address, but don’t remember the 3rd one. How do I find out the email address so I can add my third instagram to my account? Thank you.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 9, 2019 at 5:32 PM

      If it was a business account and you had the email public as a way to contact you, that would be the way. Just go to the bio and send yourself an email.

      I assume you didn’t so… my only idea is to start trying your other emails! Or searching in these email accounts for the signup email from Instagram.

      Reply
  82. Sabrina says

    January 12, 2019 at 10:01 AM

    I have permanently deleted all unwanted accounts on IG but when I try to add account it says Cant add Account you already have maximum number of accounts active. I only have two accounts. How can I fix this? even when I go to log out of all accounts it only show the two active that I have.

    Reply
  83. Graham davenport says

    January 21, 2019 at 5:18 AM

    Hi. I’m stumped I have a personal ig account I added my photography page to the same account using add business feature but now I have a small business in a different field and want a ig account for this also how can I add an additional account my new business has a different email to my other accounts but I get to age verification on setting a new page and that where it stops telling me to use at most 30 characters in which I have changed my name size and it still has no affect. All advice greatly appreciated

    Reply
  84. Clare says

    January 25, 2019 at 7:55 AM

    I’ve been trying to remove an account for ages. Logging out just switched my account but left the old one still on my list. I eventually cracked it by going to settings on the account (gear symbol) and then to “saved login information” and then toggling off the “saved login information” followed by “remove” then repeating the log out process.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 25, 2019 at 8:33 AM

      Terrific! Thanks so much for letting us know.

      Reply
  85. D says

    January 29, 2019 at 3:10 PM

    Is it possible to access my saved photos from all of my accounts?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 30, 2019 at 10:12 AM

      As far as I know, they should al be in your camera roll. That’s where mine are.

      Reply
      • D says

        February 5, 2019 at 9:30 PM

        I mean the ones that I save to my insta account. when I switch accounts id still like to access the same ones

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          February 6, 2019 at 9:38 AM

          “Access” in what way? You only have admin privileges on the account you’re logged into at any given time. Switch accounts to get admin privileges on a different account.

          Reply
  86. elizabeth shoebridge says

    January 31, 2019 at 7:56 PM

    your info is out of date, i’d love to see an updated version and also how to actually create that second account not just about how to add/link to the first. cheers

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 1, 2019 at 8:53 AM

      Can you explain? I added info that tells how to create a second account just a couple months ago. Maybe you missed it. It’s actually the first section “How can I create another Instagram account?”

      If this isn’t working I’d love to know.

      Reply
      • Michael says

        February 21, 2019 at 8:26 AM

        Hello, I have to concur, the information seems outdated.

        I have a Samsung and I do not have the option to “Add an Account” there simply is nothing listed anywhere on Instagram saying “Add an Account”

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          February 21, 2019 at 12:49 PM

          I have it on both iPad and iPhone under Settings > Logins. I’ll see if there’s a different process for Android though!

          Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          February 21, 2019 at 12:52 PM

          This info is current according to Instagram itself. “This is included on version 7.15 for iOS and Android”

          Reply
  87. C says

    February 1, 2019 at 10:13 AM

    Here are the steps for removing an account from showing in your list that you’ve already deleted.

    1. Make sure you know the passwords for all your accounts.
    2. Log out of all your accounts.
    3. On the home page of the IG app, tap, Manage accounts.
    4. An X will appear next to the account name, tap that to remove the account you no longer want to appear.
    5. To remove another account, repeat step 4.
    6. Now you’ll be able to create / add new accounts.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 8, 2019 at 9:25 AM

      Thanks!

      Reply
  88. Shira says

    February 4, 2019 at 6:32 PM

    Hello! Thank you for this helpful tutorial. I manage a friend’s social media and she asked me to start posting to her instagram page. Since I will only be doing the posting and not the responding, is there a way for me NOT to get notifications from her business…only mine? I’m afraid if I get it for both I’ll be inundated with notifications and will miss my important ones. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 5, 2019 at 10:58 AM

      Unfortunately I’m unaware of best practices for managing someone else’s IG. You might want to research to make sure it won’t cause troubles to have 2 people logging into the same account. Not saying it will, but it does on Pinterest.

      Reply
  89. Vesi says

    February 10, 2019 at 1:19 PM

    Hello! How can I change the username of my account with the name of this account? When I try to change it the answer is “A user with that username already exists”. Then I check to the search bar and there isn’t another user with that username and name, expect me. Can you help me?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 10, 2019 at 4:07 PM

      Unfortunately no. You can’t use a name that’s in use, even if it’s you. And if you let go of the name, IG may or may not release it to be taken by another account. There’s just no way to know.

      Reply
  90. Kathy Sargent says

    February 17, 2019 at 9:11 AM

    I am very new to IG. I set up my personal account about a year ago and rarely posted anything. Last week I decided to set up another account to use for my business. While logged in to my personal account, I followed the directions to set up another account. It seems to be working. However, I posted items for sale on my new account yesterday and when I added hashtags (I read your article 🙂 ) in the comments – it shows that the comments are being made by my original IG account handle. I understand that means that the hashtags won’t work because they are being posted by someone else (me, yes, but under a different name). Should I close my original account? If I do, will that also delete my new account that I added?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 19, 2019 at 3:21 PM

      Not sure what’s going on here. I have 5 linked accounts and have never had them cross-post. However they have added a new “post to multiple accounts” feature so it could be a bug. I suggest just using the hashtags in the post caption.

      Reply
  91. Lee says

    February 19, 2019 at 1:30 AM

    Hi Louise,

    I am signed in to 2 accounts already but when I go to add account and enter the details it looks like it is loading but then just takes me to my 2 account and doesn’t add my new account?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 19, 2019 at 1:58 PM

      Hi Lee,

      You might want to review the info above to be sure you’re following the correct steps for either adding a *new* account or an existing account.

      Reply
  92. Mohamad says

    February 23, 2019 at 1:01 AM

    Hi
    I have 5 accounts they were all showing in the IG App on my iphone, just today i was about to check one of them and it logged me out and the account disappeared from the list When i try to “Add Account” it says you have reached max number. i can still log in from desktop but i can’t find the account on the IG APP anymore .. only 4 are showing ! any idea how i can bring this back ?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 24, 2019 at 8:18 AM

      Sorry, I don’t know.

      Reply
  93. Robin says

    February 24, 2019 at 1:57 PM

    I have NO option to log out or switch accounts on my iPhone (there is no gear next to Edit Profile). I have updated and still nothing. I have a personal account and 2 business accounts and can’t access either one of them. Frustrating!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 25, 2019 at 8:46 AM

      Please tap the 3 lines at top right on your profile and you’ll see the gear at the bottom.

      Reply
  94. Jovita Molina says

    February 25, 2019 at 10:27 AM

    Hello, I hope you can help me. I have lost my old account while trying to add another account on Instagram. Can you give me the steps on how to access my old account? It’s been so long that I don’t even remember my password for it. Is it too late to get it back? HELP! I did not delete it, I just followed your steps to add another account, I did not do the switching account steps.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 26, 2019 at 11:42 AM

      You can request a password reset for it when you go to login. Just be sure it has a unique email and/or phone number from any other account.

      Reply
      • Jovita Molina says

        February 26, 2019 at 3:40 PM

        Okay, I found my old account sometime before this response but I have forgotten my password to my new account and it will not send me a new reset for password since I have not been able to confirm the email since I can not remeber the password, LOL! account I guess the only thing left to do is make a new account and just leave the second one to be deleted? But I wanted to use that email, getting old sucks big time! LOL!

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          February 27, 2019 at 9:40 AM

          Oh no! That sounds a bit strange, but unfortunately I don’t know of any way to resolve it.

          Reply
  95. Arielle says

    February 25, 2019 at 6:11 PM

    I recently got logged out of my business account on instagram that is linked to my personal account. Both are linked to my facebook page personal and business. When I go to reset the password entering the username of the business account it sends me the link to reset but always logs in to the personal account. I can see my business account is linked in the business profile but have no way to log back in.
    Do you know how to redirect it to the secondary page? The email associated with the business page doesn’t see to work either. I can’t get it to send an email link only a text.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 26, 2019 at 11:47 AM

      If both are linked to the same phone number, I don’t know of any way to resolve this.

      Reply
  96. Dana says

    February 27, 2019 at 8:45 AM

    Hello,
    I followed your instructions and tried even more possibilities – but it seems to be impossible for me to create more than one account!
    I’ve tried the Instagram website in a desktop browser as well as the freshly installed Android app. I can see and use all of your mentioned options. – But still, they don’t allow me to create a second account!
    I’ve wasted lots of e-mail addresses as well as possible user names since every additional account is blocked immediately (giving me stupid, empty explanations that there is some current problem with the creation process and I should try it again)!
    Is this maybe caused by my static IP address? My PC as well as the device with the Android app are using the same WLAN and therefore will show the same global IP address to Instagram.
    Also I can’t imagine how I could have broken some rules? I have never uploaded something, I did never like or follow something or someone with my first account. I don’t know how I could have infringed a rule since I’m still in the process of creating my accounts.
    At multiple sources I’ve read how simple it should be to create and manage multiple accounts (just like your place here), at least with the app (up to five?). I can see lots of people who are doing this, keeping multiple public and private accounts running at their mobile devices. But how did they create these???
    It’s really annoying; my static IP address is maybe the only difference between them and myself. Or does Instagram also use other unique device identifiers?
    I can’t find any information about the restrictions of account creation.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 27, 2019 at 9:46 AM

      Oh dear. Sorry for all the hassle! I’m afraid I don’t know anything quite that technical about device identifiers, but I don’t see how it would matter.

      If I discover anything I’ll be sure to let you know.

      Reply
      • Dana says

        February 28, 2019 at 1:49 AM

        Thank you for your fast reply.
        Just for some explanation: On other sources (e.g. some Reddit discussion) I found hints that there is *some limit* of the number of accounts you can create per device. This can only be realized by checking the unique device identifier or by looking at the Internet address of the device. In some older discussion they were suggesting to buy more devices to be able to create and manage more accounts!? I won’t do this.
        Yes, I know of children with more mobiles (and Instagram accounts) than I own. But I won’t buy anything on spec.
        I planned to use different accounts to not mix family, business, hobby and other affairs. But right now it looks like this “some limit” (There are no official numbers I know of.) is ONE for me. Even so I used two different devices (PC and mobile), but through the same Internet connection.
        Again thanks for your work. I will check this site from time to time for updates.

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          February 28, 2019 at 9:47 AM

          “one” isn’t a very acceptable number! Thanks for the explanation. Sorry they’re not being very accommodating to you!

          Reply
          • Alyssa says

            March 6, 2019 at 3:02 AM

            That happened to me, too. In the past (long time ago) I had two accounts, but deleted them both. A half a year ago I opened a new one. I wasn’t active at all – I would use it once in a while just to take a look at photos. I rarely liked anything and posted only several photos.

            I tried to open another profile yesterday (for my artwork). I did the same as you – tried Facebook, tried different e-mail addresses – always the same – “Try again later” or “You broke the rules and cannot open an account now” and that was it. All e-mail addresses blocked, Facebook blocked…

            I tried my phone, tried Chrome, Firefox (on my PC) – all the same. It’s only ONE account for me. I have no idea why. I have never violated any rules on Instagram – neither in the past with those two long gone and deleted profiles, nor with the one I have now. I was so annoyed, that I wanted to delete the one account that I have now and be gone from Instagram forever.

            We can assume that they changed the policy. No more multiple accounts for most users. Maybe in the end they will allow only one account per user. I don’t know what they check – the IP address or the devices… My mom wanted to create an account with her phone and PC, but since we share the same IP address – it might not be possible…

            They could at least give some notification about changing the rules. So unprofessional!

            So, this article IS outdated.

          • Louise Myers says

            March 6, 2019 at 10:57 AM

            Sorry it didn’t work for you, but it’s still their official policy. They haven’t changed that.

            I get that you’re frustrated, but unfortunately there’s nothing I can do to update the article. There simply is no information on why this works for some people and not others.

  97. Nadia Levy says

    February 28, 2019 at 9:53 AM

    Hi. I can’t access my second account. I see it when I search for other accounts but it seems to not be linked to my first page. Think this happened when I switched handsets. I had it linked so I could switch easily between the two and not have to do it on a separate email address etc. Please help!!!! It’s my makeup artist page?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 1, 2019 at 9:06 AM

      Different emails are required for password recovery. So if you can, change one to a different email and try to link them again.

      Reply
  98. Bill Leighty says

    February 28, 2019 at 1:04 PM

    I like to post from my desktop, using the Chrome Instagram Browser Extension, it does not reflect the option to switch from one connected user account to another. Any ideas on a fix, so that I can toggle back and forth between the two on my desktop?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 28, 2019 at 7:07 PM

      Instagram has limited features on desktop. Someone may have a hack for you, but I can’t “fix” what’s not broken 🙂

      Reply
    • Dana says

      March 1, 2019 at 2:53 AM

      Have you tried to use a portable browser?
      I’m not using Chrome but Firefox. The portable version is normally used on flash drives, to be able to use your own browser (with your personal settings, history, cookies …) on every machine.
      Another advantage is that you can easily configure these portable versions to allow multiple instances running on the same machine. It’s not the same like opening a new tab or window from an already running browser, because these would share the same cookies and thereby the Instagram session. But a completely new browser copy (just copy the browsers directory – it’s just that easy with these portable browsers) will have its own cookies and thereby should be able to open its own Instagram session.
      Then you could switch between your accounts like you are switching between arbitrary windows of your operating system.

      Reply
      • Bill Leighty says

        March 1, 2019 at 7:09 AM

        Dana, thanks so much for taking your time to reply. Unfortunately, I’m not very tech savvy, and would not know where to begin to follow your instructions, as easy as they might be for someone with a higher internet IQ. Thanks again. Bill

        Reply
        • Dana says

          March 1, 2019 at 10:24 AM

          Hi Bill,
          I will just give you a step-by-step explanation. It is really not that complicated. In the meantime I was also able to verify that it really works. Just ask if something is unclear.
          1. Go to portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable and hit the big green download button.
          2. Navigate to the program you just downloaded and execute it. It will only unpack the portable Firefox at the place you choose yourself.
          3. By default you got a folder called “FirefoxPortable”. Herein you have to allow the start of multiple browser instances. This is simply done by a text file with only two lines. Just do a right-click inside the folder to choose New -> Text Document. Set the file’s name to “FirefoxPortable.ini”. (Just confirm the message that you are changing the file’s extension [from .txt to .ini] if you get one.)
          4. Open this file ([Enter] or double-click), fill in the following two lines and save the file:
          [FirefoxPortable]
          AllowMultipleInstances=true
          5. Now you can create as much copies of the enclosing folder “FirefoxPortable” as you want (e.g. FirefoxPortable_InstagramAccount1, FirefoxPortable_InstagramAccount2 …).
          6. Now and in future you can start the application “FirefoxPortable.exe” in each folder to get another separate browser instance. It will keep its own cookies; handle its own Instagram account and so on.
          The second one will not know that you are already logged in to some account within the first window.

          In conclusion the only manual adjustment to make is the creation of the configuration file, to really enable multiple instances. The rest is only downloading, extracting and copying.
          (Of course you can also create shortcuts in the start menu or on the desktop to not have to navigate to the application files every time.)

          Reply
  99. Susan says

    February 28, 2019 at 7:41 PM

    Hi I can’t seem to link more than three accounts. It says I have the maximum number of accounts. When I go into manage accounts and try and add there also it says I have reached the max of five. But I removed old accounts and only have three in there! Do you know why it’s doing this??

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 1, 2019 at 9:12 AM

      Not sure, could be cached memory, and am also starting to hear that IG may have a limit of new accounts created per device / IP address.

      Perhaps if you do a hard shutdown of the app it will reset, but I can’t be sure.

      Reply
  100. Alie says

    March 5, 2019 at 10:30 AM

    Hello, I had four instagram accounts- I went to add or create another and it said I had the maximum number of accounts. Therefore, I deleted one account and tried again to add another account and I am still getting the same message. Any leads? I heard that instagram allows you to have five accounts, so i am confused why I’m having an issue with having only 3.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 6, 2019 at 10:49 AM

      Not sure, could be cached memory, and am also starting to hear that IG may have a limit of new accounts created per device / IP address. I haven’t heard of a solution though.

      Reply
  101. Anna W. says

    March 5, 2019 at 11:03 PM

    Hi Louise! I have a problem with me personal account… I have two of them in the same app in the same phone, one personal and one for work. My work account it is perfect, it has all the updates, but for some reason my personal account does not get any update! The profile has the old diagramation and I cannot use the closed friends tool, it just does not appear… Do you know any solution? Thanks for your time!!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 6, 2019 at 10:51 AM

      That’s something I haven’t heard yet! So strange. Hopefully if another reader has a suggestion they’ll chime in.

      Reply
      • Anna W. says

        March 12, 2019 at 6:45 AM

        Thanks for your answer! Hope someone knows ??

        Reply
  102. Christy Meurer says

    March 6, 2019 at 2:45 PM

    Thank you so much! I have done a lot of switching on IG and always land back at this article to help me! I swear IG makes it SO hard!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 7, 2019 at 8:06 AM

      So glad it helps! Thank you as I seem to get a lot of complaints these days 🙂 It’s not me, it’s IG 🙂

      Reply
  103. Tracy says

    March 8, 2019 at 8:25 PM

    Hi, I have a personal IG account but I have been asked to run an IG business account for a friend. Each account has its own email, log-in, password. My question is, are the accounts linked on both ends? Ex. If the business owner decides to one-day log-in into his business account, will he have access to my personal IG?

    Do you think it’s best if I unlink the accounts? It is a pain logging in and out of accounts. A few months ago I was working on a course project and the professor suggested I link the school account to my IG account but I couldn’t find any information on privacy so I didn’t do it.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 9, 2019 at 8:40 AM

      As far as I know, it’s not reciprocal linking. I have different accounts on 2 different devices. The other accounts don’t automatically show up on the other device. I need to know the password if I want to add them.

      Reply
  104. Lynne Comartin says

    March 9, 2019 at 2:33 PM

    Hoping you can lend me a hand. I had a second Instagram account linked to my main account. I recently got a new phone and now the second account is not showing. When I try to add the second account, I just routed back to my original one and the second account never shows up. I try logging into just the second account and can’t seem to get in. I am now worried that I must have signed this second account up with the same phone number. Is there any way of recovering this account? I am so frustrated.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 10, 2019 at 8:11 AM

      Can you log into the second account separately? If so, try to change to a different email and/or phone number.

      I don’t believe there’s a way to recover a second account with the same email and/or phone number.

      Reply
      • Fiona Armstrong says

        June 27, 2019 at 9:15 AM

        hello,

        i am in the exact same position. I got new phone and it logged me out – i used the same email address as i was not aware that it would cause an issue. Very gutted i have lost access to my second account as it was a business account. Did you find a solution?

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          June 28, 2019 at 10:22 AM

          Nope, no ideas on that. Any subsequent accounts linked to the same email as the first may not be retrievable.

          Reply
    • John Mkumbwa says

      March 15, 2019 at 1:43 AM

      I’m facing the same problem, i had 3 instagram accounts and i have changed my phone after it fell down and broken to pieces. I cant get my two accounts and they are business accounts. I am having enough frustrations! I don’t know what to do. Confused

      Reply
      • Louise Myers says

        March 15, 2019 at 10:18 AM

        What I suggested didn’t work?

        Reply
      • gosia says

        March 18, 2019 at 6:06 AM

        Hi I just had the same problem. I could only load 3 of the 5 accounts om my new phone. I deleted the app and reloaded it and can now add the other 2 to have a total of 5 active accounts

        Reply
      • Jackie says

        April 3, 2019 at 11:05 PM

        Hi! This is happening to me…just today I got a new iPhone. I can only access my main account & 1 other account. The problem is I have 5. When I try to add another account it tells me I cannot add anymore. But I’m only logged into 2 of my 5 accounts:-/ I’m SO frustrated. I’m a Social Media Manager & these are 4 of my clients

        Reply
        • Erik says

          April 12, 2019 at 5:00 PM

          Same here. Can’t find anything on the issue anywhere online. Somehow the accounts got linked and can’t unlink.

          Reply
          • Louise Myers says

            April 13, 2019 at 8:07 AM

            Gosia commented above that deleting and reinstalling the app worked.

            You could also try the 3rd suggestion under “How do I remove an Instagram account.” If that works you could then add them back.

          • Kirsty says

            May 9, 2019 at 4:42 AM

            I’ve had the same problem, I found logging out of my main account then logging into my second account, I was then able to see my main account and switch between the 2!

    • Allison Gleason says

      May 22, 2019 at 7:07 AM

      This is happening to me as well, my third account randomly was removed and I am unable to log back into it. I have removed the app and reinstalled.

      Reply
      • Anna says

        July 11, 2019 at 3:57 AM

        Same here. Instagram accounts set up in addition to first account and switch used so no need to login in separately but all but main account lost when got new phone. Got all back bar one. My cat can’t remember his password!

        Reply
  105. Elle says

    March 10, 2019 at 6:04 AM

    PLEASE make this possible on a computer!!
    TY 🙂

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 10, 2019 at 8:03 AM

      I would if I could lol

      Reply
  106. Michelle Kinnane says

    March 12, 2019 at 4:04 PM

    Unfortunately I have also changed phones and as a result no longer have access to my second account. … my most important account!!
    SOOOO frustrating trying to get it back… have tried EVERYTHING!!
    And reading your articles here, it looks like I won’t be getting it back!
    I can’t believe this has happened… I always thought I would eventually find a way!!!!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 13, 2019 at 10:25 AM

      If you do find an answer, I would love to spread the word. It seems a lot of peeps are in this situation. So let me know!

      Best of luck.

      Reply
      • Cath says

        March 15, 2019 at 2:44 AM

        This is bad! I have forgotten my password for my second account and my email and phone details are the same! What am l going to do?! I have reported it with Instagram but l am getting no response 🙁

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          March 15, 2019 at 10:17 AM

          Can you change the first account to different email and phone? Then you might be able to get a password reset on the other one.

          Reply
    • gosia says

      March 18, 2019 at 6:07 AM

      Hi I just had the same problem. I could only load 3 of the 5 accounts on my new phone. I deleted the app and reloaded it and can now added the other 2 to have a total of 5 active accounts

      Reply
    • April says

      May 22, 2019 at 12:50 AM

      I’m In the same boat! Got a new phone and now can’t access my work account! I’m so frustrated

      Reply
  107. Navya says

    March 13, 2019 at 2:12 AM

    Hi Lousie,

    I have two instagram accounts with the same email id. I can access both the accounts from my phone but I cannot do the same with my laptop. Can you give me a solution for this?
    Thanks for your time.

    Navya

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 13, 2019 at 10:24 AM

      This option is only available on mobile devices.

      Reply
      • Inger Eik Ravndal says

        April 8, 2019 at 9:24 PM

        Hi Louise,
        Maybe you can help me out with my issue? Currently I had 5 accounts at instagram. One of them, I managed to delete last week hoping to get another account instead of the one I deleted. This is where trouble starts. Under my profile, the deleted account is still going ( not operative) so I’m still not abel to log in to another account. So, my question is- how can I erase the deleted account at my profile? ( i guess I need to do this to get space for a new number 5)
        Thanks,
        Regards Inger Eik Ravndal

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          April 9, 2019 at 9:27 AM

          Hi, there are some suggestions towards the end of the article that have worked for others to remove an account. I don’t know of any other ways.

          Reply
  108. Marie says

    March 17, 2019 at 5:43 AM

    So I did all 3 options on how to remove
    “How do I remove an Instagram account I’ve added?” and non help. What did help to remove that unwanted account from showing up on my app was to logout of all accounts. Reset my iPhone and select erase all content and settings, obviously back up your phone prior to doing this. Once it reset I went back to the app logged back into the account I wanted to log into and that unwanted account was no longer there

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 17, 2019 at 10:31 AM

      Great, thanks for the tips!

      Reply
  109. Jenny says

    March 22, 2019 at 1:01 AM

    Hi Lousie, I have two Instagram accounts, one to contact with my real friends and one for social purposes. I didn’t link the second one with facebook link but my acquaintances still can see it :(. How can I stop them find my second account out?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 22, 2019 at 8:11 AM

      Most likely you’d need to make it private and/or not connect it to an IG account that’s linked to FB.

      Reply
  110. gina linville says

    March 22, 2019 at 9:58 AM

    Hi, My question I searched for my original account, and it’s still there. I like to use my original acct, but not sure how to bring it up. Please advise… can I do it from my phone
    or need to do on the desktop?

    After I retrieve my orignal acct, I need to delete the one I added.

    Thank you!
    Gina

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 23, 2019 at 8:45 PM

      I don’t understand what you’re asking. “I like to use my original acct, but not sure how to bring it up.” Do you mean log in? Add it to another account? Get a password reset? You’ve lost me.

      Accounts can only be linked on a mobile device, not on desktop.

      Reply
  111. Phil Foster says

    March 28, 2019 at 1:57 PM

    I want to switch between accounts on my mac. Cannot find how to do this anywhere. Can you help

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 28, 2019 at 4:56 PM

      Instagram.com has limited features. If you’re interested, you can use one of these Instagram-approved third party apps.

      Reply
  112. Darlene Simmons says

    March 30, 2019 at 3:01 AM

    Hi im having a bit of a problem…..I have two Instagram accounts and one of them I know there’s a link to one of my Facebook accounts and one of them is linked to a very old Facebook account that I can’t remember the email or password to that one and I am just trying to figure out how to log in while just using the Instagram username because that’s all I know the phone number and email address that is linked to that particular username account does not exist anymore it’s been a very long time since I’ve been on that account but all I can remember is the username can you please help me.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 30, 2019 at 2:25 PM

      I don’t believe there’s any way to log into an account where you don’t know the password and have no way to recover it.

      Reply
  113. Joshua says

    March 31, 2019 at 9:28 PM

    Since they last update of Instagram I’m not able to view last active status of my DM contacts even though I didn’t change the settings. My “show activity status”is ON. I tried uninstalling reinstall cleared the cache etc but nothing works. Strangely my last active is seen by my contacts.
    I’m using dual app Instagram

    Reply
  114. Tamira says

    April 3, 2019 at 7:10 PM

    Is account switching available via a PC? I can only see one of my accounts via a computer

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      April 4, 2019 at 11:10 AM

      It is not.

      Reply
  115. Jake says

    April 9, 2019 at 11:44 PM

    I have a personal account and will be creating a new business account for a podcast. Once the accounts are connected, will I be able to quickly add my followers from the personal account? Or do I just need to search and request each person?

    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      April 10, 2019 at 9:38 AM

      There’s no way to add followers from one account to another. I personally would suggest people follow the second account in posts on the first account. Be cautious of doing a lot of DMs as it could get your account blocked.

      Reply
  116. Phuong Le says

    April 11, 2019 at 11:15 PM

    Hey,is that possible if your Instagram account disappeared? My friend just created one not long ago and now he said couldn’t find his account anymore which I find hard to believe.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      April 12, 2019 at 9:28 AM

      With social media, I suppose anything is possible. Most likely he would have gotten a notification on why it was removed, though.

      Reply
  117. Arun Rao says

    April 15, 2019 at 3:08 PM

    hi, my son used my existing account to make an attached linked account on Instagram. Now I want to de-link it so I can post on FB on two different accounts that I have. how do I do that? sure hope I can otherwise I am gonna have to share everything over and over again on the new FB profile.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      April 16, 2019 at 10:01 AM

      Instructions to unlink are in the article. It’s not difficult.

      Reply
  118. Kristin Johnson says

    April 16, 2019 at 8:19 AM

    Do you followers see all your accounts and posts in all accounts or do they just see the one they are following?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      April 16, 2019 at 9:51 AM

      Only the one they’ve followed.

      Reply
  119. Kare says

    April 17, 2019 at 4:20 PM

    I have a main IG Account and a secondary account that I toggle back and forth between. In trying to delete a photo I posted on the secondary, the three dots do not offer Delete! My primary one does. I’ve spent hours trying to learn how. Can you assist?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      April 18, 2019 at 9:48 AM

      Sorry, I haven’t heard of this. I just tried it and have the option to Delete.

      Reply
  120. Stacy Nelson says

    April 19, 2019 at 11:42 PM

    Hello- I have NO secondary instagram account, I have ONLY ever had one account. Why is my profile picture showing up on the bottom tab to the far right? I know this feature is usually used to toggle back and forth between accounts but I’ve only ever had the one. So why all of a sudden is the profile pic showing up down at the bottom? This has gotten me into a heap of trouble recently someone thinking I have multiple account but I don’t, and I don’t know how to prove it. Any help is appreciated , thank you!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      April 20, 2019 at 10:05 AM

      That icon is the link to your profile page. If it’s new to you, I can tell you that it no longer allows toggling between accounts. Not sure what icon you had before to get to your profile – maybe generic? But switching accounts now can ONLY be done from the TOP CENTER of your profile.

      Reply
  121. A says

    May 4, 2019 at 11:09 AM

    So I should be able to use the same email account if I want to create new instagram at a later time?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      May 5, 2019 at 4:57 PM

      If you deleted the account associated with the email address, then I don’t expect a problem. Don’t have 2 active accounts with the same email though!

      Reply
  122. Alex says

    May 7, 2019 at 3:45 PM

    I want to link two accounts, but when I go to my profile, there are NOT three lines, as you say. What next?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      May 7, 2019 at 3:46 PM

      Find your settings from your profile page on mobile. Mine is 3 lines. Maybe yours is 3 dots or a gear.

      Reply
  123. Debra Ponte says

    May 19, 2019 at 1:06 PM

    I had one and added another. Now can not post photos on my 1st one? EEK? I did not know how to go between the 2 to post very different photos on each? Should I delete the 2nd one to regain my first?
    Thank You so much. Debra

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      May 19, 2019 at 3:09 PM

      I’m not sure what the problem is. Are you able to open the first account but just not post to it?

      In any event, I’m doubtful that deleting the 2nd one will fix anything on the first.

      Reply
  124. Diane says

    May 20, 2019 at 7:11 AM

    I have an instagram account with name and all. One hashtag I use is #keepasharpeye and it has made its own page with no name. Someone else also posts on this. What can I do about it?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      May 20, 2019 at 7:19 AM

      You might be able to do something IF you’ve trademarked your business name… tho that’s a standard phrase and probably not eligible to be trademarked.

      You could ask them to stop. Or maybe pick something less generic, because this tag is likely to be used by others.

      Reply
  125. Laurie says

    May 20, 2019 at 10:53 AM

    Hi! I have a personal IG account and a few years ago created & added an account for a non-profit that I volunteer with. I really want to un-link the accounts so that another person with the non-profit and post on our IG. Can I do this? I don’t want to delete the account and start over if I don’t have to…it’s taken a while to build our followers. Any suggestions??
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      May 20, 2019 at 4:48 PM

      I don’t know IG rules on having multiple people log into an account. I assume it’s OK if it’s a business account, but you should look up best practices for this. The one thing I’m fairly sure of is you can’t “sell” an account, but I have no idea about *giving* it to someone else. I’m guessing it’s linked to your FB which could make things tricky.

      Sorry, this is way out of my expertise.

      Reply
  126. Melanie Deardorff says

    May 28, 2019 at 3:33 PM

    You’re a lifesaver! I’ve been trying for months to remove an account I used to manage. I used your most recent option (the solution provided February 2019) and was finally able to get rid of it. Victory!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      May 28, 2019 at 4:16 PM

      Fantastic! Thanks for letting me know.

      Reply
  127. Christina says

    May 28, 2019 at 9:46 PM

    I have a 3rd IG that I use for business (but not a business IG acct)-can’t remember password and have to re-sign in bc I have a new phone. uggghhh!
    It says it will send me reset link via SMS-but it never comes! I do have settings to allow SMS. Any thoughts on how to get through this? I cannot sign in via FB bc I am not on FB (never have been)….would greatly appreciate your thoughts!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      May 29, 2019 at 7:27 AM

      So sorry, I don’t know what to do about that.

      Reply
  128. Maria says

    May 30, 2019 at 9:57 AM

    When having difficulty removing an instagram profile from your phone:

    Make sure the “remember log in” setting is OFF under the settings on that profile. Then when you “log-out” of that profile it will be gone.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      May 30, 2019 at 11:14 AM

      Terrific! Thank you Maria!

      Reply
  129. Kate says

    June 5, 2019 at 2:06 AM

    Hi,

    My business partner has somehow linked our business account to her personal account. We want to unlink it so that we can set up our instagram account as a business account.
    However, she has previously disabled her personal account and although she can log in she cannot seem to unlink the account.
    If she deletes her personal account, will this delete our business account as well?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      June 5, 2019 at 8:03 AM

      Since I haven’t experienced this exact situation, I’d advise caution. It shouldn’t, but I’d try other things first.

      Have her try the tips here to unlink. And even if she doesn’t unlink, that shouldn’t prevent another admin from working on the account.

      Reply
  130. Nancy says

    June 17, 2019 at 4:01 PM

    I have a business IG and a personal one. You use to be able to switch between accounts on your computer, but that has seemed to change. I logged out from my business account and signed into my personal one, but now I can’t get back on my business page and I need to be on it!!! I log in with facebook, but it keeps going back to my personal page. Help please!!!!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      June 18, 2019 at 8:50 AM

      I was not aware that switching was ever supported on computer. Can you log in with your business account credentials instead of FB?

      Reply
  131. Brooke says

    June 18, 2019 at 12:02 AM

    Hi and thanks so much for this article! Quick question: If I create a second account, will followers on my first account automatically see that I have made a second? My goal is to use the second account anonymously so I hope not!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      June 18, 2019 at 8:53 AM

      It used to be that if any account is connected to your Facebook, FB friends would get notified on IG that “Brooke is on Instagram as account name.” I haven’t seen these for awhile though. But anonymity is certainly not guaranteed.

      Reply
  132. Nancy Ehrlich says

    June 26, 2019 at 4:15 PM

    Thanks for your useful info above! I created a second account for a non-profit I am helping.
    2 questions – When I received the email to confirm the account and clicked confirm your email address, it just keeps coming up with “Email not confirmed”. I’m guessing it’s somehow trying to log in to my original personal Instagram account or something. Any thoughts?
    And also, when I’ve posted to Instagram on my personal account, I know I can also have it post to FB at the same time. Is there a way to link my second Instagram account for the non-profit to it’s FB account? It looked like the only option was to link my 2nd non-profit Instagram to my personal FB.
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      June 26, 2019 at 5:25 PM

      Not sure about the unconfirmed email. You used a different email, right?

      You should be able to link the 2nd account to its FB business page if you’re an admin of it.

      Reply
      • Nancy Ehrlich says

        June 27, 2019 at 7:33 AM

        I figured out the email. I needed to add this new email account to my phone and access it there. For FB, the only option that comes up is my personal FB page. There is no option for any other admin pages.

        Reply
  133. Allison Lewis says

    June 28, 2019 at 7:41 PM

    I can’t get into my second instagram account/page that I haven’t used in a long time, but want to access now. I don’t have the option of signing into it anymore.

    Reply
  134. Christina says

    June 29, 2019 at 11:06 AM

    Hello!
    Some time ago, my friend gave me the password to her Instagram account. But now neither she nor I want me to have access to her account. It annoys me so much to have her account in the accounts that I have on Insta and I want it to not be there. However, I’ve tried all of the things stated in this site, but none helped and I think it has to do with the fact that she changed her password. I tried logging into her account so I could remove it, but it says I don’t have access to it and when I tried to hit the X next to Log In, it didn’t work.
    How can I delete that account from my accounts without asking her for the password?
    Thanks in advance.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      June 29, 2019 at 5:10 PM

      That’s quite odd and I don’t know of a solution. Would b grateful to know if you find one.

      Reply
  135. Mel says

    July 1, 2019 at 3:46 AM

    Hi Louise,

    So i have 5 accounts. 2 are personal, 3 are for my online shops. 1 of online shop account is a business profile. As far as i remember, all of the accounts use different email address. My business account is linked to my phone number.

    Now, I just factory reset my account. I can log back in to the business account and one personal account. But when i try to log in to the other accounts, the app keep directing me to the business account. (It doesnt say that the password is wrong too)

    I have tried to log out to that business account and remove the login detail (it appeared when i log out)

    What should i do? Should i temporarily change the business account to normal account? Will that help? Or should i delete the phone number? Is that possible? Thank you

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      July 1, 2019 at 8:18 AM

      Unfortunately I don’t know of a fix for this.

      Reply
  136. Liz Tomlin says

    July 1, 2019 at 7:31 AM

    This was very useful, thank you. I have a problem which is related to this:

    I created an account called T, late one night, I was tired so I didn’t finish it , in fact it barely exists, it seems to be a user name and an email. A couple of days later I tried to access the account but couldn’t and decided I must have remembered wrong so I created a second account.
    I tried to use a user name of T but it said this name wasn’t available, which I thought was strange as it is fairly unique. So I used the name L .
    Having got an account I could search for other so I searched for T and found it, it says no posts and it is obviously mine as the geo tag is for our house.

    Since T is the name of our business it is important that the Instagram account is named this. So I attempted to log in to it but no password would work. I then asked for a password reset, It said that it was sending a mail to T@domain. This is not my email address, in fact it is someone else’s AND already associated with an Instagram account. This means the password reminder is going to her not me and she tells me she cannot log in to the T account – we thought she could follow the link and t then change the email associated with it to mine and all would be well. But apparently this doesn’t work, she can only make changes on her real account.

    Instagram seems to have no real support so it is impossible to get any help from them.

    This is important to me because the business is named T and that is what I want to see, otherwise it will be very confusing for customers.

    Is there any way to fix this?

    Thank you

    Liz

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      July 1, 2019 at 8:16 AM

      I suggest you start an account with a longer username that relates to your business. “tproducts” or whatever. I would be amazed if IG will let you have a 1-letter username. In fact if you did set up an account that way, it’s been removed: “The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.”

      Reply
  137. Unnur Leifsdóttir says

    July 9, 2019 at 9:27 AM

    Thank you?

    Reply
  138. Helen says

    July 9, 2019 at 10:57 PM

    I have an IG account that my group uses. Some how my personal Facebook account was linked to the account and now I cannot attach the correct Facebook account. I have hit the “unlink” in the settings but when I go to link a different account I can only link my personal account again. Any help is appreciated.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      July 10, 2019 at 9:17 AM

      You have to link to your personal account first and from there you should be able to choose any fan page you’re logged in as an admin of. I don’t know that you can link to a group though.

      Reply
  139. Betty says

    July 12, 2019 at 9:17 AM

    Thank you for this article. I was trying to remove accounts that I didn’t need anymore so option #2 under the switching accounts section worked perfectly for me. Thanks again

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      July 13, 2019 at 7:28 AM

      Great!

      Reply
  140. Jodie says

    July 14, 2019 at 3:20 PM

    Hi I want to create a new account to separate business posts from personal but I have a lot of photos and highlights on my personal account that I want to transfer over, is this possible? Hubby has suggested rename my current account, with the business name, then delete all the personal photos. (Which is really like to keep in a personal account) Help! Any suggestions??

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      July 14, 2019 at 8:31 PM

      No, you can’t transfer photos from one account to another. I would not use the existing account for business if the current followers are expecting personal stuff. If you create a new account, you’ll have content ready to post for a long time!

      Reply
  141. Jessica ? says

    July 16, 2019 at 5:38 PM

    You know when you click on your username to switch to another account and it shows you the list of accounts, Is there anyway i can delete a deleted account off that list?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      July 17, 2019 at 9:22 AM

      A deleted account shouldn’t be showing anywhere. This might be a caching issue.

      Reply
  142. Hailey Ibarra says

    July 16, 2019 at 11:33 PM

    hi, I just made a business account but unfortunately, I used the same email and phone is there a way to change it through the account. I am not having any trouble with passwords but just to be safe. Also, when I try to login in with my new business account through the Instagram login page it won’t work only when I am on my original and then switch from there. Any way I can log in with my second page from the Instagram login page? Thank you!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      July 17, 2019 at 9:23 AM

      Q1, I don’t think so.

      Q2, enter the username you wish to log into.

      Reply
  143. Sheryl Hamilton says

    July 17, 2019 at 1:33 PM

    I just tried using my new business email (which I don’t believe I used here before to set up an additional account) and I got a message saying” the terms of use had been violated” and hence wouldn’t let me continue naturally.
    I’m don’t recall trying to set this up previously for my business (maybe someone else has tried the same user name in the past), so I am wondering if I could have the login and set up the additional account I am wanting to create?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      July 17, 2019 at 2:16 PM

      “I am wondering if I could have the login and set up the additional account I am wanting to create?”

      I guess you could have the login? I don’t understand what you’re asking.

      Reply
  144. Maryam says

    July 19, 2019 at 1:41 PM

    Hi there,
    I was hoping you may be able to help. I tried to set up a new username (which was available and the name of my new business) and was asked to register with an email or mobile number. As I’d already used my email for my main personal insta acc I decided to use my mobile number for this new one instead. I put my number in and was sent a code to verify it which I did, along with a new password which I added and that was the end. I expected to find a new acc created but have since learnt that I was only half way through the process. Since then I’ve tried to login and it states that the password is incorrect! I’ve then tried to put my mobile number in and found to my dismay that this number is already connected to an old (and unused) insta acc of mine created years ago so now the new reset code is sending me to my old insta acc rather than the newly created one today. When I’ve attempted to go back and start from the beginning the username I want now states ‘unavailable’..I’ve clearly claimed it but it’s stuck in the ether somewhere and I can’t get to it! It’s half registered with a number that is already in use with another acc!! What to do?! I can’t change the username as it’s the name of my business! Ive contacted instagram via the app and am hoping they will respond but any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      July 20, 2019 at 7:20 AM

      I’m so sorry but I don’t know of any way to recover that account or username. I would keep trying to login with the password… is it possible you got 1 digit or shift key incorrect?

      Reply
      • Maryam says

        July 22, 2019 at 1:01 AM

        Thank you. I will keep trying.

        Reply
  145. Naomj says

    July 22, 2019 at 1:09 PM

    Hi, I have created a 3rd IG account & when I created it, I didn’t choose a password for it, I chose to use my main account log in details to create the new page. Now I can’t seem to find an option to create a new password as I’ve decided I don’t want the same log in details for these 2 pages. Can you help me at all? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      July 23, 2019 at 8:57 AM

      I’ve noticed there’s a new “one login” feature but haven’t figured out if you can disable it. I’ll let you know if I do.

      Reply
  146. Evony Estrada says

    August 1, 2019 at 2:03 PM

    Hi,

    When i created my second account I clicked login instead of signup. Now my second account does not appear anywhere but when i type the second acct name in search my first accoutn appears with my first acct name.. Its like the second accoutn exist but you can see unless you type it in search which then the name appears under my first accoutn pic but when you go to the page its my First account info… Please Help!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      August 2, 2019 at 8:24 AM

      You’ve probably already tried this, but… try to create the account with the new name again, if it indeed does not exist at instagram.com/newname. If that doesn’t work, then that name isn’t available any longer.

      Reply
  147. Deanna says

    August 4, 2019 at 12:01 PM

    I have a personal Instagram account and created a business account linked to it using my iPhone. I can only access the business account through the personal account on my iPhone. On my Mac, I can log into my personal account, but it does not allow access to my business account. I would like to be able to log into my business account on my Mac. Is there a way to create separate login information (username and password) for my business account now that it’s already established and linked to my personal account? I’m afraid if I tinker with it, I will lose the account and I have about 100 followers so far that I don’t want to lose by starting over again.

    Reply
    • Linoy says

      October 6, 2020 at 2:22 PM

      You should log out from it and then try to reset your password. You’ll get an email to reset it, after you pick a new one a reset the password for this account, you’ll be able to access both accounts – just with username and different passwords, even if it’s under the same email. Hope I helped.

      Linoy x

      Reply
  148. Deanna says

    August 4, 2019 at 12:38 PM

    Thank you for reading my question about linked accounts. I managed to figure out a solution and can now access each account on my Mac separately. Thanks for being so informative on this blog!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      August 5, 2019 at 9:11 AM

      Glad you found a solution! Is there a trick to it, or just log out of one to log into the other?

      Reply
      • Deanna says

        August 5, 2019 at 10:57 AM

        I clicked around a lot, but here’s what I think I did. Because of the way I started the business account through my personal account on my iPhone, both accounts were linked and logged in on the iPhone under the same email/password combo. I went to my laptop (Mac), searched Instagram and found my new, business Instagram account. I could see it, but I was not logged in and couldn’t access it. When I tried logging in under the same email/password combo I used on the iPhone account, it led to my personal account, so I still couldn’t access my business account on my laptop. Here’s what I tried: On the Mac laptop, I logged out of my personal account. I signed in again using my business account username (rather than the email used on my personal account), and clicked “forgot password”. Instagram sent prompts by email for me to make a new password for my account. I made a new password and I was able to log in to my business account on my Mac laptop. I tested to see if I could still access my personal account using the original iPhone email/password combo, and it worked just fine.

        Note: When I went back to my phone, because I had changed my business account password, I was notified that the business page was unable to be accessed. I unlinked the business account from my personal account and then relinked them following the prompts and using the new business account username/password. They linked up just fine.

        Reply
  149. Jennifer says

    August 5, 2019 at 10:52 AM

    It works if it works, and if it doesn’t, you’re stuck, possibly without the ability to log in to one or more accounts. Instagram won’t help, or even respond.

    This is a ridiculous system, with arbitrary rules they don’t even tell you you’re violating, or help you fix. And chances are, you’re not even violating any rules but being penalized anyway.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      August 5, 2019 at 5:14 PM

      Interesting theory.

      Reply
  150. Jo says

    August 6, 2019 at 1:32 AM

    Hi, a lady I work for has set up a secondary account for her business linking it to the original. I have access to the original but it isn’t giving me access to the new one. She says she doesn’t have log in details for the new one as it was “just linked”, any idea how I can gain access to it?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      August 6, 2019 at 8:42 AM

      I’m pretty certain you would need the login info. Have you tried adding and logging into the second account with the username, then the PW of the first account?

      If that doesn’t work then she may need to do a PW reset so she can share the correct PW with you.

      Reply
  151. Zaenal Susanto says

    August 12, 2019 at 7:12 PM

    Hi there… I recently got logged out of my business account on Instagram that is linked to my personal account. And both are linked to my facebook page personal and business.

    And when I go to reset the password entering the username of the business account it sends me the link to reset but always logs in to the personal account.

    I can see my business account is linked in the business profile but have no way to log back in.
    Do you know how to redirect it to the secondary page?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      August 13, 2019 at 7:09 AM

      It sounds like both accounts were set up with the same email or phone number. In such a case, the PW reset will revert to the first account set up.

      It might be possible to change it on the one you can log in to, but I can’t say for sure. Proceed at your own risk.

      Reply
      • Cindy says

        August 21, 2019 at 12:53 PM

        I am having the SAME exact issue. It’s like the business Instagram account is no longer linked and I can’t post to it or do anything “as” the business. It’s sooooooo frustrating. It’s either a glitch or they have just jacked something totally up. I created the same as you b/c that is how I was advised to create it, by adding an account. When I try to password reset, then it takes me to my PERSONAL account. I’m at my wits end.

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          August 22, 2019 at 7:58 AM

          If the PW reset is going to a different account, then it sounds like you set them both up with the same login. This is unfortunate.

          You could try to change the login for the account you CAN get into so the PW reset for the business account will actually take you to that account, since it’s only associated with that one. I can’t guarantee anything, of course it’s at your own risk. Not sure this is even possible.

          Can you log into the biz account separately, or do you really need a PW reset on it?

          Reply
  152. Shardul Pathak says

    September 3, 2019 at 7:56 AM

    Solution
    Go to settings >> Security >> Saved Login Info >> uncheck “Saved Login info” >> new pop up asking “Remove Login Info?” select Remove and All Set!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      September 3, 2019 at 9:25 AM

      Thanks for the tip!

      Reply
  153. VP says

    September 3, 2019 at 11:25 PM

    Hope this helps, worked for me!

    -Delete Instagram

    -Re-install it

    -Once you open it up it gives you the option to “manage accounts” very small in the bottom

    -Click that and it will remove whatever accounts you don’t want to see anymore

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      September 4, 2019 at 7:21 AM

      Thanks for this tip!

      Reply
  154. tyna walenski says

    September 4, 2019 at 3:24 PM

    I’m trying to create a new business account and the function just doesn’t seem to be working. When I click on the “add an account” button, it brings me to the login page. I have tried 2 alternate e-mails to set up the new account, but it still just goes back to the feed for my personal account.
    This is very frustrating. I’ve been trying to resolve it for weeks for my new business. Anyone know how to contact Insta? The e-mail listed gives you an auto reply saying that e-mail is no longer in service and sends you to the Fb help pages. Seriously…alot of people earn their living on Insta and they need to be more accessable for problem resolution….

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      September 5, 2019 at 8:48 AM

      Did you try the steps in the article?

      6 | DON’T fill in the log in screen. At the bottom of the page, tap Sign up.

      This should work.

      Reply
  155. robi says

    September 6, 2019 at 1:22 PM

    Please please help I dont know what to do. I had a personal page and then made a business page about a year ago. i sued it all on the same account and never paid attention. The personal page is much more important because I barley use the business page. recently my phone was stolen. I received my replacement phone and logged into Instagram but it logged me into the business page that i dont care about. I tried logging out and again back to the same business p;age. I dont know how to stop logging into that page. I want to log into my personal page but it keeps taking me to the business page even through Facebook log in. Please what do i do? help me

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      September 6, 2019 at 4:39 PM

      Are the accounts linked? Look for a way to switch which one is active. Otherwise, I really don’t know. If you created 2 accounts with the same login, there’s no fix.

      Reply
  156. Natasha says

    September 13, 2019 at 2:15 AM

    Hi! Is there a way of ‘transferring ‘ saved posts in folders from one account to my other new account? Rather than going through each persons posts to find the image & post each one separately in my new second account?
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      September 13, 2019 at 7:15 AM

      I doubt it. Great idea tho!

      Reply
  157. Fred Neal says

    September 16, 2019 at 6:58 PM

    Hey Louise, great article.
    I have an issue with my accounts, and thought you and your followers may help. I can access 6 accounts, without logging in and out, however, recently while following or unfollowing or working with these accounts, I am often banned on one account, and then all accounts then act the same way. Ie banned from all accounts. I don’t us any third party apps, and I only follow or unfollow a max of 20 per hour, per account. I am not sure what I am doing wrong to be banned so often. I am also having to change my password, as Insta thinks my account has been compromised. This is also starting to happen often. What am I doing wrong?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      September 16, 2019 at 7:16 PM

      It’s curious that you’ve been able to link 6 accounts. The limit seems to be 5. Not sure if that’s affecting your different accounts activity perhaps being seen in aggregate. We’ll see if anyone else has ideas!

      Reply
  158. christina ablaza says

    September 17, 2019 at 9:07 AM

    I have two IG accounts I want to switch the names how do I do that and is there a timeframe?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      September 17, 2019 at 7:55 PM

      There isn’t a way to switch names. If you change the name on one account, it’s not certain if or when that name will become available for another account. So you might end up losing the name.

      Reply
  159. Me says

    September 17, 2019 at 2:25 PM

    I’ve been trying to make another insta account without people knowing I do but when I add another account my current insta friends get recommendations to add me. Lame.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      September 17, 2019 at 7:53 PM

      Yeah, that is pretty lame. Thanks for the warning.

      Reply
  160. Andrea says

    September 22, 2019 at 10:30 AM

    How do I delete a new account that is made under an already existing account (same login). It shows on my phone (app) but when I login online, I only get the main account, which I do not want to delete. And if I try to log in online using the username of the new account, it says it does not exist. But it does on my phone. Help?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      September 23, 2019 at 9:59 AM

      Account linking does not work on desktop.

      Reply
  161. Andy says

    September 30, 2019 at 6:30 AM

    Excellent article, really useful…

    I’m trying to create a new Instagram account for my work but twice now on entering the details to open a new account I get shutdown and told I’ve broken their legal terms and conditions as soon as I’ve entered new login/username details and hit next. This then means the email address I used and the usernames I used are taken so I’ve quickly running out of options.. Any ideas???

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      September 30, 2019 at 8:14 AM

      There might be some tips on this post…
      https://www.socmedsean.com/instagram-banned-account

      Reply
  162. Dan Upke says

    October 1, 2019 at 3:06 AM

    Hi!
    I have a second IG account, but when I created it I chose the option of “one login”, linking it to my primary account, which I now regret. I wish for it to have it’s own email and password, independently from the other but I cannot find a way to do so! Thanks in advance for the help.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 1, 2019 at 9:51 AM

      I don’t believe there’s a way to undo “one login” at this time. I would appreciate you letting me know if you find something, as this will be a problem for a lot of people. Best of luck!

      Reply
      • Daniel says

        October 2, 2019 at 5:35 AM

        Hi, thanks for your reply!

        Sadly, after searching tiredlessly for a solution, I could not find one. The second account was still very “new” so I decided to delete it before it kept growing, and create a new account under my secondary email address.

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          October 2, 2019 at 8:32 AM

          Thanks for reporting back! Cheers.

          Reply
  163. Alison says

    October 5, 2019 at 3:26 AM

    Hi, my son also has an instagram account set up under my email addresss.
    On the app if I log out of his, put my username in & password it still logs into his account & not mine.
    I know my account is still active as i can see it on other peoples phones.
    Please help me to switch back to my account on my phone.
    I have tried all the instructions above.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 5, 2019 at 9:27 AM

      If you have 2 accounts with the same email, IG defaults to the first one set up. Can he change the email on his account? Not sure if there’s any solution if that’s not possible.

      Reply
      • Alison says

        October 6, 2019 at 2:35 AM

        I think he can change the email, but will that work? do you always have to remember the email you set instagram up with to log in in future?

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          October 7, 2019 at 10:07 AM

          This is all I know for sure. At this time, if you have 2 accounts on the same email and forget your password, the password reset will only work for the first account set up under that email. So you’re effectively locked out of other account(s) with the same email.

          I can’t say exactly what will happen in your case, but if possible, it’s just better to have different logins for different accounts.

          Reply
  164. Neil says

    October 9, 2019 at 10:24 AM

    Hi Louise,

    Apologies if this has already been covered on here, but I really need to get help with this. I’m about to throw my phone at something hard :/

    I have a list with four IG accounts on my phone, however I need to remove two of them – they were for a previous job. I don’t want to delete the accounts as the business still needs them. I followed your instructions at the beginning about how to do this, but it didn’t work.

    Thank you in advance

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 10, 2019 at 9:00 AM

      I understand your frustration, but I honestly haven’t held back any secret tips. If you read through the article, you’ll find troubleshooting tips.

      Reply
  165. Michel says

    October 17, 2019 at 9:25 AM

    Dear Louise, thanks for sharing your Instagram wisdom..
    I have has many people a FB account and eventually created a page on FB for my company. I created an Instagram account and then linked it to my business page. Somehow I cannot switch it back to personal only and how to create an account only for the business so they are both distinct?
    Would you be able to help me in this one?
    Thanks
    Michel

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 17, 2019 at 10:34 AM

      I’m not sure, but it sounds like you can keep the one you have now for business, and then add your personal one. OR, unlink the FB business page, and this will (hopefully) allow you to change the account you have now to personal.

      Then you should be able to add other accounts that you can link to FB biz pages. I have done this several times myself.

      Reply
  166. GC says

    October 19, 2019 at 8:42 AM

    Fantastic article, good start for newcomers in the Instagram world!

    Reply
  167. Beth says

    October 23, 2019 at 10:22 AM

    Thank you! I was trying to remove an account from my saved account and could not figure it out – great information!

    Reply
  168. Jane Yates says

    November 2, 2019 at 4:55 AM

    Hi Louis, I have 2 accounts on my iPhone 8 and it has started loosing the header & footer buttons when I switch accounts. It looks like my info doesn’t fit the screen properly. I have changed my font size, but this hasn’t solved it. When I turn my phone on & off it works ok for a while until I need to change accounts. Any ideas?
    Thanks Jane

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 4, 2019 at 8:21 AM

      Haven’t heard of this, but make sure your app is up to date.

      I sometimes notice weird things when my iOS updates so it could be a bug that will be addressed in a later release.

      Reply
  169. Alana Walker says

    November 11, 2019 at 4:02 AM

    Hello, I am trying to delete a private account that I added but I can see it on my phone but not my web browser? Any tips on how I can see it on the web so I can delete?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 11, 2019 at 8:14 AM

      You can’t see linked accounts on the web, so log out of any others and into that one specifically.

      Reply
  170. Shannon says

    November 26, 2019 at 5:26 PM

    Hi,

    I just created a 2nd account, after reading your comments I will change it so it’s linked to my number and not the same email as my main account. Thanks.

    My question is, I created the account like you said above and skipped the option it gives to follow contacts you already know on your main account. However, now I am done setting up my page, i am trying to add contacts I already know from my main account and I can’t find the same option? It came up as a list before with the option to follow everyone I follow on my main account.

    Will I have to make a new 2nd account to get that option back? I couldn’t stand going back and forth trying to follow each person I follow on my main account.

    Hope that made sense

    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 27, 2019 at 9:12 AM

      I have an option on my settings called “Discover People.” Under this you can also “Connect Contacts.” Not sure if this is what you’re looking for…

      I would recommend only following accounts that would be interested in this second account though.

      Reply
      • Shannon says

        November 27, 2019 at 9:39 AM

        Yeah I have that too, it’s not the same though. When I first opened the account it gave me the option to follow the friends I already have on my main page and gives the option to skip. I know they will support my page.

        If you don’t know what it is I doubt I can get it back then. I tested it by opening another account and it only comes up in the beginning it seems.

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          November 28, 2019 at 7:34 AM

          Thanks for clarifying. I opened multiple accounts quite a while ago and don’t remember seeing that.

          Reply
          • Shannon says

            November 29, 2019 at 5:24 AM

            Sorry, 1 more question!

            After reading your article, I want to separate my accounts so that they are set up with a different email/ number like you suggest. Just in case.

            I’m trying to add my number to my second account but I can’t figure out how. Is it possible? Thanks!

          • Louise Myers says

            November 30, 2019 at 8:44 AM

            I haven’t found a way to do that.

  171. Emily says

    December 30, 2019 at 4:29 AM

    Omg this is the most HELPFUL thing I have ever read! Thank you soooooooo much!!!!!!!

    Reply
  172. Di says

    December 30, 2019 at 11:49 AM

    I got a new iphone (10) went into Instagram and it had a very old one not the one that was in my last phone (6S).

    I tried what you said above and know I think I have 3 accounts! It’s just a mess!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      December 30, 2019 at 1:51 PM

      I’m probably more confused than you are! This article is about creating multiple accounts. But apparently that’s not what you wanted to do.

      I’m not sure how I can help. It sounds like you logged into the wrong account, or had an old account with the same login as a newer one. IG defaults to the first account set up with a specific login.

      Reply
  173. Rachel l says

    January 6, 2020 at 1:45 PM

    Hey. I had a second account but I think I used the same email address( I didn’t know at the time i shouldn’t). It worked for a week or so now I can’t switch even tho it shows under multi account log ins still. Is this lost forever or is there a way I can get back in do you think? Thanks

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 7, 2020 at 8:19 AM

      Don’t know why you can’t switch. Can you log in separately on a different device?

      AFAIK you will not ever be able to get a password reset though.

      Reply
  174. shakir says

    January 6, 2020 at 10:59 PM

    hi i tired to use switch accounts of instagram in pc . please tell which instagram app use to switch account easily

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 7, 2020 at 8:57 AM

      How to post to Instagram from PC

      Reply
  175. Nicole says

    January 9, 2020 at 3:24 PM

    I have a question about my linked personal and business IG accounts and Hootsuite. I used Hootsuite to schedule posts to my business account for about a year, but then neglected it for about 6 months. When I went in this week to start scheduling again I found my IG account disconnected from Hootsuite. Tried to re-connect, but it is not working. My IG accounts are linked so I can login with 1 password and switch back and forth on my phone, but I cannot for the life of me log into my IG business account via my desktop, or get connected on Hootsuite. Wondering if I have both IG accounts set with the same login and password, and am royally screwed…. Any advise? Have I made sense?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 10, 2020 at 10:44 AM

      This sounds like a question for Hootsuite. I don’t know how they integrate with IG.

      Reply
  176. Les says

    January 20, 2020 at 10:26 AM

    I added a business account on my personal account for my husband’s business. It was working fine until I got a new phone and now I can’t add, change, or post any information on the business account. I can see it and now I wish it were on his phone instead. Is there anyway to retrieve it so he can have it on his phone now or is it a lost cause? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 20, 2020 at 6:04 PM

      You can’t log into the account on either device?

      Reply
  177. Les says

    January 21, 2020 at 1:46 PM

    I added a business account with the same email address. When I got a new phone, I was unable to access the business account, and now I can’t post, edit, or move it to another account. Can anyone assist me? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 22, 2020 at 9:44 AM

      I hope someone has a solution, but (as you now know) using the same email address is a problem.

      Reply
  178. Adina says

    January 27, 2020 at 6:29 AM

    Hi. I followed the instructions to add a new account. It worked, now I have two and I can switch. However, I tried to upload pictures on my new account, but it doesn’t work, they are shown only on the old account although I was using the new one to load them. Any idea how to make that work? Thank you .

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 27, 2020 at 8:10 AM

      The screen before you post shows which accounts it will be posted to. Be sure you have the right one(s) selected before tapping “Share.”

      Reply
  179. Jen says

    January 28, 2020 at 4:24 AM

    I am hoping someone can help me. I have a personal and business account. I wasn’t sure what name I wanted to have my business under so I named my business account on thing and personal the other option. I just deleted the name on the personal account & tried to make it to business Name. I keep getting the message user name unavailable even though I just deleted it from personal account. I made it my personal user name to make sure someone didn’t suddenly take it & it changes right back to it on personal page. Does anyone know why I can’t change my business account user name to what was personal account name?? Thank for any help.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 28, 2020 at 8:09 AM

      Previously used usernames are made available at IG’s discretion. You’ll have to keep checking and hope you catch it.

      Reply
  180. Nina says

    February 20, 2020 at 8:08 AM

    Hi, I didn’t read the warning before (*DO NOT use the same email or phone for your second Instagram account. ) and I created a new account and linked the account to the existing one. The problem is how to unlink the accounts and don’t lockout from the new one. The new one doesn’t have a password because is using the password from the first account

    pleaseeee help! 🙁

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 21, 2020 at 7:39 AM

      If I knew I’d tell you. If you figure anything out, please let us know.

      Reply
    • kathy says

      May 2, 2020 at 12:58 PM

      Same question. I’m trying to use Followers Plus on my new Insta account and it links to my personal one because that is what is is linked to. Anyone know how to change this without removing any account? That would be dreadful if I accidently deleted one of my accounts.

      Reply
  181. Bridget says

    March 19, 2020 at 5:43 AM

    Hi, thank you for this informative post. One question , I think I started to add an account and in the middle quit. Now I am unable to find/get into it. When I used these instructions today I tried to put on that previous account name and it says it’s taken. I have currently set up my me account with another name for now, but would like to get the other one back. I searched in IG and there is no account on that name. I think it has been blocked or something. Any ideas? Thanks.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      March 20, 2020 at 9:22 AM

      IG may have set that name as “used” even though you didn’t finish setting up the account.

      Sometimes they release names, sometimes they don’t. Sorry but there’s no definitive info I can provide.

      Reply
  182. Molly says

    April 7, 2020 at 7:17 PM

    You can log out but the other account is still on there…. there is no remove account……

    Reply
  183. kathy says

    May 2, 2020 at 12:56 PM

    Question about your linked Insta accounts article. I read it through, but I had already added an account linked to my personal account. So I did everything you said NOT to do, which is linking both accounts under my handle username and password.

    SOOOO, I’m trying to use Followers Plus and of course, when I sign in it directs me to my personal account (A), not to the account in which I want to use this (B).

    When I’m in my Settings under my personal account, I can go into Login, which takes me to Multi-Account Login and it says I can deselect an account if I no longer want to log into it using that account. Now, when I deselect, it says Remove Account? You’ll no longer be able to log in to (my other account) through my personal account. I’ll have to create a new password.

    So, the word “Remove” scares me. will this remove my Personal Insta account? Then, what happens to my login information to that account which is the same for both accounts.

    I’m just trying to understand this in order to use Followers for my new instagram account.

    I’d so appreciate your help.

    Kathy

    Reply
  184. Olya Tichen says

    May 6, 2020 at 2:48 AM

    Thanks Louise , the info here is priceless! It saved me a lot of time and money!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      May 6, 2020 at 7:20 AM

      So happy to hear it!

      Reply
  185. Liezl banluta says

    May 8, 2020 at 1:36 AM

    Hi good day, my I had a other account and I used the multi-account login. And I had my business there but lately it automatically logged out. I searched anywhere in the app how to retrieve that account but I can no longer to find it.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      May 8, 2020 at 8:29 AM

      I haven’t used their “one login” feature because it’s everything I’ve been saying not to do (one password). I’ll have to find out more about it since I keep hearing from people with problems.

      Reply
  186. Chloe says

    May 11, 2020 at 3:50 AM

    Hi Louise, this page was really helpful! Sadly, I set up my business account before I read these instructions and now am having trouble unlinking my personal and business. I’d like to have them using separate email addresses). I’ve found I can’t log into my business page directly (e.g. on desktop or if I’ve logged out all accounts and just want to log back into business on the app). It says “The username you entered doesn’t belong to an account. Please check your username and try again”, I have to use my personal email address or username to get in and then see both accounts. Which has meant I can’t link my business account to a planning tool like Later or Hootsuite! Any tips?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      May 11, 2020 at 8:58 AM

      Oh no! Sadly, I don’t know how to unlink them. Maybe the folks at Later can help? I would love to know if you resolve it! I’m hearing this a lot now and would love to be able to help.

      Reply
  187. Ray says

    May 15, 2020 at 11:16 PM

    this article was very helpful…thank you!

    Reply
  188. Priya sharma says

    May 28, 2020 at 7:40 PM

    It’s a really nice system on Instagram. We can use more than one account on same phone. And switching Instagram account we can use both accounts easily.

    Reply
  189. Natalie B. says

    July 20, 2020 at 8:19 AM

    Hi! So I have added a linked account on my phone using my personal account. But now I want to delete the added linked account, but I’m not sure how to do that. Please help!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      July 20, 2020 at 11:43 AM

      Natalie, I can only suggest you carefully check any related IG help docs so you make sure you only delete the correct one and not the original one. Advising on this is definitely above my pay grade 🙂

      Reply
  190. Jenn says

    August 31, 2020 at 11:22 AM

    Hello, I am trying to find out if it’s possible to change the email associated with one of my three Instagram Accounts? Essentially, I have three accounts, all associated to the same email (I see now that I should have used a different email, but I didn’t). One is for my business and now I want to separate it so I can log in on my Desktop to the business account. I see where I can change my email associated with my account, but it changes it for all three accounts. Not sure if I have any options at this point?
    Thanks for any insight you can provide!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      August 31, 2020 at 5:52 PM

      Unfortunately I haven’t found a way to change the email on one account.

      Reply
  191. June says

    October 3, 2020 at 2:26 PM

    What do I do when my existing account that is mine got deleted

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 4, 2020 at 12:00 PM

      My understanding is that deletion is permanent.

      Reply
  192. Jack says

    October 9, 2020 at 3:30 AM

    I have recently set up a linked account to my personal account that my partner and i share.

    She cant link the joint account on her device. Is there anyway of linking our joint account only to her account?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 9, 2020 at 8:54 AM

      First, be sure the 2 accounts you’ve linked do not share the same email or phone number. Perhaps then she can link to the one. If this doesn’t work, it might not be possible.

      Reply
  193. PHOEBE says

    October 9, 2020 at 8:20 PM

    Hi there,

    If I press remove account from my multi account page, it says you will need to set up a new password. I’m worried if I do this it’ll delete the account or I will lose access as it’s connected to my primary log in and always has been. Can someone tell me what happens once you press remove account and how I ensure I can keep both active and accesible?

    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      October 11, 2020 at 7:27 AM

      As far as I know, this is the correct way to set up a separate password for an account that shares One Login.

      Maybe others will weigh in with their experience of doing this.

      Reply
  194. Michelle says

    November 18, 2020 at 5:44 PM

    Hi Louise, I wonder if Instagram changed how to do this. I went to Profile, but dont see the 3 lines you mentioned. If I go to Settings, there’s no ‘add account’ option. Not sure why.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 19, 2020 at 10:04 AM

      I’m not sure how to help. I still have the 3 lines as well as Add Account near the end under settings. I don’t know why that would disappear unless you’ve already added the max (5 linked).

      Reply
      • Michelle says

        November 19, 2020 at 11:22 AM

        Maybe these instructions are for older, long time accounts like yours, mine is very new (one week). When I clicked Profile it says Switch Accounts>>Log in to existing accounts.

        So I had to create a new second account then click Switch Accounts to log into existing account number 1 from there. It’s a new feature–there’s no 3 lines or ‘add account’ for new Instagrammers.

        Reply
        • Louise Myers says

          November 20, 2020 at 7:58 AM

          That seems very strange but thanks for the heads up. I’ll create a new account to see how it works.

          Reply
  195. Filip says

    November 19, 2020 at 1:26 AM

    Hi, I used function “Post on other accounts” to post on multiple accounts. But few weeks ago this function disappeared from all my accounts and I can post only on FB, Twitter etc. Is this some bug or Instagram cancelled this service? Do you have the same issue?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      November 19, 2020 at 9:58 AM

      I still have the feature.

      Reply
      • Filip says

        November 19, 2020 at 4:38 PM

        ups, I would really wan to know, why in my app was disappeared ?

        Reply
  196. A B says

    January 14, 2021 at 8:46 PM

    Is there a way to delete all accounts that are connected in one go?
    I can’t figure out what my passwords are to two of my accounts because they are linked, but for some reason, the passwords are not registering as the same as my main. Every time I request a new password it just gives me a link instead, so I am unable to log in via desktop.

    If I delete my main account, will it delete the others as well that are linked?

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      January 15, 2021 at 6:58 AM

      My understanding from what IG has told us is that only one account us deleted at a time.

      Reply
      • A B says

        January 17, 2021 at 12:01 PM

        Thank you!

        Reply
  197. Filippa says

    January 20, 2021 at 1:32 AM

    When you delete the Instagram account, your profile, comments, likes, photos, videos, and followers will be gone after 30 days − and you won’t be able to revive the account or restore Instagram data after the deletion. If you decide to permanently delete your Instagram account, I suggest you back up the data you have saved on Instagram, especially video resources. Fortunately, with a video downloader, you can back up your saved Instagram videos conveniently.

    Reply
  198. Andrew says

    February 5, 2021 at 11:49 AM

    Thanks, I’ve been looking everywhere to log in to my linked business account on desktop. This worked.

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 7, 2021 at 10:13 AM

      I’m glad to hear it!

      Reply
  199. Hazy says

    February 16, 2021 at 8:14 AM

    Hi Louise,
    Thanks for sharing this information about instagram. I’m facing the following problem now. Hopefully you can help me out. I got 2 insta business accounts A and B and 2 FB pages A and B. I manage to get the main insta account (A) linked to a FB page A and the posts are feeding through. For Insta account B I have managed to link this to FB page B. In the menu ‘Sharing to other apps’, FB is shown in blue and I also see FB page B listed. So I’m set here. But when I make a post in Insta, FB is not switched on. When I try to switch it on it keeps resetting it back. I have tried to log off both apps, deleted and reinstalled it as well. But it won’t help! I going mad here. Hopefully you can advice me.
    Many thanks, Hazy

    Reply
    • Louise Myers says

      February 17, 2021 at 5:56 AM

      Hi Hazy,
      I don’t have an answer, but hopefully someone else will weigh in.

      Reply

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