Here's how to unlink your Facebook and Instagram messages using your computer, iPhone, or any smartphone in simple steps.
Facebook and Instagram Link: Cross-Platform Features
Facebook and Instagram introduced an option that links to the accounts of the users of the two social media apps to introduce features that work on both platforms.
One of which is a way to cross-post, allowing users to post content both on Facebook and Instagram simultaneously in a single click, as per the online article by LifeWire.
It is to note that it includes both posts and stories from the photo-sharing app of Facebook.
On top of that, linking the two social media accounts together also provides a cross-platform chat functionality, which brings vanishing mode, calling, and even reactions and chat colors to Instagram, according to the report by WerSM.
However, although these provide its users additional features for both their Facebook and Insta accounts, some still prefer them to be independent of each other.
How to Unlink Facebook and Instagram via Computer
That said, here's how to unlink Facebook and Instagram by using a computer and a desktop web browser.
As per the story by How-To Geek, Insta and FB users could unlink their socials whether they are using a Windows, Mac, Chromebook, or a Linux machine.
All you need to have is a web browser, it doesn't really matter if it is Safari, Chrome, or Microsoft Edge as long as it could open the website of Instagram.
- Open your preferred web browser.
- Then, open the website of Instagram.
- Log in to your account that you want to unlink with Facebook.
- Next, click your profile picture, which is found in the upper right corner of the website.
- Select the Settings option from the menu.
- After which, go to the Accounts Center.
- Then, click Accounts and profiles.
- From there, click your Facebook account.
- Then, click the Remove from Account Center button.
- And lastly, select the Continue button to apply changes.
How to Unlink Facebook and Instagram via iPhone or any Smartphone
If you prefer to unlink your Instagram and Facebook on your iPhone or Android smartphone, simply follow these steps.
- Open the iOS or Android Instagram app.
- Then, tap on your profile picture, which is found in the bottom right corner of the app.
- Select the three lines menu icon for iOS users or the three-dots option for Android phone owners on the top right corner.
- After which, tap Settings.
- Then, go to the Accounts Center.
- Next, tap Accounts & profiles.
- And click on your Facebook account.
- Then, tap Remove from Accounts Center.
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Written by Teejay Boris
