You can now delete your Threads account without deleting your Instagram profile

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Instagram head Adam Mosseri has put up a post announcing a new feature now rolling out for Threads.

Previously, once you connected your Instagram account to Threads, it wasn't possible to delete it without deleting your Instagram account as well. Mosseri has now announced that the company is rolling out a way for users to independently delete Threads accounts if they choose to do so.

This move will be permanent. Once deleted, all your Threads posts and replies will be hidden and within 30 days, permanently deleted. Your Instagram account will stay unaffected and function as normal.

"We’re rolling out a way for you to delete your Threads profile separately from your Instagram account," said Mosseri in his Threads post.

"To delete your Threads profile, visit Settings → Account → Delete or Deactivate Profile, then select delete," he added.

Besides this, there are changes coming to the way your posts are shared on Instagram and Facebook. Threads made it easier to share posts directly to either platform, but the users suggested they needed finer control over the option, since some posts were automatically shared as featured.

Threads is now rolling out a way that lets users opt out of being featured outside of Threads. You can find the option under Settings and then Privacy.