Instagram by default will make your profile and posts public, but you can choose to change your privacy settings and restrict who can view your information. This may be enough to protect you against someone getting ahold of your information that you do not want too. Before deleting your account, consider opening your privacy settings and reviewing your settings. To do this, Open the person icon at the top of your screen next to your username and then choose ‘Account Privacy,’ Change your setting to ‘Private Account’ and review what will be available to others.

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