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Credit: Mashable / Vicky Leta For those of us who have less than 20 total Instagram posts (It’s me. I’m “those of us”), deleting posts the old fashioned way, one by one, isn’t a huge deal.
But what if I had dozens, hundreds, dare I say thousands? Deleting posts one at a time would sound like something I’d do literally anything to avoid (and by literally anything I mean literally some things, but not things that involve risk of significant bodily and emotional harm).
Mashable Trend Report Decode what’s viral, what’s next, and what it all means. Sign up for Mashable’s weekly Trend Report newsletter. Loading... Sign Me Up Use this instead By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!Good thing I never have to worry about that because Instagram allows users to mass delete posts, although the “how” might not be immediately obvious. Here’s what you have to do.
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1. Go to your Instagram profile
2. Tap the menu button in the top right corner
Find the menu button in the top right corner of your profile Credit: Andy Moser / Instagram 3. Tap "Your activity"
Find "Your activity" in the dropdown menu Credit: Andy Moser / Instagram 4. Tap "Photos and videos"
Tap "Photos and videos" Credit: Andy Moser / Instagram 5. Tap "Posts"
Tap "Posts" to see all your Insta posts Credit: Andy Moser / Instagram 6. Select all the posts you want to delete
7. When you’re done, just tap "Delete"
8. When you see the "Delete Posts?" popup, tap "Delete"
All the posts you selected will be instantly deleted from your profile. If you selected all of your posts, all of them will be gone and you can start anew.
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Andy Moser Andy is a fellow on Mashable's Culture team. He graduated with a B.S. from the University of North Florida in 2018 and moved to New York to pursue journalism in culture and entertainment. He can (and will) talk for too long about Star Wars and movies in general. His fear of stinging insects and 80+ degree weather will keep him inside forever. He wishes he were shorter.
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