Meta launched its Twitter rival Threads by Instagram earlier in July this year. It was an instant hit garnering 100 million users in less than a week after its launch. However, the success was short-lived as users opted to leave the new social media platform but couldn’t due to a major drawback. The only way one could access the platform was to link their account to the popular photo-sharing platform Instagram which was a caveat. Now, Adam Missouri, head of Instagram has announced two new welcome changes to the Threads platform. 

Threads account can now be deleted independently

Till today, Threads users were unable to delete their accounts without also deleting their Instagram accounts. With the newly announced changes, the team has resolved this widely requested change. Instagram is now making it possible to delete their Threads accounts without deleting their account on the former platform. In simple terms, the two accounts now work independently. 

With the new update now rolling out users get more control over their Instagram and Threads accounts. In case the feature is not yet available for you, it might arrive in the coming days. The new feature can be accessed from the Settings menu in the Delete or Deactivate Profile section. Users can then choose their preferred option. In both cases, the user’s Instagram account will not be affected. 

Apart from the ability to delete Threads account separately, there is one more change. The content shared by Threads users is also visible to users on Facebook and Instagram resulting in a breach of privacy. With the new update, there is a new option under Settings > Privacy that allows users to ‘opt out of being featured outside Threads’.   

Both new changes are rolling out to everybody. Users are recommended to update their Threads app to the latest verison. 

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