How to disconnect Instagram from Facebook?

The Facebook/Instagram/Messenger ecosystem is very large. And in general, those who have an account on one platform, have it on the other as well. You can even have several accounts on the same platform, as is the case with people who have a personal account, and a professional one.

And given that connectivity is one of today's watchwords, there are several ways to link these accounts, in order to make it easier to login or switch between them. Likewise, unlinking accounts is also a simple process.

In short, many people perform this "separation" because they believe they keep data and information more secure. And if this is your case, know that the procedure is very simple. Despite this, we have prepared this article, so you can check it out step by step.

Also, if you don't want to unlink the accounts, there is a way to limit activity between the two accounts without unlinking completely. Interesting, isn't it? Below, check out how to do it.

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How to disconnect Instagram from Facebook?

In short, linking your Instagram and Facebook accounts makes it easy to cross-post as well as find friends from one network to connect to on the other, and share the same story or photo on both Instagram and Facebook simultaneously.

However, if you are concerned about your privacy, or want to stop your social media activity, you can unlink Instagram and Facebook to separate your social profiles.

Before doing that, you have a business Instagram page, convert it to a personal page before unlinking Facebook.

1. Open the Instagram app on your smartphone;
2. Then, tap your profile icon in the lower right corner;
3. After that, tap the Menu icon (three lines on iOS and three dots on Android) in the upper right corner;
4. After that, tap Settings;
5. After that, touch the Account Center;
6. Then tap Accounts and Profiles;
7. Afterwards, select the Facebook account that you want to remove;
8. After that, tap Remove from Account Center;
9. Also, once you tap remove, a task confirmation message will appear, tap Continue.

Okay, now your Facebook account is unlinked from your Instagram account.

How to limit Instagram / Facebook interaction?

In short, if you want to maintain connection between Instagram and Facebook, there are ways of customization. That is, you can stop sharing your posts automatically on Facebook, and you can make Facebook friends appear as suggestions.

In view of this, check out below how to make some adjustments and limitations in the interaction between the two platforms:

1. Open the Instagram app on your smartphone;
2. Then, tap your profile icon in the lower right corner;
3. After that, tap the Menu icon (three lines on iOS and three dots on Android) in the upper right corner;
4. After that, tap Settings;
5. After that, touch the Account Center. In the "Manage connected experiences" section, there are 3 options available: Post and story sharing; Purchasing activity; and Logins with Accounts. Check below:
   1. Post and story sharing: you against automatically sharing your Instagram story or posts with Facebook.
   2. Purchasing activity: In this item, you manage the controls of Facebook Pay Info, and you have access to the same payment methods with Facebook and Instagram.
   3. Account logins: In this item you indicate whether you want to share all logins and provide advanced managed login options.

Okay, now you know how to limit interactions between Facebook and Instagram.