Instagram recovery guides, sorted by situation

Suspended or disabled

Suspended or disabled Instagram account: a step-by-step appeal plan

Instagram suspended or disabled your account? Find your deadline, appeal from the notice, keep your story consistent and know your EU options if it's refused.

Read the guide → Hacked

Hacked Instagram account: what to do, in the right order

Someone took over your Instagram? Start with the security email, then instagram.com/hacked and the identity check, then lock everything down for good.

Read the guide → No access to email or phone

No access to your Instagram email or phone? How to prove the account is yours

Lost the email or number on your Instagram? Win them back, try login help with your username, then request support and verify with a selfie or sign-up details.

Read the guide → Impersonation

Fake Instagram account pretending to be you: how to report it and get it taken down

A fake Instagram account in your name? Save the evidence, report it in the app or via the impersonation form, and keep your followers safe while you wait.

Read the guide → Reach dropped

Instagram reach dropped: reading Account Status and recommendation limits

Instagram views suddenly down? Check Account Status for removals and recommendation limits, request a review if it's wrong, and rule out normal shifts.

Read the guide → Content removal

Content about you on Instagram: which report actually gets it removed

A post about you on Instagram? Pick the right route: privacy form, intimate-image report plus StopNCII.org, Meta's copyright form or a harassment report.

Read the guide → Account closure

Getting an Instagram account taken down: which official route applies

Fake, scam, deceased, underage or your own old account: which official route closes each kind of Instagram account, what proof it takes, and what never works.

Read the guide → Scams

Instagram recovery scams: how to tell a fake "recovery expert" from real help

Lost your Instagram and strangers offer to get it back? The red flags of recovery scams, five questions to ask any service, and what to do if you already paid.

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