How to hide my Instagram account from suggestions

Looking at users’ engagement on Instagram, you may have seen the Suggestions for You section in your feed, which is perspectively annoying or helpful for every third user on Instagram. The suggestions are based on your interaction with the Explore Feed, Following Celebs and Friends, Exploring Profiles, and much more. So, ultimately, Instagram is showing your interest in the form of Suggestions. But, of course, everyone has their own reason to turn off/ Disable Similar Friend Suggestions On Instagram.

However, you can stop the account suggestion on Instagram, but the fact is, Instagram will simultaneously stop showing your account in suggestions on other accounts too. Therefore, I’d advise you, if you are running a business or promoting a brand, removing account suggestions can harm your earning. On the other hand, it’s not a problem for a personal Instagram account to disable account suggestions on Instagram. Here’s how to remove Instagram account suggestions.

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• Way to Disable Similar Account Suggestions on Instagram
  • How to Delete Suggested Users from Instagram [How to get rid of suggested search on Instagram?]
  • How to Remove Chat Suggestions on Instagram
  • How to Remove Friend Suggestions on Instagram
  • How to Remove Follow Suggestions on Instagram
  • How to Remove Contact Suggestions on Instagram

Way to Disable Similar Account Suggestions on Instagram

Deleting Account suggestions on Instagram is a pretty simple process. You would need the internet and PC to make changes.

Note: However, keep note that if you remove account suggestions on Instagram, then your account won’t appear in any other Instagram suggestion area.

1. Open Instagram on your Mac/PC.
2. Log in to your Instagram account.
3. Click on the Profile icon, located at the upper-right screen.
4. Select Settings.
5. From the sidebar, click on the Edit Profile.
6. Then, uncheck the box of Similar Account Suggestions “Include your account when recommending similar accounts people might want to follow” and Submit.

How to Delete Suggested Users from Instagram [How to get rid of suggested search on Instagram?]

Since the above process removes the entire section of suggested Instagram accounts, if you don’t want that, then removing the Instagram accounts, you don’t want to follow an alternate solution. Though this process is tedious will take your time removing accounts one-by-one.

1. Go to Instagram on the PC or open the Instagram app.
2. Scroll down to your Instagram feed until the Suggestions for You.
3. You don’t have to scroll down to the end, it’ll possibly come up on the top of the feed.
4. On the Instagram Suggestion Accounts, you’ll see (x) on the top-right side, tap on that to remove that particular account from appearing in your Suggestion for You section.
5. Make sure to cross-check, because Instagram will not ask for any confirmation, once you tap on (x), that account suggestion is gone.
6. Or directly open the whole list of Suggestions, by clicking on See All.
7. That will be easy for you to decide which one to delete real fast.

How to Remove Chat Suggestions on Instagram

Chat Suggestions on Instagram is nothing but the Suggestion for You tab. So, opting out of Instagram Account Suggestion will help you eliminate direct message suggestions on Instagram.

1. Visit Instagram on your Computer.
2. Click on your Profile photo.
3. Choose Settings.
4. Make sure the Edit Profile is selected, and then deselect the Similar Account Suggestions at the bottom of the screen.
5. Lastly, click Submit to save changes.

How to Remove Friend Suggestions on Instagram

It can be not very pleasant to see the suggestions of people you don’t want to follow at all. However, there’s a way to remove the suggestions section from your Instagram profile, but by doing so, it will not let your Instagram account appear in another Instagram profile.

1. Open the Instagram on your Windows or Mac PC.
2. On the upper-right corner, click the Profile icon.
3. Select Settings.
4. Un-Tick the Similar Account Suggestions in the end, and submit changes.

How to Remove Follow Suggestions on Instagram

Follow suggestions are really awesome when we find our old friend after a long time or our crush in the feed. But, on the other side, it is irritating if Instagram starts showing irrelevant suggestions. In that case, removing follow suggestions on Instagram comes into the picture.

1. Visit Instagram on the web.
2. On clicking the Profile icon, you’ll see Settings, go for it.
3. Now go to the Edit Profile on the left sidebar and on the main screen, uncheck the Similar Account Suggestions.
4. Click Submit.

How to Remove Contact Suggestions on Instagram

You can remove contact suggestions on Instagram from here,

1. Log in to your Instagram on a web browser.
2. Click on the Profile, at the top-right screen.
3. Select the Edit Profile menu from the left side panel.
4. Click on the Similar Account Suggestions to disable it.
5. Submit changes.

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