Instagram has been moving things around within the app, and to learn how to change your email address on Instagram, you have to consult a Google search. 🌐 In this article, you’ll learn how to change the email address connected to your account. 👌
5 Reasons to Change Your Instagram Email
You may want to change your email on Instagram for different reasons. These include:
Updating Your Instagram Email Helps to Maintain Account Security
If you suspect that someone has hacked your IG account or Instagram suddenly notifies you about a change made to your Instagram email address, you should change your Instagram account email. Updating your Instagram email to one that only you can access helps to keep your account safe.✅
Spam Reduction
Important emails from Instagram may be lost in the midst of promotional emails and other forms of spam that aren’t caught and filtered into the spam folder by your email provider. You could create a new email address solely for the purpose of attaching it to your account so that you won’t miss any emails sent by Instagram. 📨
You Simply Want to Change Your Email
You do not need to have a special reason for switching your email address. You may desire to update your email because you’re tired of it. 🙎 It may be because you’ve changed your name, and your current names don’t match the names in your email address. 🤔
How to Change Email on Instagram App
Start by opening the app. Then, follow these steps:
- Go to your Instagram profile page and tap “Edit profile”
2. Click “personal information settings”
3. Scroll down a bit until you see “Personal details” and click it.
4. Tap “contact info.” When Instagram displays your contact information, click on the current email address linked to your Instagram account. 👍
5. Click “delete email.”
6. Instagram will ask you a confirmation question about whether you are sure to delete your email. Click “delete.”
7. Then, Instagram will prompt you to enter your password for security reasons. 🔒 Enter your password. If you’ve forgotten it, click “forgot password” and check your inbox for instructions on how to reset the password.
8. After entering your password, Instagram will delete your email address and send you an email about this.
9. Open your personal information settings on Instagram again, go to your contact info, and click “add a new contact.”
10. Choose “add email address.”
11. Enter your new email and click “next.” If your email on instagram is connected to multiple accounts, you’ll have to choose the accounts that you want to connect the new email to.
12. Instagram will send a verification email to your new email. This is to ensure that you can verify your new email and receive important notifications from Instagram. 🚨
13. Check your email account for an email from Instagram containing the confirmation code. Enter the code.
You’re all set! You’ve successfully changed your email. 🤩 If you wish, you can multiple email addresses for different Instagram accounts. For example, you could link your business email to your professional account and connect a different email to your personal account. Instagram also lets you add multiple phone numbers to your account. 📞
How to change email address via the instagram website
You can just as easily change your email through a web browser. Please, follow these simple steps to do it.
- Log in to your account on any browser of your choice. 🙇♀️
2. On your homepage, navigate to the three-line icon at the bottom left corner of the screen and click it. 👆
3. Select account settings.
4. Go to the Meta Accounts Center.
5. In the Accounts Center, click “Personal details,” then select “Contact info.”
6. Click the email address that you want to change.
7. Click “delete email.” Instagram will display this message:
8. Click “delete.”
9. Enter your password and wait for Instagram to delete the email. After Instagram has deleted the email, this pop-up will appear:
10. Click “close” and go back to your “contact info” settings.
11. Click “Add new contact” and choose “Add email.”
12. Enter your new email. 💌
13. Enter the confirmation code sent to your new email.
You can’t delete the email on your Instagram if it’s the only contact information attached to your account. But if you’ve linked an email and other contact information to your account, Instagram may let you delete the email address. ❎ If you’ve linked only your old email to your account, then add the new email address to your account before deleting the old email.
Can You Change Your Instagram Account Email Without Logging in?
You can’t change your email on Instagram without logging in. If you forget your password, you may choose the “forgot password” option and input the current email address that’s connected to your account when prompted to choose a method to log in to your account. A verification code that you may use to regain access to your account will be sent to the email. You could also reset your password. 👨🏻💻
If you can’t log in to your Instagram account because you’ve forgotten your username and password, you may log in using a mobile number attached to the account instead. 📱 If you’ve lost access to both the email address and the mobile number linked to your account and you’ve forgotten your password, too, you may need to follow the procedure for recovering your Instagram account after it has been hacked. 🤨 After recovering your account, log in to it and follow the steps to change your email address.
Even if you found that your account got deleted unexpectedly, don’t worry. 😉 Read this article on Instagram account deletion for tips on how to restore your account after deletion. 👍
If you’re still experiencing login issues, you could use the account recovery feature to regain access to your account. You could also contact Instagram support for assistance. 🙋🏻
What Other Personal Information Settings Can You Change?
Besides your email account, you can change your phone number and your birthday. 🎉 You can also manage your Facebook account memorialization preferences. Through the personal information settings, you also find account deletion or deactivation options.
Conclusion
You can add multiple email addresses to your Instagram account. Whenever you make such changes to your account, you’ll receive an email or a confirmation link in your inbox telling you about the changes. To keep your Instagram account safe, check your inbox regularly. ✅ And try to activate two-factor authentication for maximum safety.
