How to Stop Instagram Tracking Your Online Activity 2023

Meta has updated Account Center so you can disable Instagram following on other sites.

If you don’t like the idea of ​​Instagram tracking your activity across other apps and websites, you’ll be happy to know that you can finally stop it. Meta now allows you to change settings in Account Center to prevent third-party tracking commonly used to show you personalized ads on the platform.

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You can finally stop tracking Instagram’s online activity

Meta has improved Account Center, allowing users to manage and prevent activity tracking across other apps and websites. Previously, you could only do this for Facebook accounts using a control called that works outside of Facebook. You can now stop both platforms from tracking your activity using this control, now called Meta Activity Technology.

As Meta explained in a statement, Meta Technologies External Activity allows you to manage how other businesses submit to the platform. You can review which businesses are sending information, what types of activities they’re tracking, and block specific businesses from sending your data.

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Additionally, you can prevent all third-party companies from sending your data and delete any previous data to which Meta has access. Practically speaking, this will prevent Instagram from using your activity on third-party sites to show you personalized ads. For example, you’ll no longer see Instagram ads for the product you just viewed on your website.

It only takes a few seconds for Instagram to stop tracking your activity on other apps and websites. However, the settings are a bit buried, so here’s a quick step-by-step to save you some time.

1. Open Account Center on Instagram

Technology settings beyond Meta are hidden in the Account Center. To open Account Center on the Instagram app, follow these steps:

1. Open the Instagram app and tap the profile icon at the bottom right of your home feed.
2. Tap the three-line settings icon at the top right of your profile page.
3. Select Settings and privacy from the pop-up menu.
4. Tap Account Center in the Your Account section of Settings and Privacy.

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2. Access technology beyond Meta

From the Account Center, you can access your non-Meta technology settings by selecting Your information and permissions > Your activity outside of Meta technology.

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3. Select Disconnect future activities

From your Info and permissions page, you can stop Instagram from tracking your activity across other apps and websites with these steps:

1. Tap Manage future activity.
2. Select Disconnect future activities.
3. Read information Things you should know.
4. Tap the Disconnect future activity button.

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Meta is legally obliged to provide information about how your personal data is used, including what changes to settings it will make. The “What you should know” section mainly explains how long it takes for the setting to take effect and what you can expect to change:

There are a few things to keep in mind:

• Disconnecting future activity will apply to all linked accounts in Account Center.
• It can take up to 48 hours for tracking to completely disconnect.
• You may be signed out of any apps and websites where you’re signed in with Facebook.
• If you’ve connected your Instagram account to other apps and websites, disconnecting future activity may disconnect them.
• Meta will still receive activity from apps and websites but it will be disconnected from your account.
• You will see the same amount of ads but they will not be personalized.

The only detail that might bother some privacy-conscious people is that Instagram will still receive activity data from apps and websites. Meta hasn’t made clear whether it still receives all or some of the same activity, but its wording at least suggests that any data it receives is anonymized.

If you just want to adjust the type of ads you see, you can adjust your Instagram ad preferences.

Greater control over Instagram following

The disconnect feature gives you more control over how Instagram and businesses exchange your personal data, ultimately providing a way to eliminate off-site tracking.

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