Instagram has rolled out a new feature called Recently
Deleted, to help users manage their content, as they will be able to review and
restore deleted content in the Instagram app. The company has also introduced protections
to help prevent hackers from compromising accounts and deleting shared posts.
Instagram says that it will ask users to verify themselves as their accounts’ rightful owners when permanently deleting or restoring content from Recently Deleted.
The way the Recently Deleted feature works is that content
including photos, videos, reels, IGTV videos, and stories that a user deletes will
be removed from their account immediately and moved to the Recently Deleted
folder. In that folder, deleted stories that are not in the archive will stay for
up to 24 hours, while other content will be automatically deleted after 30 days.
The deleted content within the Recently Deleted folder can
be accessed during those 30 days and can be restored or permanently deleted. The
folder can be found in account settings.
