# Did I really leave a trace? **URL:** \ **Category:** Instagram Marketing\ **Created:** [July 12, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/did-i-really-leave-a-trace/74475 "2019-07-12T01:41:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alex408](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/alex408/32/29829_2.png) [@alex408](https://mpsocial.com/u/alex408)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/did-i-really-leave-a-trace/74475/1 "2019-07-12T01:41:21Z")
When I realized my original iPhone and IP had been flagged by instagram I decided to buy a new phone and data plan to start a clean Instagram account on. I thought I would have left no trace, because I had a completely new phone, new service, new IP. However, I may have made a fatal mistake. I signed into my gmail address on the mail app of my new phone (this email address is associated with my flagged instagram account). I read that IG somehow reads the data from the mail app on your phone and so information can be traced in that way. Can this really be so? I believe that it is true because as soon as I opened the IG app on my brand new phone and tried to make a new account I immediately got an error “You are using this feature too fast! We have restricted you from making a new account (paraphrasing)”. I couldn’t even make an IG account on my new phone! The IG app must really be smart to have found the trace I left. Does anyone have any insights on this topic? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![rawrsefi](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@rawrsefi](https://mpsocial.com/u/rawrsefi)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 2:00am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/did-i-really-leave-a-trace/74475/2 "2019-07-12T02:00:06Z")
hmm i think they can see what Icloud (or app store account) was used to download it and store data that way. I might be very wrong. Have you tried using a different Apple store ID? ---
**Author:** ![runninx77](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/runninx77/32/34251_2.png) [@runninx77](https://mpsocial.com/u/runninx77)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/did-i-really-leave-a-trace/74475/3 "2019-07-12T02:03:23Z")
I dont think that can happen (instagram reading mail data) but what @rawrsefi says is more probable. ---
**Author:** ![alex408](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/alex408/32/29829_2.png) [@alex408](https://mpsocial.com/u/alex408)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/did-i-really-leave-a-trace/74475/4 "2019-07-12T03:54:04Z")
yes, I actually had the foresight to make a totally new apple account to download the app. Not sure how a trace was left still after that. ---
**Author:** ![Alexnvo](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/alexnvo/32/31498_2.png) [@Alexnvo](https://mpsocial.com/u/Alexnvo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/did-i-really-leave-a-trace/74475/5 "2019-07-12T03:59:07Z")
Possibly phone was to new. Wait a week ---
**Author:** ![cowboymug](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@cowboymug](https://mpsocial.com/u/cowboymug)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/did-i-really-leave-a-trace/74475/6 "2019-07-12T09:24:56Z")
Unfortunately as we find ways to avoid their detection, they find new ways to find us and we have to adapt. All I can think is you may have connected to or downloaded Instagram using your home wifi rather than mobile data, and hence the same IP address. ---
**Author:** ![alex408](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/alex408/32/29829_2.png) [@alex408](https://mpsocial.com/u/alex408)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/did-i-really-leave-a-trace/74475/7 "2019-07-12T16:39:13Z")
I avoided using WiFi as well. The only trace I left was using the mail app with my email address that is attached to the flagged account. Might experiment and try again with another new phone haha ---
**Author:** ![runninx77](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/runninx77/32/34251_2.png) [@runninx77](https://mpsocial.com/u/runninx77)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/did-i-really-leave-a-trace/74475/8 "2019-07-12T16:46:05Z")
Seems like a stretch, would love to know the results of your tests.