One of my accounts were deactivated but now I cant use the name because it says its already in use. I know its just a name but it went with my brand (YouTube account) and I hate having to put (.) or (_) in my username. Anyone know how to get a username back? Will Instagram delete the old page completely (so I can get it back eventually…if no one else takes it first) or will the page stay deactivated for ever?
Instagram can either release or hold the name. I think more typically they will delete everything if there is no hope of you getting it reactivated.
Sauce: Had a page deactivated and got the exact name 1 year later.
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Well that gives me a bit of hope, I’m willing to wait as long as I get it back. Thanks.
I read an article about it. You can’t get their username again. so you can’t change your username. You can register with the same email. but your username is lost forever.
Aw, that sucks. I’ll just wait and see but if I can’t then oh well I guess.
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I wouldn’t take the dude above’s advice and I would take @wortime’s…
The dude who said you cant get it back just joined this community and likely has little knowledge but alot of us have been able to retrieve hundreds of accounts back (im not one who’s done hundreds and cant attest to your situation.)
But dont give up, keep it in the back of your mind and try every other month or week later
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Its a great question. I’ve lost couple accs with good usernames even more than a year ago.
Couple times per moth im contacting ig support and ask them to restore my accs 
Still no success
According to my experience - if account wasn’t reactivated in first month - u can stop wasting your time (but there were some lucky guys at forum who could restore accs even after few month of deactivating)
Ok, that was just for info, but the most curios is the next - one year is gone, but i still cant create new account and use old username. Thats odd