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Remove an account
If you own an Instagram or TikTok account, or act on someone’s behalf, you can ask us to stop showing it on Shadowly. Requests are free.
What Shadowly shows
Shadowly lets visitors look up public Instagram and TikTok accounts. It does not publish a page or directory entry for every username, and it only shows what the account itself has made public. Private accounts are never shown.
What happens after you send a request
We review the request and add the username to a removal list. From then on, lookups for that account on Shadowly return “not available”, and any Creator Report link that was shared for it is switched off. Short-lived temporary copies that speed up repeat lookups expire on their own within a few hours.
What we may ask for
We may email you to confirm that you control the account, for example by asking you to reply from an address listed on the profile. We only use your email to answer this request.
What a request does not change
Removing an account from Shadowly does not change what Instagram or TikTok show. To limit who can see your content there, switch the account to private.
How long it takes
We aim to reply within 7 days.