Former usernames, when do they disappear?

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Do former usernames on instagram disappear after a period of time?

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No, they do not.

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is there a way to pay for former usernames to be removed?

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They currently don’t even show, it just says this:

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So it shouldn’t be that much of an issue.

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best way to beat that would be with a page merge right?
Do you know the best person for that?

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No, sorry.

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I have seen former usernames dissapear after 3 years (seems to be the rentention period for IG database). Does anyone have any current info on how to remove former usernames? Thanks

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Do you even see the former usernames? I am only able to see how many times the username has been changed, just like I have shown before:

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I think @verus @meta @Mafia can help…

Verus’ Thread ------------> Here

LongBeaverPainter’s thread ------------> Check here

Mafia’s guide ------------> His Mentoring Guide to learn to do it yourself

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Thanks @Rayman

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Yessir, thanks brother @Rayman

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I see that as well. But I’m just wondering what’s the retention time linked to the instagram account. For example I’ve seen accounts that they had 4 former usernames and 3 years later it went down to just 1. So at some point Meta must automatically delete them.

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I can remove that former username list on profil

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Hi there. Can you remove the former username count on Meta Verified accounts? Mine shows 1 former username and would like to show none (zero). Also do you know how to converted from “Verified March 2023” to JUST “Verified”