Instacart is a platform where you can place orders or make immediate purchases online. When you want to make a purchase from the comfort of your living room, this comes in handy. While you perform transactions on Instacart, it keeps a record of your purchases and orders.
You may want to delete your Instacart order history for a variety of reasons. Perhaps you want to conceal a one-time purchase from your history so that it remains a surprise.
Whatever the reason, here will explain all you need to know on how to delete or hide your Instacart orders or purchases history. It’s straightforward to delete or hide any or all of your Instacart order history if you wish to keep your Instacart activity hidden.
Many consumers want to remove or archive their Instacart order history for a variety of reasons. It’s possible that they don’t want a third party to see their online transactions.
Perhaps you want to hide an occasional purchase from your history so that it remains a surprise when you finally reveal them, or perhaps you buy something you don’t want others to see when they use your account. Alternatively, you may wish to keep your personal purchases hidden from your spouse.
As you keep on reading, you’ll discover whether you can truly delete or, better yet, hide your order history.
Can Someone Delete Order History on Instacart?
To be honest with you, there is no way to delete your order history permanently. Even if you delete your account, Instacart will keep a record of everything you’ve bought.
Before now the only way to delete order history on Instacart was to archive it so it can be kept hidden from others unfortunately, this option is no longer available.
Should they bring back this option here is how to clear your order history:
How to Hide Order/Purchase History on Instacart
It’s simple to hide or delete any or all of your Instacart order history if you wish to keep your Instacart activity hidden.
If you are using a desktop or a mobile app, here’s how to hide your Instacart order history.
Hide Instacart Order History on Desktop
- Sign in to your Instacart account by going to the Instacart website in your browser.
- In the upper right corner of the screen, select “ My Orders.”
- You’ll find a list of the items you’ve ordered in the last three months here. After you’ve located the order you want to hide or remove, click “View Order Details.”
- To hide it, click “Archive Order.” Note that you’ll still be able to see them in your account’s “Archived Orders” area.
- If the item you’re looking for isn’t available for your selected months, modify the setting to show orders from a different time period.
How to Delete/Hide Order History on Instacart App
- Log into the Instacart app on your smartphone or tablet.
- Scroll to “Your Orders” and find the item you wish to hide.
- To hide it, tap “View Order Details” and then “Archive Order.”
Remember that none of the orders you hide from your account will be completely deleted. You may still see them by going to your account page and selecting Ordering and Preferences and Archived Orders from the menu.
By selecting the “Unarchive Order” button next to the product, you will be able to examine all of your previously hidden orders and, if you want, return them to the main list.
Use Incognito Mode When Browsing Instacart
You’ve definitely noticed that when you browse Instacart, the site retains your browsing history and suggests additional things based on your previous searches.
If you’re the only one who uses your account, this can be useful. However, if you use a shared account to make orders or other private purchases, your browser history will reveal your secret to anybody who logs in.
Using an incognito or private browser window is one of the simplest ways to hide your browsing. There is nothing you do that will be saved in this manner.
However, if you’ve already accumulated browsing history on Instacart, there is still a way to clear your data:
- Go to Instacart and sign in using your account information.
- In the top left corner of your screen, select “Browsing History.”
- To remove a specific item from your browser history, select “remove from view” beneath the product.
- Alternatively, select the “Manage History” menu and click “Remove all things from view” to erase the entire list.
- Put the slider next to “Turn Browsing History on/off” in the “off” position if you don’t want Instacart to collect your browsing history.
Conclusion
That’s it on how to delete or hide order history on Instacart from those who share the same account or device with you.
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What about if I’ve already paid for a yearly membership? Is there anyway to transfer that membership over to a new account with the same name once I cancel my old one? Issue I’m having is removing someone from my family plan. It’s proven to be an issue and I need that person not to be able to charge things on my account or be able to see what I’m buying .
You can’t transfer your membership. Instacart allows only one personal account per person or household. If you have a household account you can add or remove someone from your account. If you delete the old one, you can make a new Instacart account with the same name.
None of these are options on my iPhone app. How outdated is this?
We’re sorry, but per the new update you can’t delete your order history – the only option is to delete the account which we don’t recommend but if you think this is the best option for you, here is our guide on how to delete your account permanently.