Blog
How Instagram DMs really work, and why.
The guides tell you what to do. The blog explains why things are the way they are: what Meta's help pages, Terms and API actually say, what that means for your inbox. Long reads, sourced, no filler.
What you will find here.
Every article starts from a question people actually type into a search bar, answers it in the first paragraph, then goes as deep as the question deserves. Every claim about Instagram links to the Meta page that backs it, and every article ends with what it means in practice, whether or not you use Unsay.
Looking for step-by-step instructions instead? That is what the guides are for: delete a whole conversation, back it up first, or understand what the other person sees.
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Blog or guide?
- Blog
- The why. How Instagram's messaging is designed, what its rules and limits really are, what we learned building against them. Read this when you want to understand before you act.
- Guides
- The how. Exact steps to delete, back up or unsend from both sides, with the traps to avoid. Read these when you know what you want and need to get it done. All guides.
- Features
- The what. What each part of the extension does: Stealth Mode, the local ZIP backup. All features.
Written from experience, not opinions.
Unsay runs inside real Instagram accounts every day, and when Instagram changes something, we are usually the first to notice. The blog is where that knowledge ends up, in plain language, without the internals. If you spot something that no longer matches what you see, write to contact@unsay.me. It is read by the person who wrote the article.