Where your Instagram and Facebook sign-in is stored

Why your sign-in stays on your phone, and how to remove it.

Privacy and safety2 min readUpdated November 1, 2026
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Your sign-in lives on your phone, in the app’s own web storage. Not in your browser. Not on a server. Not on my laptop either, in case you were wondering.

Each account gets its own storage, so they never mix. That storage survives closing the app, which is why you do not have to sign in every morning. StoryFetcher never reads the sign-in of any other browser or app, and yours never reaches our servers, our analytics or the purchase service.

The Instagram sign-in page inside StoryFetcher. A note above the page reads: Sign in on the page. Your password stays in this app.
You sign in on the platform’s own page. The note says your password stays in the app.

How to remove a sign-in

Open Settings and look under Saved accounts. Each account shows whether it is signed in. Tap Remove next to the one you want gone.

The Settings screen. Under Saved accounts, Instagram and Facebook each have a Remove button. A note says that removing an account deletes its sign-in and saved stories stay in the library.
Settings lists your saved accounts. Remove deletes the sign-in from the app.

That deletes its sign-in from StoryFetcher. Your saved stories stay in your photo gallery, because they are yours, not the app’s. If a plan ends, your saved sign-ins stay in Settings too. Only the number of active accounts follows the plan.

Questions people ask

Does removing an account delete my Instagram or Facebook account?

No. It only removes the sign-in from StoryFetcher. Your actual account is untouched.

Does deleting the app remove my sign-ins?

Yes. Deleting the app removes its storage, sign-ins included. Your saved stories stay in your photo gallery.

Can other apps on my phone read the sign-in?

No. It sits in storage that only StoryFetcher can use.

What StoryFetcher collects lists everything the app does send.

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