Switch user or re authenticate with Instagram

Question

Following the Instagram documentation I\'m able to authenticate a user and retrieve an access_token easily

But now I want to change of Instagram account which is imp

Answer 1

Justin Powell answer is working for log out but I need to be also able to log in just after and it's quite anoying for Android

But it points me in the right direction : Instagram (like other website) maintains our login with session variable (so with cookies)

So to avoid to be always loged in, we just have to find and remove the correct cookie, here is how to do it with Android :

    String cookieString = "sessionid=''";
    CookieManager.getInstance().setCookie("instagram.com", cookieString);

With this I set the Instagram sessionid cookie to en empty string so Instagram doesn't recognize me anymore

Answer 2

solved the same issue by deleting Access-Token from the app and loading url https://instagram.com/accounts/logout in webview without attaching it to any rootview.

Answer 3

You could call the Instagram logout url (https://instagram.com/accounts/logout/) in the background before asking for access again. See this question and answers.

I believe the only other option is to leave it up to the user to logout of their Instagram account before loading your access url.