Depending on how much damage they've done, Instagram may be able to help you recover your account. But brace yourself: If your account has been deleted by a hacker, it's likely gone for good.

If your account was deleted by you or someone with your password, there's no way to restore it. You can create a new account with the same email address you used before, but you may not be able to get the same username.

If the email listed in your Instagram profile has changed, we'll send two emails asking you to accept or reverse the request. To make sure the request came from you, one email is sent to the original email to deny the change and one is sent to the new email address to allow the change.

Hackers get hold of username-password pairs from previous data breaches and test them on various platforms. Unfortunately, many people use the same passwords across many accounts. Hackers can access multiple accounts using the same stolen credentials if one account is compromised.