For an Instagram account you own, open the app or official website and use Accounts Center > Password and security. Change the password, review Where you're logged in, sign out unfamiliar devices, and turn on two-factor authentication with an authenticator app. Check recent emails from Instagram inside the app before trusting a password-reset message.
Secure the connected email account as well, remove unknown linked apps, and keep recovery codes offline. If the username, email, or phone number was changed, use Instagram's official hacked-account recovery flow. Never pay someone who claims they can break into an account or asks for your login code.
When the concern involves a child's authorized device, a family-safety product may help with future supervision, but it cannot recover an account and feature coverage varies by phone:
Use any monitoring tool with clear parental authority and age-appropriate disclosure.
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