Can you delete the Explore tab on Instagram?

Instagram keeps the tab. In Reelmute, Explore is already gone when Instagram opens — and so are Reels.

Does marking posts "not interested" remove Explore?

It changes what fills Explore, not whether Explore is there. Reelmute takes the page out.

DMs, profiles, posts and search keep working. Suggested posts, Stories and ads are switches you flip whenever you want them gone.

How to remove the Explore page on Instagram

Open Instagram inside Reelmute and Explore is already gone, along with Reels. DMs, profiles, posts and search keep working.

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What Instagram's own controls do

Instagram has no setting that removes Explore. You can mark individual posts as not interesting, which teaches the ranking a slightly different taste in the same endless grid, and you can limit suggested content in your feed, which leaves the Explore tab where it is. The tab itself stays.

What Reelmute removes from Instagram

Reels and Explore — already gone the moment Instagram opens in Reelmute. Suggested posts, Stories and ads go too, whenever you want them gone. DMs, profiles, posts and search keep working.

Reelmute opens each network in its own space and strips the feed out before the page draws, so there is nothing to switch on again tomorrow. Shield the native app with Screen Time and this becomes the way in.

Questions

Can you delete the Explore tab on Instagram?: Instagram keeps the tab. In Reelmute, Explore is already gone when Instagram opens — and so are Reels.
Does marking posts "not interested" remove Explore?: It changes what fills Explore, not whether Explore is there. Reelmute takes the page out.
What still works?: DMs, profiles, posts and search keep working. Suggested posts, Stories and ads are switches you flip whenever you want them gone.

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