--- title: Taylor Swift, Calvin Harris Deletes All Instagram Photos description: Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris have encountered one of the hardships of modern love — purging your ex from your social media accounts. canonical: https://time.com/4370822/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-instagram-twitter/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-15T22:31:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:26.007Z og:title: Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris Have Already Deleted Any Evidence of Their Relationship og:description: A cautionary tale about millennial romance og:url: https://time.com/4370822/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-instagram-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9cc27315e723442/69889812cf40a8db30c43a41/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-delete-block-social-media-accounts.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2015 Billboard Music Awards - Roaming Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris Have Already Deleted Any Evidence of Their Relationship twitter:description: A cautionary tale about millennial romance twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9cc27315e723442/69889812cf40a8db30c43a41/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-delete-block-social-media-accounts.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris Have Already Deleted Any Evidence of Their 15-Month Love Affair > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 15, 2016 10:31 PM UTC  (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/BMA2015/FilmMagic) (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/BMA2015/FilmMagic) Jeff Kravitz/BMA2015—FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 15, 2016 10:31 PM UTC Ahh, modern love — one day you’re posting adorable Instagrams together and the next you’re removing any trace of your ex from all social media platforms. The doomed love story of our time, that is, the saga that was [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/3578249/taylor-swift-interview/) and [Calvin Harris](http://time.com/4350512/calvin-harris-car-crash-tweet-statement/)‘ oft-documented 15-month love affair, is yet another casualty of millennial love, leaving both their social media accounts ravaged. A quick sweep of [Taylor’s Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/taylorswift/) shows that the singer has deleted any trace of her former DJ paramour from her feed, which is a real shame because she had amassed a record number of perfectly posed couple shots, including this [one](http://time.com/4261061/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-vacation/) from their anniversary tropical getaway. Meanwhile Calvin Harris took it a step further and deleted [the tweet he wrote about their breakup](http://time.com/4356036/calvin-harris-taylor-swift-breakup/), which read, “The only truth here is that a relationship came to an end & what remains is a huge amount of love and respect.” He then unfollowed Swift, and [reportedly unfollowed](http://hollywoodlife.com/2016/06/15/calvin-harris-unfollows-taylor-swift-breakup-drama-deletes-tweet-blocks/) her brother and blocked some of her fans. How much do you want to bet that these two are never, ever, ever getting back together? Taylor, for her part, [seems to have rebounded nicely with Loki](https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1290205/the-steamy-pictures-that-reveal-taylor-swift-and-tom-hiddlestons-secret-romance-to-the-world/). Calvin, for his part, might do well to take a cue from Justin Bieber; [a little throwback pic of an ex](http://time.com/4320988/most-liked-instagram-selena-bomez-justin-bieber/) can really rake in those Instagram likes, which as any 21st century lover knows, can really comfort a wounded heart. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4370822/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-instagram-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4370822/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-instagram-twitter/"},"headline":"Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris Have Already Deleted Any Evidence of Their 15-Month Love Affair","datePublished":"2016-06-15T22:31:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:26.007Z","description":"A cautionary tale about millennial romance","url":"https://time.com/4370822/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-instagram-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","Taylor Swift","celebrity","Calvin Harris"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9cc27315e723442/69889812cf40a8db30c43a41/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-delete-block-social-media-accounts.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9cc27315e723442/69889812cf40a8db30c43a41/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-delete-block-social-media-accounts.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2015 Billboard Music Awards - Roaming Show","caption":"2015 Billboard Music Awards - Roaming Show","creditText":"Jeff Kravitz/BMA2015—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4370822/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-instagram-twitter/","name":"Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris Have Already Deleted Any Evidence of Their 15-Month Love Affair"}}]}] ```