--- title: Aziz Ansari Deleted the Internet and Social Media on Phone description: Aziz Ansari recently revealed that he has deleted the Internet along with Twitter, Instagram, and email from his phone. canonical: https://time.com/4884038/aziz-ansari-deletes-internet-from-phone/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-02T15:24:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:05.409Z og:title: Why Aziz Ansari Completely Deleted the Internet og:description: Including Twitter, Instagram, and emails on his phone og:url: https://time.com/4884038/aziz-ansari-deletes-internet-from-phone/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f89cda5e27ba6ba/6988d81f86f68ed3716e5d60/aziz-ansari-unplugs-internet-social-media.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Chanel Launches Its New Perfume "Gabrielle" At Palais De Tokyo- Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2017-2018 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why Aziz Ansari Completely Deleted the Internet twitter:description: Including Twitter, Instagram, and emails on his phone twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f89cda5e27ba6ba/6988d81f86f68ed3716e5d60/aziz-ansari-unplugs-internet-social-media.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Aziz Ansari on What Happened to His Brain After He Deleted the Internet From His Phone  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 2, 2017 3:24 PM UTC  PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 04: Aziz Ansari attends the launch party for Chanel's new perfume "Gabrielle" as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 4, 2017 in Paris, France. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images) PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 04: Aziz Ansari attends the launch party for Chanel's new perfume "Gabrielle" as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 4, 2017 in Paris, France. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)Stephane Cardinale - Corbis—Corbis via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 2, 2017 3:24 PM UTC The second season of [Aziz Ansari](http://time.com/aziz-ansari-modern-romance/)‘s acclaimed [Netflix series _Master of None_](http://time.com/4785022/master-of-none-thanksgiving-lena-waithe/) might be the talk of the Internet, but it’s doubtful that the creator, writer, and star of the show would know much about what his fans are saying online since he’s completely unplugged from the world wide web. In an interview with [_GQ Style_](http://www.gq.com/story/aziz-ansari-gq-style-cover-story), Ansari revealed that he not only deleted the Internet browser from his phone, but he also deleted his Twitter, Instagram, and e-mail. --- > “” --- While Ansari was passionate about taking time off from the Internet, he admitted that it wasn’t necessarily easy to sign off. --- > “” --- As for how Ansari stays abreast of what’s happening in the world, especially when it comes to news and politics, it appears that the funnyman is taking a laid-back approach to keeping up with Trump and Co, citing that he’s “not choosing ignorance,” but instead refusing to engage in a news cycle that seems “sensationalized.” --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4884038/aziz-ansari-deletes-internet-from-phone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4884038/aziz-ansari-deletes-internet-from-phone/"},"headline":"Aziz Ansari on What Happened to His Brain After He Deleted the Internet From His Phone","datePublished":"2017-08-02T15:24:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:05.409Z","description":"Including Twitter, Instagram, and emails","url":"https://time.com/4884038/aziz-ansari-deletes-internet-from-phone/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","celebrities","viral","aziz ansari"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f89cda5e27ba6ba/6988d81f86f68ed3716e5d60/aziz-ansari-unplugs-internet-social-media.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/blt6f89cda5e27ba6ba/6988d81f86f68ed3716e5d60/aziz-ansari-unplugs-internet-social-media.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chanel Launches Its New Perfume \"Gabrielle\" At Palais De Tokyo- Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2017-2018","caption":"Chanel Launches Its New Perfume \"Gabrielle\" At Palais De Tokyo- Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2017-2018","creditText":"Stephane Cardinale - Corbis—Corbis via Getty Images","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/4884038/aziz-ansari-deletes-internet-from-phone/","name":"Aziz Ansari on What Happened to His Brain After He Deleted the Internet From His Phone"}}]}] ```