--- title: Miley Cyrus Just Deleted All of Her Instagram Posts description: After Miley Cyrus cleared out all the photos from her Instagram account late this week, fans began speculating about new music on the way. canonical: https://time.com/5338162/miley-cyrus-instagram/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-13T14:56:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:15.181Z og:title: Miley Cyrus Just Deleted All of Her Instagram Posts og:description: Miley Cyrus just cleared out her entire history of Instagram posts og:url: https://time.com/5338162/miley-cyrus-instagram/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70ad6d0370e63a28/698935528fd2ee43ea35c1da/miley-cyrus-liam-hemsworth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5568 og:image:height: 3132 og:image:alt: 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Miley Cyrus Just Deleted All of Her Instagram Posts twitter:description: Miley Cyrus just cleared out her entire history of Instagram posts twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70ad6d0370e63a28/698935528fd2ee43ea35c1da/miley-cyrus-liam-hemsworth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Miley Cyrus Just Deleted All of Her Instagram Posts > Sponsored content. 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Here’s What It Is [Watch (HLS stream): ‘Phubbing’ Is Hurting Your Relationships. Here’s What It Is](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ny8GYsNn.m3u8) (1:55)  _Published 2018-03-29. “Phubbing” — snubbing someone you’re talking to to look at a cell phone — may not be part of your everyday vocabulary, but it’s almost certainly part of your everyday life._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 13, 2018 2:56 PM UTC  Miley Cyrus (L) and Liam Hemsworth attend the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 4, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. Miley Cyrus (L) and Liam Hemsworth attend the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 4, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. Dia Dipasupil—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 13, 2018 2:56 PM UTC It’s the start of a new weekend — and, possibly, the start of a new era for [Miley Cyrus](http://time.com/4966942/miley-cyrus-las-vegas/), who deleted all the posts off of her Instagram account. Some of her 76 million fans on the platform [started noticing](https://twitter.com/chelsie%5Fprovan/status/1017615290228604929) the number of her photos decreasing sometime Thursday. By Friday morning, her [entire catalogue](https://www.instagram.com/mileycyrus/?hl=en) of thousands of posts was completely gone. (She did leave up a few Instagram Story highlight reels, however — so it’s safe to say she’s not finished with Instagram entirely, for now anyway.) Cyrus isn’t the first celebrity — or musical artist in particular — to decide to clean her social media slate. In fact, that’s exactly what [Taylor Swift did](http://time.com/4906762/taylor-swift-deletes-social-media/) in the lead-up to the rollout of her most recent album, [_Reputation_](http://time.com/5017724/taylor-swift-reputation-explained/). Clearing out Instagram accounts is often a signal that artists are getting ready to re-set the narrative of their careers and present a new image, which might be just what Cyrus is headed toward: her last album, _Younger Now_, came out back in 2017 and produced the stripped-back hit track [“Malibu.”](http://time.com/4774894/miley-cyrus-malibu/) Then again, maybe she just wanted a refresh for other reasons entirely. Cyrus, who grew up in the spotlight with a [showbiz-oriented family](http://time.com/4920599/miley-cyrus-carpool-karaoke/) and has flirted with [controversy](http://time.com/4016445/vmas-2015-nicki-minaj-kanye-west-taylor-swift/) over the course of her evolution in the public eye, was known on Instagram for sharing candid snapshots of her adventures with her many pet animals, friends and [fiancé](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/miley-cyrus-confirms-shes-engaged-liam-hemsworth-again-941714) Liam Hemsworth. (His Instagram has not changed; a photo of him and Cyrus from March remains up, and it looks like they’re still following each other on the platform.) If you want to catch up on Cyrus’s latest news, there’s still her [Twitter account](https://twitter.com/MileyCyrus), which remains untouched and includes updates from as recently as July 6. > [](https://twitter.com/chelsie%5Fprovan/status/1017615290228604929) > [](https://twitter.com/MileySmilerNews/status/1017643183881277440) > [](https://twitter.com/elevenamongste1/status/1017498618012397568) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5338162/miley-cyrus-instagram/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5338162/miley-cyrus-instagram/"},"headline":"Miley Cyrus Just Deleted All of Her Instagram Posts","datePublished":"2018-07-13T14:56:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:15.181Z","description":"Is new music on the way?","url":"https://time.com/5338162/miley-cyrus-instagram/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","celebrities","Music","Miley Cyrus"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70ad6d0370e63a28/698935528fd2ee43ea35c1da/miley-cyrus-liam-hemsworth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70ad6d0370e63a28/698935528fd2ee43ea35c1da/miley-cyrus-liam-hemsworth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Arrivals","caption":"2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Arrivals","creditText":"Dia Dipasupil—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/5338162/miley-cyrus-instagram/","name":"Miley Cyrus Just Deleted All of Her Instagram Posts"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"‘Phubbing’ Is Hurting Your Relationships. 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