Although the royal couple hasn’t announced any plans to return to the online world, Prince Harry told Fast Company in an interview: “We will revisit social media when it feels right for us, perhaps when we see more meaningful commitments to change or reform.”

He also added that he and Markle wanted to be part of “the human experience” and not “a human experiment”, as he urged social media users to stop “endlessly scrolling” and instead to “fact check the source and research the information you see”.

Ruby Rose

Also unhappy with negative comments, Ruby Rose deleted her Twitter account and limited comments on her Instagram account to only people she knew in 2018. The actor faced backlash on social media after she was cast as Batwoman in The CW’s Arrowverse franchise, with people commenting that she didn’t suit the role as she’s not Jewish and she isn’t a lesbian, according to US Magazine. In one of her final tweets, Rose wrote that she found the criticism “the funniest and most ridiculous thing” she had ever read as she had actually come out as a lesbian at the age of 12.

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The former Orange is the New Black actor still hasn’t returned to social media because she realised “there is too much negativity with the positivity, and people often spew their displeasure without checking their facts or considering the impact of their words”, she said, according to Showbiz Cheat Sheet.

Kelly Marie Tran

Although Tran lost a way to interact with fans and promote her career, she doesn’t regret her decision. “I think that it’s a different decision for everyone,” she told Entertainment Tonight. “And I think that people should do what they think is right for them. I also think that it was the best thing I ever did.”

Daisy Ridley

She shared with Buzzfeed News that social media could be useful “in places where terrible things are happening and they’re cutting off information”.

“It’s great in that respect for people who are in serious and dire situations to be able to be communicating,” Ridley said, “but for the most part I think – no, no, no.”

Lorde

Lorde decided to completely block social media platforms from her phone in 2018. In a new interview with The Late Late Show, she said that she felt like her “brain wasn’t working very well any more”.

“The experience of reading about the world, over time, I sort of … I felt like I didn’t have time to decide how I felt about anything. I just would be like, ‘What does everyone else think?’” she said.

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Emma Stone

Also affected by opinions other than her own, the Oscar award-winning star has put all social media on a long pause. In 2013, her account was hacked and a cryptic message was posted. The La La Land actress deleted her account after the incident and never returned.

“I struggled a couple of years ago with feeling like how I looked was being scrutinised, and then I realised that anything that really bothers me, that people could comment on, is something I’m already worried about. If I was feeling bad about something, it would bother me much more to hear people talking about it,” the actress told Elle.

Aamir Khan

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan decided to quit his Instagram and Twitter accounts – with 3.6 million and 26.7 million followers, respectively – and also his Facebook page with 18 million likes, according to The Indian Express.

The 3 Idiots star said that all updates about him will be uploaded on his production house Aamir Khan Production’s official pages instead.

Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley says she “freaked out” on the first day she got Twitter years ago. The Pirates of the Caribbean star deleted it only 12 hours later after seeing 100 followers in three seconds, according to E! Online. She felt like “being in a school playground and not being in a popular group”, according to CNN. “I like being private. I haven’t asked a lot of the actresses who I really admire, ‘How do you do it?’ because I don’t want to know,” she said.

She also shared with Irish Times that she doesn’t write about family life because she wants privacy and safety for her kids. “I did write a very long essay about my vagina splitting [during childbirth]! I am better at that kind of thing. Also I am rubbish at taking pictures, so my Instagram feed or whatever would be an embarrassment,” she said.

Lana Del Rey

The Video Games singer recently surprised her fans by closing her Instagram account, which had over 20 million followers. In the goodbye video posted to her account, she thanked fans for their support and explained that she just simply wanted to focus on other interests and wanted more privacy.

She assured viewers that she will continue to make music, spoken word albums and poetry books in the future. “For right now, I think I’m going to just keep my circle a little bit closer and continue to develop some other skills and interests,” she said in the video.

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Ed Sheeran

In 2015, after a world tour, Ed Sheeran announced that he was stepping away from social media. His reason was to avoid “seeing the world through a screen and not his eyes” and so that he could travel the world and “see what he missed”, according to The Guardian.

The British singer returned to his social platforms the following year, but then disappeared again in 2019 to “take a breather to travel, write and read” according to the BBC.