How do i get my instagram profile url


How to Find Your Instagram URL on Desktop or Mobile

  • You can find your Instagram URL by opening Instagram in a web browser or mobile device.
  • Every Instagram account has a unique URL associated with it, and it contains your username. 
  • Your URL comprises Instagram's website address and your username, separated by slashes.

Instagram is perhaps one of the most mobile-friendly social networking platforms. 

Because Instagram is so attuned to mobile devices, it doesn't operate like a traditional website, making it sometimes difficult to track down the URL for your Instagram account.

Fortunately, the process isn't as difficult as you might think.

How to find your Instagram URL on a computer

Finding your Instagram URL is quite straightforward if you are using a traditional web browser to view Instagram.  

1. Go to instagram.com.

2. Click on your profile photo at the top-right of the screen. If you're on someone else's Instagram page, click the profile icon in the menu on the left side.

With the new Instagram update, there are now two ways to get to your profile. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/Insider

3. Your Instagram URL will now be in the search bar.

Instagram URLs follow a general format that includes a user's Instagram handle. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/Insider

Quick tip: To copy your URL, hold down command + C on your Mac or Ctrl + C on your PC keyboard. To paste, hold down command + V on your Mac or Ctrl + V on your PC.

How to find your Instagram URL on iPhone

If you aren't able to open Instagram on a web browser and can only access it via the app, you can still find your URL by piecing it together manually.

1. Open the Instagram app on your iPhone and log in. 

2. Tap your profile photo in the lower-right corner of the bottom menu bar.

If you need a refresher on your Instagram username or handle, this step is key. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/Insider

3. On your profile page, take note of your Instagram username located at the top of the page.

4. Your Instagram URL is made up of two components: Instagram's website address and your Instagram username, separated by slashes. The general URL format is instagram.com/username.

@insider's Instagram URL is instagram.com/insider. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/Insider

Quick tip: Some Instagram accounts are private and may not be visible even if you have their exact URL. Deactivated Instagram accounts are also not visible.

How to find your Instagram URL on Android

1. Open the Instagram app on Android and log in. 

2. Tap your Profile photo in the lower-right corner of the bottom menu bar.

The first step to finding your Instagram URL is always going to your profile. Alexander Johnson/Insider

3. On your profile page, take note of your Instagram username located in the top left.

4. Your Instagram URL is made up of two components: Instagram's website address and your Instagram username, separated by slashes. The general URL format is instagram.com/username.

This works for any Instagram page, as long as you know the username. Alexander Johnson/Insider

The same goes for any other account as well. If you want to get their URL, simply add their username, to the end of the main Instagram URL.

This works for any Instagram page, as long as you know the username. Alexander Johnson/Insider

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How To Find an Instagram Account’s Profile or Post URL

While the Instagram desktop differs slightly from the mobile versions, functionality is the same. However, some exceptions exist, such as navigational menus and options. Regardless, you can still find an Instagram URL on a PC if desired. Both mobile and PC options allow you to access Instagram account URLs whenever you want, and you can share them wherever you need.

Here’s how to find, send, and manage URLs for profile accounts and posts on Instagram.

Finding Your Instagram Profile URL using a Browser

Finding your Instagram profile URL is relatively simple whether you want to use Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, or any other browser on a PC, laptop, or mobile device. Here’s how to do it.

  1. Click or tap on your “profile icon” in the top-right area of the screen.
  2. Choose “Profile” from the menu list.
  3. Go to the browser’s address bar, highlight the URL, then copy it. Now, you can paste the URL where needed.

So, you could probably say that finding your profile URL is relatively easy using a browser on your PC, laptop, or mobile device. Unfortunately, most people rarely use Instagram on their computers because they’re frequently on the go and have smartphones.

If someone prefers checking the IG feed from a desktop unit, they’ll most likely use a desktop app. This is almost identical to the mobile app and features most functionality.

Regardless, you can’t find your Instagram profile URL directly when using an Instagram app. However, you can use your profile URL by manually typing it in. The URL pattern for Instagram profiles is as straightforward as they come.

Every profile features the Instagram URL and the username combined. So, your Instagram profile URL would be “https://www.instagram.com/username_here.” If you want to send your profile URL to someone or paste it in a field on a website, the easiest way is using the website version of Instagram. Still, you can manually type it in using the default URL structure above.

How to Get an Instagram Post’s URL and Share It

Instagram has made sharing photos and videos very simple. Below every one of them, there’s a share icon indicating the share feature. That option lets you send the post to any Instagram or Facebook contacts you choose. Yes, both Instagram and Facebook lists appear when using the mobile app. However, sharing an Instagram post’s URL to outside sources (Twitter, email, text message, blogs, forum comments, etc.) requires a different method. Here’s how to get the URL of any Instagram post.

Grab and Share an Instagram Post’s URL using the Android/iOS/iPhone App

  1. Find the post you want to grab the URL from, then tap or click on the “vertical ellipsis” (vertical three-dot icon) to open the post options.
  2. Tap on the “Share” option.
  3. Now, you can tap “Copy” or browse and select from the sharing options, such as “SMS, Twitter, Facebook, Messenger, Skype, Gmail, etc.”
  4. Choose the posting or sending method and the recipient. Depending on the app and your chosen option above, you may need to paste the link.
  5. Depending on the source, the message will most likely include an image or thumbnail when sent to someone directly via Messenger, SMS, etc.

Obtain and Share an Instagram Post’s URL using a Browser (Windows, Mac, or Linux)

If you’re using a browser on Windows, Mac, or Linux to access Instagram, finding and copying a post’s URL is similar to the Android/iPhone process. However, more choices are available when using the “ellipsis” icon menu.

You can still use the “share icon” to send to Instagram contacts, but Facebook friends are not listed in the browser—they are an option when using the “ellipsis icon.” To better explain how to share an Instagram post URL in a browser, follow the steps below.

  1. Browse for the Instagram post you want to copy the URL from, then click on the “horizontal ellipsis” (three horizontal dots).
  2. To copy the URL of the image or video, select “Copy Link,” and you’re done.
  3. To copy the URL/link for other actions, select “Share to…” and choose your option below.
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  4. To share the UJRL/link to Instagram profiles, select “Share to Direct.”
  5. To share the URL to your Facebook feed or story, select “Share to Facebook.”
  6. To include the URL in a Facebook message, choose “Share to Messenger.”
  7. To post the URL to Twitter, choose “Share to Twitter.”
  8. To send the post’s URL in an email, choose “Share via Email.”
  9. To add the post’s URL to a forum comment, blog, or any other option requiring a URL, choose “Copy Link” if you didn’t use the copy option in “Step 2.”

Copying Instagram post URLs is as easy as it gets. Click the photo, access the options, and choose your copying/pasting/sharing/sending method.

How to Get Someone Else’s Instagram Profile URL

You may want to copy someone’s Instagram profile URL to have it for reference, or perhaps you want to send the URL to someone else. Regardless of the purpose, you can share the person’s profile using a browser in Windows, Mac, or Linux. You can also do it using the Android or iPhone mobile app. Here’s how to copy an Instagram profile URL.

Copy Someone’s Instagram Profile URL using a Windows, Mac, or Linux Browser

  1. Go to the “Instagram profile” you want to copy the URL from.
  2. In the “Address Bar,” highlight the “URL” and copy it by right-clicking it and selecting “Copy.”
  3. Use “Paste” by right-clicking and selecting it wherever you need to send the URL.

Copy Someone’s Instagram Profile URL using Android or iOS/iPhone

  1. Go to the “Instagram Profile” you want to grab the URL from, then tap on the “vertical ellipsis” (three vertical dots) in the top-right section to open the menu.
  2. Select “Copy profile URL.”
  3. The screen displays “Link copied” over the profile page.
  4. Paste the “profile URL” wherever you need it, whether that is an email, a social media post, messages, a blog, a forum, etc.

Copying Instagram profile URLs is easy; you can paste them wherever you need, whenever you need to.


As you can see, Instagram is generally a bit weird about URLs. Some addresses are easy to share and copy, while others (like your profile URL) don’t have a simple “copy” option. Sharing your profile URL is only possible using a browser while other profile URLs are easily copyable using the mobile app and in a web browser on a PC or laptop. Posts, with or without images or videos, are easily copyable in the app or a browser. If you don’t think you’ll ever need to copy URLs on Instagram, the time will come when you will actually need one.

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At the moment, Instagram is one of the most popular social networks and every day there are more and more of its users. But beginners often have questions related to some technical issues, especially when it comes to transferring links to their personal account. After all, when a user starts his page, he wants to share this event with friends and colleagues as soon as possible, and it’s very disappointing when something doesn’t work out.

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Let's discuss the most common obstacles that prevent newbies from sharing a link to their account. And we will find out what ways exist to declare your presence on Instagram or vice versa, hide this fact and restrict access to your account.

Where is the link to the account in the Instagram mobile application

Despite the very clear interface of Instagram, users of the social network often have a problem how to find and copy a link to their personal profile from a mobile application. Instagram versions do exist.

How to copy Instagram profile link

From phone

Many people are interested in how to copy a link to an Instagram profile from a phone. There are several ways to share it with your friends. You can get a link to your personal page through another user, for this you need:

  • go to your account page from someone else's Instagram profile;
  • select the “three dots” sign and in the window that opens, click on “Share this profile”;
  • in the line that appears, enter your name or select it from the list of dialogs;
  • then we give commands “send” and “ready”;
  • we return to our account, open the dialogue where our message came;
  • hold down a profile message to display a panel at the bottom;
  • select “share” and send a link to your personal profile to the recipients we need.

If you need to send a link to your personal profile to another social network or messenger, then:

  • in the “menu” section, click on “copy profile url”;
  • open the desired dialog;
  • paste the link we copied from the clipboard and send it to the desired address.

And another easy way to copy a link to Instagram from your phone:

  • go to your account;
  • select any publication from us, open it;
  • click on the “three dots” sign and click “Share to…”;
  • from the proposed list, select the application we need and send the link to the destination.

In this case, the message will include a direct link to the publication and a signature from it. When switching, the user will open the Instagram mobile application, he will go to the page with your post and by clicking on your name at the top of the post, he will go to the Instagram profile.

If your account is private and no other person is following it, all posts will be hidden. The user will immediately go to the main page of your profile on Instagram.

From computer

Copying a link to your Instagram profile via PC is even easier:

  • Run any browser on your computer.
  • Find the social network Instagram in the search engine and, if necessary, log in to your account.
  • In the upper right corner, click on the icon and select the link to your page in the address bar with the mouse cursor.
  • Next, by pressing the right mouse button, select the "Copy" item.

Obtaining a reference via a manual template

You can also share a link to your Instagram account using manual methods. You write the address of the official Instagram website: https://www.instagram.com and add your nickname to it (for example: smm-novastar), which is unique and as a result you get the same unique address for your page, which you can share with friends and colleagues: https://www.instagram.com/smm-novastar

How to copy url to someone else's Instagram profile

In order to copy the url to someone else's Instagram profile, you first need to go to it. Opposite the display of his login, you will see a sign of three dots. You click on it and select "Copy profile url". Thus, you get a link to someone else's Instagram profile, which you can share in messages or save it in your contacts.

How to send a link to Direct

In order to send a link to a profile in Direct, you need to go to it, click the “three dots” sign at the top right and click “Share this profile”. In the search field, select the recipient with whom we want to share the link, click "Send" and your message will automatically be sent to him, along with the link.

To send a link in Direct to your favorite Instagram post (it can be either a photo or a video), just open it in view mode and click on the airplane sign. Thus, you can share your own and other people's publications.

You can also share interesting Stories in Direct messages. To do this, when viewing the history, you need to click on the familiar airplane and select the recipient.

But keep in mind that if you share posts or stories of a private profile, then the recipient will be able to see this content only by subscribing to it.

You can attach links to not only internal but also external resources to a message in Direct: websites, other social networks, instant messengers.

Creating a QR business card on Instagram

A business card with a QR code for Instagram was originally created to personalize Instagrammers. Creating a QR business card on Instagram helps users quickly find the profile of a blogger or business account they are interested in.

Business card allows you to find a user without entering a nickname and creates a "name tag. It can be placed in any messenger, social network, website.

To create a business card, you need the official version of the mobile app. Then you need to get a QR code on Instagram and for this you need to do a few simple steps:

  • log into your Instagram account;
  • open the news feed, and then click on the profile picture in the lower right corner;
  • click in the upper right corner on the three horizontal stripes;
  • further, to open a menu with a different design of business cards, you need to click on the tab "Instagram business card";
  • do not forget to save the result to the smartphone gallery.

You can create a personal business card not only on a mobile phone, but also on a PC. To do this, go to the browser, click on the profile picture in the upper right corner, go to the "Settings" section, select the gear symbol and click on it. Then click on the "Instagram business card" tab, create a background and save.

How to insert an active link into your profile

In order to insert an active link into your personal profile, in the profile header, go to your Instagram account and select the "About me" and "Website" fields.
Then you:
1. Click on the "Edit profile" button.
2. Double-click on the line "About Me" and "Website".
3. Select the "Insert" command and add your link.
4. Save all the changes made by clicking the "Save" button in the upper right corner of the screen.
The added link will be blue, active. By clicking on it, you can go to any other web resource.

How to copy a link to a private profile

To copy the link to a closed Instagram account, you can use the address bar of your browser, as in the case of an open account. To do this, go to any web browser and open the page of the user we need. Select its url-address and click "Copy".

The next method is no more difficult than the previous one. All you need to do is add your private profile login after the address of the Instagram social networking site. For example, a private profile nickname is smm-novastar. Then the link to the account will look like this - the address of the Instagram site itself (https://www.instagram.com) and your nickname: https://www.instagram.com/smm-novastar And when you go to this address, the user will be taken to to the desired closed account.

Transition via multilink

Such a useful tool as multilinks allows you to give a link to a business card site, where it will be possible to make a transition through a multilink to all your profiles. These are instant messengers and social networks. You will be able to share your contacts with the audience and not lose customers if you are in business.

To create multilinks, special constructor services are used, for example, such as: Taplink or Ylink.

In order to use a multilink in working with the Instagram social network, you need to:

  • Select the appropriate service-constructor and log in to it.
  • Add block “Social networks”.
  • Customize the display of the go to Instagram button.
  • Save changes.
  • Copy the link generated by the service. This will be the url address to the business card site, where you can add links to your social networks and instant messengers, including your Instagram account.

How do I make my account private?

There are situations when users want to close their profile from outside observers and add to subscribers only those whom they really know or that contacts are really important to them.

It's easy enough to make your profile private.

For this you need:

  • Go to the "Edit" and "Privacy and Security" section.
  • In the first paragraph, check the box next to “Closed profile”.

You can also hide your Instagram page from a specific person. For example, who is rude to you, writes offensive comments, or you are simply tired of his obsessive attention.

To do this, you need to do the following:

  • Click on the person icon or on your photo (lower right corner of the display). This action will open your profile.
  • Next, click on the three sticks (upper right corner). Select “Settings”, then “Privacy” > “Contacts” > “Restricted Accounts”.
  • Click the Continue button.
  • Find the required contact > click "Restrict" next to the name of the person you want to restrict access to your Instagram account.

Good luck with maintaining and promoting your Instagram account! Share a link to your profile and collect more followers among friends and new acquaintances!

How to copy your or someone else's Instagram link - effective ways

The most popular way is to ask a friend to send a link to your profile. If it turned out that he does not know how to do this, then here is the instruction:

A friend finds your Instagram account *.

The simplest thing is to open the desired page , find the upper right corner and find points there

Looks at the upper right corner and clicks on 3 points. A menu appears in which you should find the line "Copy profile URL". The link leading to the page was successfully copied, and a note appeared in the middle of the page.

What happens if you click "share this profile". If it worked out, then Instagram* will notify you

Now you can send the link to Direct - "Paste from clipboard".

How to work with the clipboard just in case

The message is being sent. Profit. You have a link to your own profile.

All these actions need only a couple of minutes and a free friend who is not difficult to do this. It is performed in the same way from a computer and from a mobile application.

How to find a user without a link from any device

You can print and give him a business card, for example.

You can download Instagram*m-business card if you click on the “sun” in your profile from your computer, and then on Instagram*-business card A field will open as in the picture, you just need to select a color and click on “Download”

Or rewrite manually the name from the header.

This name can be rewritten and used when searching for a user

There will be a name that the user entered when filling out the profile. It is unique, there cannot be two users with the same name.

You can copy your own if you go to the "Edit Profile" tab. This will not work with someone else's account.

In the profile, the main thing is not to confuse the username and name

There in the "Username" field there will be a nickname by which it will be easy for a person to find your page.

But if you still want to play Sherlock Holmes, then we offer instructions on how to find a person when you have a minimum of data from our blog.

Copying a link to someone else's account

You can simply open the desired profile from your phone, click on the three dots in the corner and copy it, and then use it. From the mobile app, of course. On a computer in the web version, there is no such method, unfortunately.

From a computer, you can block a user, complain about him or restrict his access, but not copy the link

How to copy the link to Instagram* account in the mobile application if the page is private

, which is signed to the author. If it is in the black list, then the service will not open the page. An error message will appear.

If the user is not subscribed to the page, but it is private, then opening the link to the publication will also fail. It will remain closed, the post will not be opened either. You will need to first subscribe to the profile and wait until the application is approved. Only after that it will be possible to copy the link to the account and view the posts of a person or group.

How to understand that the profile is private - a message will appear when trying to send a message to the user

What happens if a person is in an emergency

If the page is in a state of emergency for the user, then it will not be possible to view the content. It won’t even open the page - the service will give an error. Insta developers tried to make the pages of unpleasant people completely disappear from the field of view of angry users. Accordingly, the function of copying the link will not be on the page - it will not work to go to it.

Copying a link from a phone

As it turned out, it's even easier to do this in a mobile application than copying from a computer. You just need to go to the page from which you want a link, click on 3 dots and select the URL copy line. We have already told this above. By the way, in the web version there is no such possibility.

If you go through the browser on your mobile, without an application, you can copy the address in a few seconds. Directly from the address bar. The method is the same as when using a computer.

After that, the link will be in the clipboard and stay there for a long time. On some phones it will be stored until it is deleted, on others it will clear itself after a few days or weeks. You can simply paste it into any message or write it in any text application.

Copy link from desktop

It remains to figure out how to copy a link to an Instagram* account from a computer. There is one easy way to copy it - just take whatever is in the address field when you are on your page.

By points:

  • go to your profile
  • copy the address line
  • is inserted into the message or wherever needed.
This is how the link to the page will look like

There is another non-obvious way to copy the link. You need to take a link to the main page of Instagram * and add the name of your profile after the last slash.

For example, if the page is called drakaina_astrea, then you need to put this name after the slash. It should look like this:
instagram.com/drakaina_astrea. You can build such a link and check if it works. To do this, paste it into the search bar and press enter.

Instead of a conclusion

We have given all the known ways to copy a link to Instagram * from a phone or computer, by yourself or with the help of a caring friend who has a couple of free minutes.


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