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How to Message Someone on Instagram and Chat Privately

  • You can message someone on Instagram through the platform's direct messaging feature, which lets you reach out to anyone with an Instagram account. 
  • Users don't need to follow you, nor do you need to follow them to message each other on Instagram.  
  • You can message someone by swiping left on the Home screen and then creating a new message or tapping "Message" on someone's profile page.  
  • Instagram messages allow you to add multiple recipients to send a message to several people at once. 
  • This story is part of Business Insider's Guide to Instagram.

Instagram allows you to communicate publicly and privately with followers, mutuals, and other Instagram users. That includes sending private messages to anyone. 

You don't need to follow or be followed by that user to use the app's private messaging feature, and no one can see these messages except the recipients. 

Not only can you send text and images to someone, but you can send a message to multiple people at once.  

Here's how to message someone privately on Instagram.

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How to message someone on Instagram from the app home screen

1. Start the Instagram app on your mobile device and then swipe to the left from the Home screen or tap the paper airplane icon in the top-right corner.

2. Tap the New Message icon at the top right of the screen. 

The New Message icon is in the top right next to the Video Chat icon. Dave Johnson/Business Insider

3. Add each person you want to send the message to. You can select one Instagram user or add multiple recipients. 

You can also add someone by searching for them using the Search field. Dave Johnson/Business Insider

4. Tap "Chat" at the top right of the screen. 

5. Enter the message, add an image, audio, video, or Giphy.

Write your message, add media, and then tap "Send." Dave Johnson/Business Insider

6. When you're done, tap "Send."

How to message someone from their Instagram profile page

1. In the Instagram app, find and open the profile page of the person you want to message. 

2. Tap "Message."

Use the "Message" button on a user's profile page to communicate with them. Dave Johnson/Business Insider

3. Enter the message and add an image, video, audio, or Giphy if you want. 

4. When you're ready to send it, tap "Send."

 

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How to Post Text on Instagram with Create Mode: 9 Steps

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Do you want to post text on Instagram without using any images? You can easily write a text-only post using Instagram's Create mode. While Create Mode is only available when creating a new Story, you can also use it to create text posts for your regular Instagram feed in addition to sharing it to your Story or sending it to friends. This wikiHow will show you how to create text posts on Instagram using your iPhone, iPad, or Android device.

  • You can create text posts on Instagram using the "Create" mode feature of Instagram Stories.
  • On the Home page, tap "+". Tap "Story" → "Aa Create" → tap "Aa". Enter and customize your text.
  • Send your text to your Story, a friend, or save it to your device to upload as a post.

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    Open the Instagram app on your Android, iPhone, or iPad. This resembles a multicolored camera.[1] X Research source

    • Instagram is available for iOS in the App Store and for Android in the Google Play Store.
    • If you aren't logged into Instagram, tap Sign in to do so now or create an account.

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    Tap +. This will be at the top-right corner of the Home tab, next to the heart icon.

    • If you aren't on your Home page, tap the house icon in the bottom-left to navigate there.
    • You can also find the + on your profile tab.

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    Tap Story. This will be in the grey bubble at the very bottom of the screen. You'll see Post, Story, Reel, and Live.

    • Create Mode, the feature that makes it easy to create text posts on Instagram, is a feature of Instagram Stories.
    • If you don't want to post your text post as a Story, that's okay—we'll show you how to save it to your phone or tablet instead so you can upload it as a regular post.

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    Tap Aa Create. You see this in the left panel above the Boomerang icon.

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    Tap the large circle at the bottom of the screen. This will have Aa in the center. You'll be taken to Create mode.

    • If you want to change the background color, tap the colored circle next to Aa in the top-right corner to cycle through presets.

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    Tap the screen and enter your text. When you tap the screen, you'll see Type something….

    • Enter your text into the available field. You can add as much text as you'd like; you'll be able to edit the size, shape, and color.

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    Customize your text. At the top of the page, you'll see icons for: alignment, color, text background, and text spacing. On the left, you'll find text size. Above the keyboard, you'll find text style presets.

    • To change the alignment, tap the icon of the horizontal lines to cycle through left alignment, center alignment, and right alignment.
    • To change the text color, tap the color circle. Swipe left and right on the preset color swatches or use the eyedropper tool to select a color from the background. Tap the color you want.
    • To add a text background, tap the icon that looks like an A with stars. You can add a black background, white background, or leave it transparent.
    • Change the text spacing by tapping the icon with two horizontal lines next to an A.
    • Change the text size by dragging the circle up and down on the left side.
    • Tap a text preset to apply its style to your text.

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    Tap Done. This will save your settings for the selected text.

    • If you don't like the placement of your text, you can now drag it anywhere on the screen.
    • If you want to enter another line of text or style of text, tap the Aa icon in the top-right, and then start typing. You can customize this new text separately.

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    Share your text post. Now that you've created your text post, you have several options for sharing:

    • To post the text to your Story, tap Your story at the bottom. Or, you can choose Close Friends to share it only with your Close Friends list.
    • To share the post with a friend via direct message, tap the arrow, chose Message, and then select a recipient.
    • If you want to use this text as a regular Instagram post, tap the three dots ••• in the top-right corner, then tap Save to save it to your camera roll or gallery. Now, you can create a post by tapping the + on your Home page and using your saved text as the picture.
      • If your text contains animation, it will be uploaded as an Instagram Reel.

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1. Open Instagram.
2. Swipe from left to right to open your Stories camera.
3. Swipe until Create is active.
4. Swipe until "Aa" is active.
5. Tap where it says "Tap to type. "
6. Type your post.
7. Tap Next.
8. Edit your post (if you want to).
9. Tap Your Stories or Send to.

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13 words and phrases that disfigure your Instagram

A person without Instagram is already a rare (if not endangered) species. You can publish a photo once every six months, once a year, or even keep your account empty. It is much worse to be an active insta-blogger and write posts with errors. We announce an Instagram fight against illiteracy!

Correct: I will write in my Instagram

Yes, we write Instagram with a lowercase letter and Cyrillic. We suggest you do the same! If only because Instagram has long ceased to be an outlandish app name that someone may not know. This happens with many social networks and instant messengers. Over time, in colloquial speech (in writing too), some words lose quotes and capital letters, as they become common nouns, not names. It's clear to everyone. nine0003

Now about the error. Instagram is the social network in which every fifth (but this is inaccurate statistics) strives to double the letter "m". Although there is no reason for this (yes, we know that autocorrect sometimes works this way). The original name of the Instagram app - where is the doubling? So we don't notice. And don't forget about declination: live without instagram, follow on instagram.

Correct: I'm a blogger with my mom

Well done with my mom! Well, except that the blogger is spelled with one "g". It seems that everyone was mistaken in this word when LJ bloggers appeared en masse. The mistake, in fact, is also understandable: foreign words are characterized by doubling the root consonant before the suffix - blog => blogger. In Russian, the practice is different, and doublings are not saved - blog => blogger. Be literate and don't trust the Russian Instagram, which is written in the "blogger" profile. This is the wrong tracing paper from English. nine0003

Correct: Do you have an Instagram account?

It's not we who are mocking, but the Russian language. We suffer every day. Yes, the word "account" comes from the English account. When switching to Russian, most borrowings really lose one consonant (office has become an office, and blogger has become a blogger), but not in this case. The account is written with two "k".

Correct: don’t forget to put the hashtag #photooftheday

If you still don’t know, then you should know: the Russian language is merciless to the letter “e”, more precisely, the Russian Spelling Dictionary of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Most of the words that you really want to write with “e” are written in Russian with “e”. Facebook, Halloween, tag, caching, travel and that hashtag. At the same time, these words are pronounced firmly, through the sound [e]. nine0003

Ahhh. Worse than another popular greeting on Instagram, which sounds like “DD!”. No, this does not apply to the DDT group. This is such a clever abbreviation for "Good afternoon!", Which, apparently, is copied from the English abbreviation GM - Good morning! A sure way to lose followers. Replace with a simple "hello", "good afternoon" or "hello".

Correct: in my last post I wrote

Thank you for not being "in the last post"! Yes, "extreme" in the meaning of "last" is very bad. This has already been written about many times, the turn of the post has come. There is one more post in our life. Fasting in the meaning of "positions", fasting - "place and observation groups", and there is also fasting for believers. So these posts in the prepositional case (more precisely, it is called "local case") have the ending "-y"; nine0003

We are interested in a completely different "post" when we want to talk about a post on a social network. In this case, the local case is not required and the traditional letter "e" is used at the end. The Gramota.ru website confirms.

Correct: I like the way you write

Our favorite verb, in which even quite literate people make mistakes because they are inattentive or in a hurry. In fact, you can write both “write” and “write”. It's a matter of context. In the imperative mood, we write through "and": "Write comments!". In the second person plural we write "e": "You write with errors." Another simple explanation: under stress we write "and", in an unstressed position - "e". The same rule is followed by the verbs look for / look for and say / say. nine0003

Correct: tag two friends in the comments

It seems that someone forgot the long version of this word - "comment". There are as many "m"s in the short colloquial version as there are in the long one (as in the English version of comment).

Correct: look in my gallery

On Instagram, you can post multiple photos in one post — this feature is called a "gallery". The word comes from the Latin galleria - yes, those same two "l" that everyone falls for. However, the Russian "gallery" has come down to us not from English (gallery), but from French (galerie), where one "l" is visible. The French will definitely remember this dictionary word quickly, but the Russian English will have to try hard. nine0003

Correct: 15-second story

Instagram has not only “galleries”, but also “stories”, which are often called “stories” in the English manner. They usually last 15 seconds. You can do less or more on IGTV. The main thing is not to lose the hyphen and remember that it is written like this: 15-second stories, 5-minute video.

Correct: the product is in stock

An important word for those who sell something on Instagram. There are no dresses, trousers and bed linen available. Goods can only be "in stock". Rather, check your favorite sellers, and then think about whether you still want to order something from them or not. nine0003

Correct: check yourself against the checklist

850 thousand results for the Google query "checklist" and 195 thousand for the "checklist". Moreover, the strange hyphenated version is not only popular, but also included in Lopatin's spelling dictionary. Go through the checklist of this literacy and check if everything is in order with your Instagram literacy.

Correct: wrote to her in direct

The most controversial word here. Direct or Direct? The fact is that even in English (direct) there are two pronunciation options: in Great Britain they say "direct", and in America - "direct". There is no strict dictionary fixation in the Russian language yet, but preference is given to "direct", in which the stress falls on the second syllable. By the way, the company "Yandex" also calls its project "Yandex. Direct". nine0003

How to make a paragraph on Instagram

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Hello! This is Lena Sakharova, writer, journalist and traveler. I have my own course on the texts of . And club , with which to blog in a thrill.

And I regularly write about how to start and not quit blogging in Instagram . I have been writing texts every day for 12 years - I write for myself, for the media and for the blog.

Paragraphs are steps along which you lead the reader to the point. One paragraph, one thought. nine0123 Without them, the reader will not grasp the essence and is unlikely to read to the end.

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No paragraphs

There are paragraphs

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SECRET GAP

If you put indents on Instagram itself, the text will stick together. To divide text into paragraphs, you need a secret space.

Copy the space for Instagram here :

⠀- Here it is, at the beginning of this line, before the dash.
Highlight, copy and paste into your post.

HOW TO USE SPACE?

1. Open an Instagram post.

2. Remove the space at the end of the previous paragraph. nine0003

3. Go to a new line - on the iPhone, for this, press the "Enter" button.
She is on the keyboard in the section with numbers and symbols.

4. Insert a secret space.

5. Change to a new line.
6. Save the entry.

7. Did the magic work?

ANOTHER WAY TO PUT A SPACE

Telegram has a bot text4insta.
Throw the text to the robot - you get texts with paragraphs. nine0003

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