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How to Upload Multiple Photos to One Instagram Post

By: Jenn Herman and Eric Butow and Corey Walker and

Updated: 09-01-2021

From The Book: Instagram For Business For Dummies

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You don’t need to have one Instagram post for each photo. Instead, you can add as many as ten photos in your Camera Roll (or Gallery if you use an Android smartphone) to a single post.

Selecting multiple photos

To choose more than one photo to add to a post, do the following:
  1. In the main Instagram feed screen, tap the + icon.
  2. Tap Library, in the lower-left corner of the screen.The most recent photo in your Camera Roll (or Gallery) appears in the viewer.
  3. Swipe in the thumbnail photos, and then tap the first photo you want to add.
  4. Tap the select multiple icon.The selected thumbnail appears dimmed, with a blue number 1.

    The select multiple icon in the viewer is blue and the other viewer icons have disappeared.

  5. Tap another thumbnail.The photo appears in the viewer, and a number 2 appears next to the thumbnail. That number shows you the order in which your followers will see the photos in your post.

    If you select a photo but then decide that you don’t want to include it, just tap the thumbnail photo. The order of your photos will change if you selected more than two photos. To deselect all photos, tap the blue select multiple icon in the lower-right corner of the viewer.

  6. Continue tapping thumbnails as needed.Here, three photos are chosen. The numbers reflect the order in which the photos were selected.

    The most recently selected photo appears in the viewer.

  7. When you have finished selecting photos, tap Next. The Edit screen appears.
Edit the photos by tapping Next in the upper-right corner of the screen.

To reorder the photos, you have to deselect them and then reselect them in the correct order. (Yes, this is something Instagram needs to work on.) For example, suppose you select five photos and want to move photos 3 and 4 to positions 4 and 5, respectively. First deselect photos 3 and 4. At this point, the former photo 5 becomes photo 3. Then select the former photo 3, which becomes photo 4, and then select the former photo 4, which becomes photo 5.

Applying filters and adding photos

After you have selected your photos and tapped Next, the Edit screen appears. The top of the screen displays the photo you’re editing.

The filter name appears above the filter thumbnail image.

A row of filter types appears below the photo. Swipe from right to left in the row to view all the filters. To apply a filter to all photos in the group, tap the thumbnail image under the filter name.

At the right side of the screen, you see part of the next photo in your photo group. To see the other photos, swipe left. To add another photo to your post, swipe to the end of the row, tap the + icon, and then select the photo from the Camera Roll screen.

Editing photos individually

To edit a photo, tap it in the row of photos. The selected photo appears in the center of your screen. Now you can do the following:
  • Add a filter: Swipe right to left in the filter row, and then tap the filter thumbnail image.
  • Change the exposure and brightness levels at once: Tap the Lux icon (half-light, half-dark sun) at the top of the screen.
  • Perform other editing tasks: Tap Edit to access the editing tools.
Tap Done in the upper-right corner when you're finished.

Adding information and sharing your photos

When your photos are the way you want them, tap Next in the upper-right corner of the Edit screen.

In the New Post screen, you can write a caption, tag people, add a location, share your photo on other social networks, and turn commenting on and off.

You can't write a caption for each photo when you have multiple photos in your post. So when you write your description, the caption should describe all your photos, not just one.

When you've finished editing your photos, it's time to share them. Tap Share in the upper-right corner of the New Post screen.

About This Article

This article is from the book:

  • Instagram For Business For Dummies ,

About the book authors:

Jenn Herman, a social media consultant and world-renowned Instagram expert, pens a top-rated social media blog, Jenn's Trends.

Corey Walker offers social media strategy, content, ad management, and analytics focused on Instagram and Facebook.

Eric Butow provides website design, online marketing, and technical documentation services to businesses.

John Sonmez is a software developer and the author of two best-selling books, The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide and Soft Skills: The Software Developer's Life Manual. He is also the founder of the Simple Programmer blog and YouTube channel. Eric Butow is the owner of Butow Communications Group (BCG), which offers website design, online marketing, and technical documentation services for businesses. He is the author of 32 computer and user experience books.

Jenn Herman, a social media consultant and world-renowned Instagram expert, pens a top-rated social media blog, Jenn's Trends.

Corey Walker offers social media strategy, content, ad management, and analytics focused on Instagram and Facebook.

Eric Butow provides website design, online marketing, and technical documentation services to businesses.

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How to Add Multiple Photos to Your Instagram Story

  • You can add multiple photos to an Instagram Story or post.
  • Selecting multiple photos from your camera roll will upload each as its own slide in your story.
  • Instagram has a built-in collage feature that allows you to drop several photos into the same slide.

There are several different ways to add multiple photos to an Instagram Story at once.

The first method allows you to select up to 10 photos and videos from your camera roll, which get uploaded to your Story as 10 separate slides.

The second method is layering several photos on the same slide as stickers, and the last method is creating a collage using Instagram's built in feature called Layout.

Here's how to do it all.

How to add multiple photos to an Instagram Story

1. Open the Instagram app. Tap the plus (+) button over Your Story or swipe right on the home screen to open Stories.

If you don't currently have any live posts in your Instagram Story, the plus button will appear at the top of the screen. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/Insider

2. Tap the photo icon on the bottom-left of the screen to open your Camera Roll.

A preview of the last photo you took will appear at the bottom-left. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/Insider

3. Tap Select, then select up to 10 photos and videos. Then, tap the arrow at the bottom-right of the screen to continue.

Tap "Select" to upload more than one photo at a time. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/Insider

Quick tip: Like an Instagram post, the order that you select the photos will be the order that they appear in your Story.

4. On this screen, customize each photo or video with text, stickers, or drawn lines. When you're finished, tap the arrow at the bottom-right of the screen.

5. Tap the circle next to your intended audience (Your Story or Close Friends), then tap Share.

Close Friends will share your Stories with a smaller audience of your choosing. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/Insider

Quick tip: Adding multiple photos to the same Story at once isn't available everywhere in the world just yet, so if you don't see this option you'll have to upload photos to your Story one at a time.

How to layer multiple photos on the same screen of an Instagram Story

1. Open the Instagram app. Tap the plus (+) button over Your Story or swipe right on the home screen to open Stories.

2. Tap the photo icon on the bottom-left of the screen to open your Camera Roll. Select a photo.

3. Tap the sticker icon at the top of the screen. Scroll down and tap the photo sticker.

Instagram sticker icon highlighted in a hot pink box with an arrow pointing at it. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/Insider

4. Select the photo you want to insert. Repeat this process until you have all the photos you want to include.

5. Tap each photo to change the shape, drag them to change the position, or pinch them to change the size.

6. Once you're finished, tap Your Story or Close Friends to share the post.

Share your post once you're finished editing. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/Insider

How to post a photo collage on an Instagram Story

1. Open the Instagram app. Tap the plus (+) button over Your Story or swipe right on the home screen to open Stories.

2. Tap the Layout icon on the left side of the screen. Tap the Change Grid icon to select the option you want.

Layout is a collage creator built into Instagram. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/Insider

3. Tap the photo icon on the bottom-left of the screen to open your Camera Roll. Select a photo to add it to your collage.

4. Once you're finished creating your collage, tap the check button at the bottom of the screen.

5. Add any additional elements as desired (text, stickers, etc. ), then tap Your Story or Close Friends to share the post.

Share your collage after you're finished editing. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/Insider

How to add multiple photos to an Instagram post

In addition to posting multiple photos on your Instagram Story, you can also do it on a regular post. Here's how: 

1. Tap the New post icon.

2. Tap on the photos icon, which is located in the middle right of the screen.

3. Tap the multi-photo select icon and select the photos that you want to have appear in the post.

Tap the multi-select button and it will turn blue. Kyle Wilson/Insider

Quick tip: The order that you tap on and select the photos is the order that they will show in your finished story. You can tell the order based on the number in the corner of the photo's icon. You can include up to 10 photos.

4. Tap the Next icon and, if desired, add any filters you wish to apply and tap Next again.

5. Write a post caption and fill in the optional settings if desired.

6. Tap Share.

Write a caption and share your Instagram post. Kyle Wilson/Insider

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Instagram is an actively developing social network that never ceases to please with new functionality and user-friendly interface. Relatively recently, the function of adding more than 1 image has become available to users. This has greatly simplified the lives of many people, as the rather boring collages have faded into the background. The advantages over them are obvious: posts are larger, which allows you to take a good look at everything, and full-fledged pictures look much more attractive than their small copies or parts. To understand all the benefits, let's look at how to put, make and add a lot and upload several photos at once to Instagram, how to send and upload them to Instagram, post, insert, publish, merge, expose, launch, and publish 2 (second) photo in one Instagram post.

  • How to post everything
    • If it is not possible to add multiple photos at the same time
  • How to upload multiple photos to Instagram stories
  • How to add a photo from the gallery
    • How to delete
  • How to save a post from an Instagram page

How to put everything in a post

Surely you have already noticed that some people have dots displayed. If you swipe the entry, other images will become available to you.

The main steps for adding more than two or three pictures:

  • Go to your main profile and click on the "plus", which is located at the very bottom of the screen.
  • If you look to the right side, then there you will notice the inscription "Select several". Click on it.

  • The first frame in your gallery is automatically selected, but you can cancel this action by unchecking it.
  • Select the photos you want to include in one post. Follow the order carefully, as the "start" will be the publication that was marked first, and then the pictures will be added according to the serial number.
    You can then change the size and format. Click next.
  • You can choose a separate filter for each photo. Tip: if you want them to look organic within the post, choose one filter for all pictures.
  • To remove an image from a shared collage, long-press it and then drag it to the Urn icon. After completing the procedure, select "Next".
  • Add a hashtag, tag users, or indicate the location to which the post belongs or where it was made.
  • Click the share button.

The instruction is detailed, so there should be no problems with further use of the innovation. In any case, Instagram developers help their users adapt to the new conditions for maintaining their pages.

If it is not possible to add multiple photos at once

If the function is not available on your device, just go to the Play Market or Apple Store (depending on which platform you are using) and click the "update" button.

If even after this manipulation nothing happened, restart the phone or close the application, and after 15 minutes go back to it.
Throws you out? This is a version 10.13 issue. In this case, you will just have to wait for the update on your device.

How to upload multiple photos to Instagram stories

Many users are already familiar with the concept of "story". The function provides for posting a photo or video lasting 24 hours. After the time expires, the publication will no longer be available to subscribers.

They are gaining popularity as the main advantage is the ability to view users who have clicked on the glowing halo around the profile picture.

Now the question is: “How to upload more than one photo to a story?” Unfortunately, this is not possible, as the story is designed to publish only one moment at a time. You can post a new photo or video in the next. Timing - 15 seconds.

If you add 2+ pictures within a day, they will automatically merge into one photo stream. Your subscribers will be able to block view stories.

How to add a photo from the gallery

Experienced users know that to insert a photo from Explorer, you just need to swipe up from the bottom of the screen. In this case, the storage will open in a reduced version. The main rule: you can upload a frame that was taken in the last 24 hours.

But there is a little secret: if you want to show an old photo, just screen the screen.

How to delete

Unfortunately, Instagram does not allow you to delete more than two or three pictures at a time. You won't be able to do this even if you download the mobile app on your computer. You can get rid of several images at once only if they are all within the same post.

How to save a post from a page on Instagram

Now there are many services that provide such an opportunity.

  • Everyone knows Instagram.
    Enter the desired name in Insta, you will see the required profile with a photo in good quality. A nice bonus: to download it, just click the right mouse button and in the drop-down menu "Save as ...", and the file will be on your computer. Everything is simple and effortless.
  • Desk Gram application.
    Has similar functionality. After you save the pictures to your computer, you can transfer them to your mobile phone or any other gadget.

Instagram is an ideal platform for creative endeavors, so knowing the main tools and innovations is a top priority for those who want to develop their profile based on the rules of the service. Simultaneous posting of more than two photos contributes to pleasant and comfortable work.

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  • 1 How to add multiple photos to Instagram Stories
  • 2 How to upload multiple photos to Instagram Stories on Android
  • 3 5 ways to make your Instagram more interesting
  • 4 Apps for Instagram Stories 9002 Instagram important 9002 make a variety of content that will attract the attention of subscribers, will be different from other profiles and will be associated only with you. In this article, we will talk about a method that will make Instagram stories even more original.

    How to add multiple photos to Instagram stories

    The methods for making a collage of multiple photos in the application itself differ for iPhones and for other phones. It’s easy to add several photos to stories on iPhone, you don’t need to download additional applications.

    1. Open Instagram stories and select photos from the gallery.
    2. Exit the application and go to the photo album on your device.
    3. Select a photo and click the button in the lower left corner. And click "copy photo".
    4. Next, go to the Instagram stories application and the inscription “add a sticker” will appear below. Click on it.
    5. If you did not have time to press or it did not appear, then the text input button will help. Select "paste" and the picture will appear on top of the first image.
    6. Edit, leave captions, stickers in stories, add several photos to Instagram stories in this way and share with the audience you need. Ready!

    But in order to do the same steps on other phones, you will need to tinker, download a third-party application.

    How to upload multiple photos to stories on Android

    Step by step how to use this feature on your Android smartphone.

    1. To get started, download the SwiftKey Keyboard app. After downloading and installing, follow the instructions. Installing the keyboard will be easy. At the end, select it as the main one;
    2. Now change the keyboard permissions. Go to the “About the app” section for SwiftKey, then “Application permissions” and check the box;
    3. Or, in the settings, find the “Permissions” section, then “Application Permissions” and “Storage”, for someone this tab is called “Memory”;
    4. At this stage it will be easier, go to Instagram stories and select any photo from the gallery;
    5. Click on the text input “Aa” in the upper right corner, the keyboard that we just installed will appear;
    6. Next, in the center of the screen, select the box next to the “GIF” icon. In the lower right corner there is a carnation or pin icon. We poke;
    7. And now add photos, click on the camera on the right of the screen and select images;

    You can add several photos, reduce or enlarge them, write on them, use gifs, stickers, emoticons. When you have done all the necessary actions, share with your subscribers.

    On different devices, the appearance and functionality of the keyboard may vary, but the essence remains the same, and if you search in the settings and widgets, you will find a “pin” to upload pictures.

    5 ways to make your Instagram more interesting

    Here are some ideas for adding variety to your Stories:

    • Instead of the main photo, you can choose a video, for example, how you cook breakfast, and the image you add can be a beautifully designed breakfast recipe;
    • Before/after collages are always popular, compare yourself before and after losing weight or show the result before and after cleaning the room;
    • Can't decide which outfit to choose for going to the movies? Make a collage of several images, arrange a poll! Moreover, Instagram has made a convenient function for this;
    • Do you sell jewelry? Post a few photos in stories and set a price, you don’t have to post 50 stories at once so that subscribers scroll through everything without looking;
    • And if you post a photo of a beautiful coat on a girl in full growth, supplement it with photos that clearly show small details, maybe buttons or sleeves, or maybe a collar that was sewn off so beautifully.

    There are many ideas on how to use this feature on Instagram. As long as there is enough imagination and resourcefulness, the profile will be so unique.

    What to do if you do not want to leave Instagram, and you are not going to download something additionally? For such cases, there is a function Instagram collage. Let's figure out how to put several photos in the story.

    1. At the beginning everything is as usual. We go to Instagram stories and from the proposed modes scroll to the bottom of the screen to the left until we reach the “collage”;
    2. This step is even easier, select the collage format you need;
    3. Add photos one by one from the gallery or take a photo at once.

    Keep in mind that the sizes are determined not by you, but by Instagram. It gives the same standard for everyone, except that there are several collage formats. Choose the one that suits you best.

    And now you know how to insert several photos into one story.

    Instagram Stories apps

    Another way to attach multiple photos to Instagram Stories is to use the Stories editing app.

    If the phone's memory permits, several applications can be downloaded. There are more editing options, application tools will make Instagram stories brighter and more creative.