How to check your archived posts on instagram
How to View Your Archived Posts on Instagram
By John Awa-abuon
When you add posts to your Instagram archive, where do they go? Here's how to view them...
If you're like most people, you have a few posts on Instagram that you would rather not have anyone see anymore. Maybe they're from a time in your life that you'd rather forget, or maybe they just aren't very flattering.
Luckily, Instagram makes it easy to hide these posts from view without deleting them thanks to its archive feature. But what if you want to revisit these images and videos later?
In this article, we will show you how to view posts that you've archived on Instagram.
What Does Archiving an Instagram Post Do?
When you archive a post on Instagram, it means the post is no longer visible on your profile.
However, the post is not deleted, and you can view it at any time by going to your archive. You can also choose to unarchive the post, which will make it visible on your profile again.
If you're active on Instagram, chances are you've had to hide a photo from your feed solely because it didn't fit into your carefully curated feed. But just because a photo doesn't fit into your feed, doesn't mean you don't want to keep it.
The archive feature allows you to hide these posts without having to delete them. This can be useful if you want to keep the post for sentimental reasons.
How to View Your Archived Posts on Instagram
The archive feature is only available on the mobile version of Instagram, so you'll need to use the Instagram app to view your archived posts.
That said, here's how to view posts you've archived on the gram:
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- Open the Instagram app and go to your smartphone.
- Navigate to your profile.
- Tap the hamburger icon to reveal a menu.
- Select Archive.
- Tap the downward-pointing arrow to navigate between tabs for your Stories, Post, and Live archive.
You will be able to view all of your archived posts here. We've earlier covered how to archive and unarchive posts on Instagram. If you're not sure how to do that, be sure to check out our guide.
Can Other Users See Posts You've Archived?
When you archive a post, it's only visible to you. Not even people tagged in the photo can see it. The only way for someone to see an archived post is if you unarchive it.
Access Your Instagram Easily
The Instagram archive feature makes it easy to hide posts without deleting them. Revisiting them is also simple, as long as you know which menus to access.
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John is a Consumer Technology Writer at MUO.
In 2017, he began his writing career as a Reporter for a local media house. After two years of working in the traditional media, John decided to pursue a career that combines his two passions: writing and technology. He is currently studying for a degree in Criminology and Security Studies.
How to Get to Your Archive on Instagram in 5 Steps
- You can easily get to your Instagram archive by opening the menu on your profile page.
- In your archive, you'll find any posts that you've hidden along with all of your previously uploaded stories.
- You can also view your archive settings, which includes the option to automatically save photos and videos.
- This story is part of Business Insider's Guide to Instagram.
Whether you want to view old stories or unarchive a post, it's easy to access your Instagram archive at any time.
Instagram allows you to archive photos you no longer wish for followers to see on your profile, but you don't necessarily want to delete.
You can view your archive to unarchive the posts or simply browse through old Instagram stories.
To access your archive, head to your Instagram profile and tap the three bars in the upper right hand corner. You can also create a highlight story from a selection of old posts or stories in your archive.
Here's how to get to your Instagram archive.
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How to get to your archive on Instagram1. Head to your Instagram profile on the app by tapping the right-most option at the bottom.
2. Tap the three bars in the upper righthand corner.
Tap the three horizontal line icon at the upper right hand corner. Marissa Perino/Business Insider3.
Tap "Archive" next to the clock icon.
4. This will bring you to your Archive. It is automatically set to photos and videos you posted on your story. Tap the "Archive" label at the top to and select "Posts" to change the menu to show posts you've hidden.
- You can easily unarchive a post from this grid by tapping a post, tapping the three dots to the top-right of the screen, and tapping "Show on Profile."
Marissa Perino/Business Insider 5. Tap the three dots in the upper right hand corner to open a pop-up with two options: "Settings" and "Create Highlight." Tap the latter option if you want to create a new highlight with some of your archived stories. Tap "Settings" to check your Story Controls, such as making sure photos are automatically archived.
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Archive on Instagram: where did it go, how to view the archive of stories and photos
After the next Instagram update, some users lost the archive from the settings. If this is the first time you hear about the archive, a small note is a place where you can transfer posts, stories and live broadcasts so that they are visible only to you.
This article will tell you how to find an archive and how to restore a publication from an archive.
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The archive is located in the profile menu.
Click on the 3 horizontal lines, the menu opens. Between the settings and statistics there should be an item "Archive".
If not present, solutions:
1. Update the application. Usually this is enough for the "Archive" item to return to the menu.
2. For some users, the archive has moved to the "Your Activity" item. Open the profile menu, go to the activity, scroll down - there should be an item "Archive". It can also be displayed simultaneously in the profile menu and in the "Your activity" menu. nine0003
3. If none of the methods helped, we make it easier. We go to the profile menu, then to "Settings". In the search bar, write the word "Archive".
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How to return a post or story from the archive
There are 3 types of archive in the Archive section. By default, archived stories are displayed. If you click on the checkbox, all views will be displayed.
How to return stories. nine0012 Stories cannot be returned from the archive, because stories are only stored for 24 hours. To keep them longer and be visible to other users, they can be placed in the actual. But a story from the archive can be shared with contacts in Direct, and it can also be posted as a new story memory.
To share a story, find it in the archive, open it, then click "More" to bring up the menu. To send to Direct, click "Send" and select a contact.
To place it as a story-memories, select the “Share” item in the menu. Instagram automatically puts down the date of the memory, that is, when the story was posted for the first time. nine0003
How to return a post from the archive. Open the archive of publications, click on the post. Then 3 dots in the upper right corner, select "Show in profile" in the menu.
*You may find that the post never appeared in the profile, although it disappeared from the archive.
What to do in this case is to exit Instagram, remove it from the background (that is, close it completely). Then re-enter the application. The post will appear on the account page.
Live recording can be downloaded from the archive to the device or uploaded to the profile.
Conclusion
The temporary disappearance of the archive on Instagram from the menu is due to the update of the application and the fact that for some users this item has moved to another section (Your Activity). Perhaps the social network is testing where it is better to place the archive. Please note that this item may appear differently for users of iOS and Android devices.
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How to view your archived Instagram posts
The archive feature is only available on the mobile version of Instagram, so you will need to use the Instagram app to view your archived posts.
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- Go to your smartphone and open the Instagram app.
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- Press the menu button.
- Select Archive .
- Tap Archive , then tap Messages (iPhone) or Archive Messages (Android).
- Click the down arrow to navigate between the Stories and Posts archive tabs.
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