Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms, with over one billion monthly active users. And while you may think you know everything about this photo and video sharing app, there are actually a lot of Instagram hacks and features that you probably don’t know about.
In this blog post, we’re going to share with you 39 of the best Instagram hacks and features on the app. From using hashtags to get more followers, to editing your photos like a pro, to finding the best filters for your images, these tricks will definitely take your Instagram game up a notch.
Let’s dive in.
General Instagram hacks
Instagram hacks for photo and video sharing
Instagram Story tricks
Instagram bio and profile hacks
Instagram hashtag hacks
Instagram direct messaging hacks
Instagram for Business hacks
Instagram Reels hacks
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Ready to impress your fans and wow your followers? These Instagram hacks will make people think you’re a technological genius.
1. Stop seeing posts or stories from accounts you follow but don’t loveYou don’t want to see any more of your aunt’s ferret videos, but you don’t want to hurt her feelings with an unfollow, either. The solution? Give her a mute!
How to do it:
Muting Stories, Posts, and Notes
Then, click MuteMuting Messages
Keep Lark at your fingertips and get Hefe out of your sight. This secret Instagram feature lets you customize your menu of filter options.
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Take a walk down memory lane with a review of all your past photo likes.
(So. Many. Puppers.)
How to do it:
If you used Instagram.com to like posts, you won’t be able to see them here.
4. Clear your search historyMake sure no one ever finds out that you’ve been hunting for photos of “Mr. Clean with shirt off”. This Instagram hack lets you wipe your Instagram search history squeaky clean.
How to do it:
Set up notifications for other accountsAdd alerts for your favorite accounts and never miss a new post from your favorite Japanese mascot fan page again.
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Think of “Collections” as your digital scrapbooks. Use this Instagram trick to save your favourite posts for later.
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Then tap SavedThis Instagram hack is the equivalent of the Disney vault. You can hide old posts out of sight with the “Archive” function.
How to do it:
If you want to restore content to your public profile, simply tap Show on Profile at any time and it’ll show up in its original spot.
8. Limit your screen timeJust because you can scroll forever doesn’t mean you should.
Save yourself from yourself with Instagram’s built-in daily timer.
How to do it:
Make your feed stand out with these Instagram features for your photos and video content.
9. Create line breaks in your captionOne of our favorite Instagram caption tricks is creating line breaks that let you take control over the pacing of your caption.
How to do it:
Note: While the breaks will start a new line, they won’t create the white space that you would see between two paragraphs.
To create a paragraph break, write out your photo caption in your phone’s notes app and copy it over to Instagram. Wanna break up lines even further? Try using bullet points, dashes, or other punctuations.
Prep your content to post at the best times with the help of Hootsuite’s Instagram scheduling tool.
How to do it:
Note: Check out our guide to scheduling posts on Instagram to learn how to do this from a personal account.
PS: You can schedule Instagram Stories, Instagram Reels, and Carousels with Hootsuite too!
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Choose a cover photo for your videoYour hair looked particularly cute 10 seconds into your video, and you want the world to know. Here’s how to handpick the still that kicks off your vid.
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A picture is worth a thousand words—so do you really need other people adding to the conversation? Here’s an Instagram hack that helps you keep the comment section quiet.
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Read on for our favorite Instagram Story tricks or watch the video below for our favorite hacks of 2021.
Hands-free mode is like a more low-maintenance Instagram Boyfriend. Reliable. Takes instruction well. Loyal. Loving.
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Hide a Story from specific usersFor when everyone needs to see the hilarious prank you pulled on Daryl in accounting—except your boss.
How to do it:
Method 1
Method 2
You can also choose people to hide your story from as you’re looking at who’s seen your story.
Note: Hiding your story from someone is different from blocking them, and doesn’t prevent them from seeing your profile and posts.
Why Instagram won’t allow you to just use Jokerman font natively, we may never know. But where there’s a wackily designed ’90s serif, there’s a way.
How to do it:
Use this Instagram trick to highlight your highlights with a fresh first image.
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Write with all the colors of the rainbowChange the hues of individual letters, or even harness the magic of the rainbow with this sneaky trick to color your world.
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For when one snapshot of your DIY macrame dog bikini per post isn’t enough.
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Want more tips and tricks for Stories? Check out our long list of the best Instagram Story hacks in 2021.
Don’t let your creativity falter because of Instagram’s short color list. Get every color under the sun with this Instagram hack.
How to do it:
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Don’t let your bio be an afterthought! These Instagram features will help you manage your profile, presence, and discoverability.
Even if your friends’ feeds are full of photos of your Margarita Monday exploits, the world never has to know.
How to do it:
Note: You can also prevent tagged photos from appearing on your profile in the first place. Just go to the Photos of You tab and select any photo. Then, select Edit on the top right. Here, you can toggle Manually Approve Tags.
21. Add line breaks to bioUse this Instagram trick to break up that block of text and share your info in a visually appealing way.
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Harness that Instagram SEO by slipping keywords into the name field of your bio, and you’ll be more likely to pop up in search results for that industry.
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Add special characters and use special fonts for your profileJazzing up your profile with fun fonts or the perfect wingding is as easy as a copy-and-paste. (One note: use special characters sparingly to accommodate accessibility! Not every accessible reading tool will be able to interpret them correctly.)
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When it comes to discovery, hashtags might be the most important of all Instagram features.
So make sure you know these simple hashtag hacks.
If you want to be discovered, including hashtags in your post is key. Here’s how to figure out which ones are the best fit for getting your content it’s Star is Born moment.
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Get inspiration in your feed and never miss the latest #NailArt masterpieces (are those… Tom and Jerry nails?).
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Hide hashtags on postsYes, Hashtags get you discovered. But they can also be visual clutter. (Or just look a little… thirsty.) Here’s how to reap the benefits without cramping your style.
How to do it:
Method 1
Method 2
Another method is to separate your hashtags from the rest of your caption by burying them beneath an avalanche of line breaks.
Hide hashtags in StoriesHelp your Story be seen by more people, without cluttering it up with hashtags.
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Note: You can also use this trick with location tags and mentions if you want to keep your Stories visually clean.
Instagram direct messaging hacksNeed some help managing the people sliding into your DMs? These Instagram tricks are exactly what you need.
28. Turn off your activity statusYou don’t have to let the world know when you are or aren’t online: maintain an aura of mystery!
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Send disappearing content to your friendsNew in 2022, Instagram announces Notes–a feature that lets you post disappearing notes to your followers.
How to do it:
Note: Notes can be a maximum of 60 characters in length.
30. Create chat groupsIf you want to stay in touch with your closest friends or make a chat with your best customers, this Instagram hack can help.
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Use these Instagram hacks to make your business stand out online.
Officially declaring yourself as a business on Instagram gives you some serious advantages, like running ads and getting insights. If you’re a brand, what are you waiting for?
How to do it:
For more tips on how to optimize your profile, check out our post on Instagram Bio Ideas for Business.
Opening an Etsy shop or trying to bump up your e-commerce sales? Shoppable Instagram posts make it easy to promote and sell products directly from your feed.
How to do it:
Once complete, you’ll be able to tag products in posts just like you tag other accounts.
33. Send automated welcome messages to new followersWelcome new followers with a fun welcome message. This Instagram hack automates an important touchpoint so you can stay connected to your fans.
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Add a link treeOrganize your links with a user-friendly link tree. Here’s how to build one with Hootsuite.
How to do it:
If you don’t use Hootsuite, consider building a link tree for your Instagram bio with a tool like linktr.ee or build your own.
Instagram Reels hacksOf all the new Instagram features, Reels are the latest and greatest. Use these Instagram tricks to make your Reels go viral!
35. Schedule ReelsSchedule your Reels in advance and you never have to worry about missing the moment. All you need is a social media management tool. We’ll show you how to do it using our favourite one: Hootsuite.
How to do it:
Why have one piece of video content when you can have more? Here’s how to make the most out of your Stories by converting them into Reels.
How to do it:
1. Select the Stories Highlight you want to use for your Reel and then tap the “Convert to Reel” button.
2. Pick your audio (you can search, use music you’ve saved, or pick from the suggested tracks) and Instagram does the work to synch the audio with your clip
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Click “Next,” and you have a final editing screen where you can add effects, stickers, text, etc.
4. When you’re done fine-tuning, the last step is setting your sharing settings. This is also where you can add a caption, tag people, locations, and edit or add a custom cover.
5. You can adjust the Advanced Settings if necessary, specifically if your Reel is part of a paid partnership. Here you can also enable auto-generated captions and manage your data usage, if necessary.
6. Tap Share and watch your new Reel highlight go viral! (Hopefully.)
85% of Facebook content is watched without sound–so it’s safe to assume your audience is skipping the audio on your Reels. To improve accessibility, and make it easier for people to understand your content add captions to your Reels.
How to do it:
Note: One of the best Instagram caption tricks is to wait until the audio has been transcribed and then go through and edit the text for any mistakes.
Ever wondered how influencers get those cool backgrounds for their Reels? Use this Instagram feature to get your very own green screen.
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Don’t let your latest Reel muck up the aesthetic pleasure of your Instagram feed! Customize your Reel cover photo and keep that front page sparkling.
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Did you know you could schedule your Instagram posts in advance? Or optimize your bio to appear in the Explore tab?
There are countless lesser-known Instagram features, settings, hacks, and search options to help take your Instagram game to the next level. And we've compiled them all, here.
Whether you're a recruiter looking to showcase your company's culture, a marketer in the e-commerce industry, or an individual who's just looking to use Instagram in the best ways possible, there are Instagram tips and features here for you.
Note: Before getting started, make sure you're operating on the latest version of Instagram. At the time of publishing this guide, the latest version is 15.1.1 on iOS and on Android. Please also note that although this article might demonstrate each tip below using an iPhone or Android device, all items on this list are available for both operating systems and can be enjoyed using the same step-by-step instructions.
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Have a separate account for your dog? Don't be embarrassed; stand by your puppy profile.
In fact, whether it's a pet account or a business account, you can add and manage this one right alongside your personal account.
Here's how:
To toggle between both profiles, hold down your profile picture in the navigation bar to view all connected accounts. You can also switch to a different account through the Settings page mentioned earlier. See what this screen looks like in the next Instagram feature, below.
Ever wanted to see the posts you've Liked, all in one place? All you have to do is go to your own profile and click the "Settings" button in the top right — a gear icon on iPhone/iPad, and three dots on Android — then, click "Account", and finally "Posts You've Liked.
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To un-Like any of the posts you've Liked, simply go to the post and deselect the "heart" icon below it. Don't worry — the user won't be notified that you've un-Liked the post.
Twitter may carry a more "anything goes" culture of commentary, but your Instagram is your domain — and it's much easier to control who says what on your content. This is especially important if you manage a business account.
In the Instagram mobile app, navigate to "Options" and select "Comments." From here, you can toggle on "Hide Inappropriate Comments" and even enter specific keywords you'd like the app to police within each comment.
Tap the speech bubble icon below the comment you'd like to delete, and swipe lightly to the left over this text. Select the garbage can icon that appears to delete this post. You can also do this to your own comments.
To clarify, you can't turn off comments across your entire profile; you can only disable them for individual posts.
To do so, start posting an image on which you'd like nobody to comment. When you reach the page to add a caption, tags, and location, tap "Advanced Settings" at the very bottom. This will open a screen where you can easily switch on an option labeled "Turn Off Commenting."
We swear — this blog post isn't all about how to convince people you're not an Instagram creeper. But many of us can relate to the desire to clear our online search history everywhere, including on this particular social channel. Luckily, you can.
To clear your Instagram search history, go to your own profile and click the "Settings" button (a gear icon on iPhone/iPad and three dots on Android). Scroll down and click "Security":
Then, select "Clear Search History" at bottom of the screen, and then confirm by clicking the blue link, "Clear Search History".
Perhaps your company has more than one Instagram account for different aspects of your brand.
For instance, HubSpot has a verified HubSpot account, a HubSpot Life account, a HubSpot Academy account, and a HubSpot Partners account.
To draw awareness back to its main company page, then, HubSpot links to the @HubSpot account in its other account bios, like in @HubSpotLife's account:
Fortunately, you have the option to include another Instagram account in your Instagram bio. To do so, simply type the "@" sign into your Bio, and then select the account you'd like to tag. Then, click "Done".
Here's an Instagram bio hack that can truly make your profile stand out. You can already add emojis to the bio beneath your profile photo, but your keyboard limits your creativity right there.
Using a couple of basic third-party websites, you can copy over some more special fonts not often found in the Instagram community. Here's how.
Add a new font to your Instagram bio via your mobile device using a website like LingoJam.
Open the site on your phone, type your desired bio text in the lefthand text box, and you'll see the same bio text in different typefaces appear on the right.
Carry your chosen font over to your Instagram bio by tapping it and selecting "Copy." Then, open your Instagram app, navigate to your profile, select "Edit Profile," tap the "Bio" section and paste your chosen font into the empty field.
If you're editing your Instagram profile on your laptop or desktop, Font Space has a library of fonts you can download and copy into your bio in seconds. To do so, Find a font you like and select "Download" beneath the font's sample image, as shown below.
Downloading this font will open a folder on your desktop where you can pull a ".ttf" file that carries the various versions of this font. The file will look something like the screenshot below.
Once you have this font copied to your computer's clipboard, open your internet browser and log onto Instagram.
com. Select "Edit Profile" and paste your downloaded font into your bio field. You can then edit the sample text that came with your font to write your new bio as you see fit.
Not only can you customize your bio with a special font, but you can also add atypical characters that distinguish you or your brand — but that you wouldn't find on your smartphone's normal keyboard. These include §, †, or even ™ if your Instagram name features a trademarked product name.
Using your mobile device, install a free mobile app like Character Pad, which catalogs nearly every character and symbol you might need but won't find in the 26-letter English alphabet.
Open the app and find the character you want to add to your Instagram bio. In Character Pad, you'll simply double-tap the picture of your chosen symbol to paste it into a text box, as shown below. Then, copy this character to your phone's clipboard.
(For our purposes, I double-tapped the half moon icon.)
Once you have your symbol copied to your clipboard, open Instagram, navigate to your bio, and tap "Edit Profile."
Hold down your finger on the field of your bio you want to insert your special character until "Paste" appears as an option, as shown below. Tap "Paste" and then "Done" you'll be all set.
You can also insert special characters and symbols through Instagram's web client on a desktop or laptop computer. The easiest way is to use Microsoft Word's "Symbol" insertion icon, as shown below.
Select your desired symbol or character and copy it to your computer's clipboard. Then, navigate to Instagram.com and follow the steps above to paste your character into a particular part of your bio.
You might be tempted to simply Google search the special character you want, and at times it might work just as well as the steps above. But keep in mind not all special characters you copy from the internet are "clean" when you paste them into Instagram — some of them might become corrupted or not show up correctly.
If you use Instagram a lot, chances are, you have a few favorite go-to filters, and others you never touch. To make editing photos easier, you can reorder the filters in your editing window.
To reorder filters, add a new post and begin editing it. When you get to the filters page, hold down on a filter you'd like to move, and then drag it to your preferred location.
Perhaps you love Instagram's filters and editing capabilities, but aren't quite ready to post the photo to your account — right now, or ever. To use Instagram as a photo editor without posting anything, all you need to do is publish a picture while your phone is on airplane mode.
First, be sure you have "Save Original Photo" turned on in your Instagram settings.
Then, turn on airplane mode — see instructions in #5.
Next, follow the normal steps to post a photo to Instagram: Upload the photo, edit it, and press "Share.
" An error message will appear saying the upload failed, but you'll be able to find the edited image in your phone's photo gallery.
When you write a caption in Instagram, you'll see the keyboard doesn't give you an option to press "Enter" or "Return." The same is true for your bio. So how do all those people put line breaks in there?
It turns out that all you have to do is press the "123" key in the bottom lefthand corner of the keyboard, and the "Return" key will appear on the bottom right.
I know this tip sounds simple, but a lot of people miss it — myself included, until a colleague clued me in. We've seen some elaborate solutions out there for hacking through this problem, like writing the caption copy in another app, then copying and pasting it into Instagram. Thankfully, it's much simpler than that.
Optimize your Instagram bio to appear in the Explore tab.Your friends, family, and coworkers might be your first group of Instagram followers, but growing your audience takes more than the people who already know you. One key way to do this is to get your profile to appear in Instagram's Explore page.
The Explore page, accessible using the magnifying glass icon shown above, is a browsing page that sorts the entire Instagram community by topic and keyword. These include "Fitness," "Style," "Science," and more.
Hashtagging your posts with these words can expose your content to the people browsing these topics, but you can also use them in your Instagram name and bio to promote your profile.
If Jane Doe is a marketing consultant, for example, she might want to make her Instagram name "Jane Doe Marketing," rather than simply "Jane Doe." Then, in her bio, she can include all of her specialties, such as "SEO," "blogging," "email marketing," etc.
One of the biggest frustrations people have with marketing on Instagram is that clickable URLs aren't allowed anywhere except the single "website" box in your bio. If you put a URL in a photo caption it'll appear as plain text, meaning users would have to painstakingly copy the URL, open a web browser, and paste or type it in there.
One sneaky way to get people to visit your Instagram profile, which is where that one clickable URL is allowed, is to use your photo captions to encourage people to visit your profile for a link. Then, update that URL frequently to point to your latest blog content, YouTube video, product, or offer.
Check out the example from food magazine Bon Appétit below. This photo's caption provides a text call-to-action to visit the user's profile so you can click the link related to the post.
Comfort food gone green 🌱. Brandon Jew, chef at @misterjius, put a spring spin on his mom's congee for @healthy_ish.
Head to the link in our profile for the recipe. 📷: @laurashoots
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Then, in Bon Appétit's profile, you'll see the link itself. Update this link frequently to point to your latest content or offer.
Plus, if you have a verified Instagram account, you can also add links to your Story. Read more about this feature here.
You might already know you can tag people in your Instagram posts as (or after) you post new content. Now, you can tag products — and direct your viewers to a product page to buy what they saw.
You'll need an Instagram Business account to publish shoppable posts. You can get one by selecting "Edit Profile" on your Instagram profile and tapping "Try Instagram Business Tools," as shown below.
Once you've launched an Instagram Business account, you'll need to enable product tags to use them on a post that depicts a product. Navigate to your settings using the gear icon from your profile page, and select "Products." Tap "Continue" and follow the prompts to connect a "product catalog" to your business profile.
With product tags enabled on your Instagram Business account, you can now upload new posts and tag your photo with products you find from your product catalog. Here's what a shoppable post can look like:
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Responding to user comments and questions is incredibly timely, but fortunately, there's a hack to streamline the process and make it more efficient. (Note: This only works on Instagram Business accounts.)
You can simply create a one-to-two word phrase that can act as your shortcut to a longer standard response you might send often.
To do this, click "Business" in your Settings, and then "Quick Replies" — or, click the three-dot chat bubble icon on bottom of screen, and then click "New Quick Reply".
Add a shortcut you can enter for the response. For instance, you might type "returnpolicy" as the shortcut for a longer response, i.e.: "Hey there. We're sorry you don't love your purchase. Fortunately, we permit 30-day returns, no questions asked. Please send us your order confirmation number to get the process started."
Once you've added a shortcut, you can either type the shortcut "returnpolicy" into the comment box when you want it to auto-generate, or you can tap the three-dot chat Quick Replies bubble icon at the bottom of your screen to choose from a response you've created. (Read more about Quick Replies here.)
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Instagram doesn't have a natural integration with many social networks (except Facebook, its parent company) for publishing Instagram posts to other social accounts.
But with respect to Pinterest, image-loving platforms stick together. Here's a backdoor way to Pin your latest Instagram Story to Pinterest:
On the Instagram mobile app, tap a post to view it in full, then tap the three dots to the top-right of the image. Select "Copy Share URL" to attach the picture's link to your clipboard.
Open the Pinterest mobile app — or download it; you'll need it for this step — and navigate to your profile page. If you have the latest version of Pinterest downloaded, it might ask you as soon as you open the app if you'd like to produce the image from your clipboard.
If not, select the "+" icon to the top right to add a new pin, and you'll see a menu of options where you can add your "Copied Link" to a new Pin or board on your profile.
In addition to being able to view all of the posts you've liked, Instagram also has an option to save or bookmark certain posts in collections that you create.
Start by going to your profile, and tapping the "Settings" icon at the top-right of your screen, and then select "Saved":
Next, press the "+" button and name your new Collection.
Click "Next", and select images from your "Saved" section.
To save photos for future collections, tap the bookmark icon below the post you want to add, as shown below:
Then, go back to your saved photos by following the previous steps.
You'll see the photos you've saved — to add them to your Collection, select the Collection you want to add to, and tap "Add to Collection." From there, you can add any of your saved photos.
Like in Snapchat, posts to your story only stick around for your followers to see for 24 hours. But sometimes, you have a story that deserves more daylight to be told.
That's where Stories Highlights comes in, a feature by Instagram that allows you to save stories together in the same space on your profile page.
If you ever wondered what that "New" button with the "+" icon was below your profile image, this explains it.
To make a Stories Highlight, tap this New option and select any number of past stories in your album:
Then, give it a cover photo and a name to display as its own Instagram Story on your profile page. You can remove Stories Highlights at any time by tapping and holding down this story.
The Highlights on your Instagram feed act as your brand's portfolio — you can use Highlights to demonstrate your company's values, showcase new products or services, or categorize various topics you post about frequently.
For instance, The North Face uses its Highlights section to highlight various initiatives that are important to the brand, including a section labelled "VOTE", "Global Climbing Day 2020" and "Summer Basecamp":
Since a user can only see the first four highlights when they first come across your feed, you'll want to ensure your first highlights are the ones you're most proud of.
To do this, simply follow this trick:
1. Hold down the highlight you'd like moved to the front of this list and click "Edit Highlight" when the slide-up appears.
2. Next, find an image or video you'd like to add to the highlight. (Don't worry — you'll be able to delete this within 30 seconds, so you don't need to choose one that will stay on the highlight.)
3. Click "Done" in the top right corner.
4. Now, your Highlight will be first in the list. To remove the image or video you just added, follow the above instructions and simply un-check the image you added. Your highlight will remain at the beginning of the Highlight reel.
The image you choose for each Highlight should accurately depict what type of content users can expect to see if they tap the Highlight, so you'll want to choose a compelling, engaging image.
However, if you have a design, logo, or image you'd like to use that isn't in your Instagram feed, it's still possible to make it the Highlight Icon.
To do this, click "Edit Highlight" (same as the step above):
Next, click "Edit Cover". Scroll through your camera roll to find an image you like.
Once you choose an image from your camera roll, click "Done". Your Highlight cover image is now an image you've never posted on your Instagram account:
Instagram being a mobile app, you're probably in a routine of taking photos and posting them to your Instagram Story on the fly. But, you can also pre-post them from your computer for a set day and time in the future.
This feature is available with a social media scheduling tool, as well as HubSpot if you have an Instagram business account. If you have this business profile, switch to it via the Instagram mobile app and follow the prompts to connect it to Facebook.
Depending on the social scheduling tool you use, you might not include this step. Once you've toggled to the right account, however, you'll launch your scheduling tool, navigate to your current connected profiles, and see Instagram as an available integration.
Instagram Stories is a feature of Instagram that allows you to post ephemeral photos that show up separately from your profile and only last 24 hours. It's a great function for helping like-minded users discover your profile on Instagram's homepage.
But since its beginning, Stories have become quite creative, and it takes more than a pretty filter to stand out to your audience. Enter "Type Mode," an option similar to Snapchat that gives you the power to caption Stories that need extra context to resonate with someone. Here's how to use it:
1. Open Instagram Stories by swiping right from your Instagram feed. This will launch your smartphone camera. Then, take a photo or video and press the "Aa" icon to the top-right of your screen, as shown below:
This "Aa" icon will open Type Mode, where you have five fonts to choose from: Modern, Neon, Typewriter, Strong, and Classic.
Here's what a sample Story looks like with Modern font:
Although Instagram Stories are a great way to give your content exposure on your followers' homepages, you might not always have something Story-worthy. In those times, you can share an inspiring post from someone else through your Instagram Stories. Here's how:
1. Find a post you want to share in your Instagram Stories and tap the paper airplane icon, as shown below.
Instagram Account: @Freddysusa
This icon will open a screen allowing you to send this post to specific followers, or add to your Story. Tap the latter option, as shown below.
Tapping this option will automatically turn the post into an Instagram Story, which you can edit and design to your liking the same way you would any other Instagram Story.
Never want to miss an Instagram post from your favorite influencers again? You can choose to get a notification every time a specific user posts a new photo.
All you have to do is turn on notifications for each user individually.
To turn on these notifications, visit a user's profile, click the three dots in the upper right-hand corner of the post, click "Notifications" from the menu, and finally toggle on notifications for either posts or stories from the menu that appears.
Instagram Account: Jen Reed @thesisterstudioig
Want to turn post notifications off? Just follow the same steps. It's important to note that you must enable notifications from the Instagram app in your phone's settings — here's how.
When someone tags you in a photo or video on Instagram, it's automatically added to your profile under "Photos of You," unless you opt to add tagged photos manually (see the next tip).
To see the posts you've been tagged in, go to your own profile and click the person icon below your bio.
Next, click on an individual post (any in the group of tagged photos) and click "Edit" in the top right. Then, click "Manually Approve Tags":
Then, to hide the posts you've been tagged in from other users, select the posts you'd like to remove from your profile, and when you're done, tap "Hide Photos" at the bottom of your screen. When prompted, tap "Hide From Profile."
This won't remove the posts themselves from Instagram, but it will remove them from your profile, so you and others can't access them.
As we mentioned in the previous step, when someone tags a photo or video of you on Instagram, it's usually added to your profile automatically. But, you can change your Instagram settings to enable manually selecting which photos you're tagged in that show up on your profile.
To add tags manually, follow the same steps above to get to the photos in which you've been tagged, and click "Edit" at the top right of your screen. Tap "Tagging Options," and select "Add Manually."
You'll still be notified when someone tags you in a photo. Once that happens, to manually add a tagged photo to your profile, tap the photo you were tagged in, then tap your username and select "Show on My Profile." And if you'd rather it not be visible, choose "Hide from My Profile" instead.
Instagram tries to show you ads that are interesting and relevant to you. You might see ads based on people you follow and things you Like on Instagram, or the third-party websites and apps you visit.
If you see sponsored posts you don't find relevant, though, you can let Instagram know and slowly teach its algorithm what you like and don't like to see.
To hide ads on Instagram, tap on the three dots to the right of a post labeled "Sponsored," and choose "Hide This.
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From there, it'll ask you to share why you don't want to see the ad anymore.
You can also opt out of seeing ads based on sites and apps off of Instagram and Facebook from your device's settings. Note that even if you choose to opt out of seeing these types of ads, you'll still see ads based on your Instagram and Facebook activity.
Posting photos with all of your followers or with the public isn't the only way to share content on Instagram. You can also share them with individual or multiple users, kind of like a Facebook message or group text message.
You can either send a new photo to friends, or send a photo that you or someone else has already posted.
To send a new photo privately, upload a photo and begin editing it, as you would when editing a new post. When you get to the "Share" page, tap the top where it automatically says "New Post," but when prompted, select "Direct Message." From there, you can pick and choose whom you'd like to send the photo to.
You can access your direct messages at any time by clicking the mailbox icon at the top right of your homepage.
To send an existing photo privately, start by opening the post you want to share — it can be your own or someone else's, as long as the latter has a public account. Next, click the paper-airplane-like icon below the post, then select who you want to receive it when the "Send to" box appears.
As much as Instagram would like to see you ultimately create an account for yourself or your business, you can peruse the beautiful brands, people, and dogs that are waiting for you without an account to see if it's worth signing up.
There are two ways to search for people on Instagram without logging in:
The first way to search users without an account is by using an Instagram username you already know, and adding it to the end of "www.instagram.com/."
For example, if you were to start with our Instagram username — which is simply "HubSpot" — you can enter the following into your browser's address bar: www.instagram.com/hubspot. This will bring you to our Instagram profile as well as the elusive search bar at the top of the page:
Once you've reached this page, you can use the search bar to the left of the "Sign Up" button to browse users who are already active on the platform.
A slightly "hackier" way of looking up users without an Instagram account of your own is to simply search their name in a Google site search. This means telling Google to only look up search terms on a website of your choice (in this case, Instagram).
To site search a user, open a Google search and type the following: "site:instagram.com [name of user]."
By keeping all the text prior to the brackets in your search bar, you can shuffle through names of people and businesses and Google will produce results that live only on Instagram. Here's what a site search looks like for HubSpot, below. As you can see, Google produces our main profile, our culture-focused HubSpot Life profile, Instagram posts that include the #hubspot hashtag, and our HubSpot Academy Page.
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IGTV is one of the biggest new features by Instagram to date. This acronym, as you might assume, stands for "Instagram TV," and it's basically an Explore page just for users' video content.
The main benefits of IGTV? You can upload videos more than 60 seconds long, and you can create your own channel with, perhaps, a video series that can be broadcast across other video platforms like YouTube.
Navigate to IGTV by going to your Explore page and selecting "IGTV" at the top, as shown above. A page will appear featuring topics and videos by some of the most prolific IGTV video creators on the platform today.
As you view more videos, the topics you see on the IGTV homepage will begin to adapt to your interests and serve you more content around those interests. And, naturally, the same goes for your target audience.
Create an IGTV channel by tapping the "+" icon to the top right of your screen, as shown below:
With an IGTV channel created, you can then upload videos directly from your smartphone's camera roll to your channel.
It's pretty easy to learn how to like something on Instagram — so easy, in fact, that people do it accidentally: It's just a quick double tap of the photo once you've entered its full view.
The thing is, it's so easy to do quickly by mistake.
So, here's a quick Instagram cheat for you: To look through someone's photos without "double-tap paranoia," scroll through Instagram feeds with your phone set to airplane mode. Without internet access, you won't be able to Like a photo, even if you accidentally double-tap it.
The pictures won't load in the first place if you start on airplane mode, though. You'll have to go to the feed first to load the posts, then turn on airplane mode, then start scrolling.
When you reach the end of the first rows of posts and want to load more, simply turn airplane mode off, let more load, and then turn it on again. Cumbersome? Maybe a little, but it could be worth the paranoia mitigation.
Then, swipe from right to left until you see "Settings," and then touch it. Touch "Airplane Mode" to turn it on.One fun thing you can do on Instagram is browse photos and videos from a specific location, or taken near your current location. I like to do that when I'm planning a trip somewhere, or want to check out a new restaurant and scroll through the pictures taken there.
Here's how to do both of these things.
You can either search for a specific place, or you can click into a geotag on an existing photo.
To search for a specific place: Tap the magnifying glass icon at the bottom of your home screen, which will bring you to the general search page. When you click into the search bar at the top, four tabs will appear. Choose "Places," and type in the name of a place. When you press "Search," it'll show you all the top and recent posts that were geotagged with that location.
To look at posts with a certain geotag: Go to the photo that's geotagged with that location, and click the geotag. It'll show you all the top and recent posts that were geotagged with that location.
Follow the same instructions above to get to "Places." Tap the search bar, and select "Near Current Location."
Choose which geotag you'd like to browse from the options that appear. Let's say I chose to browse posts with the Museum of Science geotag. When I click "Museum of Science, Boston" on the menu, I'll see the top and recent posts that were geotagged at that location.
A verified badge (the blue check beside a celebrity or brand account name) tells users that you're, in Instagram's words, "the authentic presence of a notable public figure, celebrity, global brand or entity it represents".
For instance, there are plenty of "Reese Witherspoon" fan pages on Instagram, but there's only one real Reese Witherspoon account, as verified by the blue badge:
To request a verified badge, you must be a public figure, celebrity, or brand and meet certain requirements.
If you've determined you fit Instagram's criteria for verification, follow these steps to request a badge:
It's important to note, you won't necessarily receive a verified badge if you request one. Learn more about what happens after you request a verified badge.
Instagram Features & HacksI might be biased, but Instagram is one of the most fun (and visually appealing) social apps around. And now, with these tricks, you can use it to an even fuller extent.
Plus, many of these features can help to enhance your brand's presence on Instagram. Now, you know how to use the app more efficiently, to make sure you're only tagged in photos you want to appear on your profile, and have even more ways to engage with the people by whom you'd like to be discovered.
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Has anyone encountered the problem of account hacking? Unfortunately, in this case, it is difficult to return the account, and sometimes it is almost impossible. So how do you protect your account from being hacked?
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Regulation 1
Link your account to your current mobile phone, email, personal Facebook account.
Regulation 2
Enable two-factor authentication. "Settings" → "Security" → "Two-factor authentication". After enabling this feature, you will receive codes via SMS or the app to confirm actions.
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Regulation 3
Create a complex password using letters, numbers, and symbols.
Regulation 4
Prevent third party applications from accessing your account. "Settings" → "Security" → "Apps and sites". This tab will display a list of applications associated with the profile. Disable everything you don't need.
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Regulation 5
Remove access from former employees, unlink them from your business profile. If the SMM manager worked only with Instagram under your credentials, it will be enough just to change the password. If he has access to the Instagram account through the associated Facebook page of the company, revoke it through the "Page Roles" tab. The tab is hidden very well, not everyone can find it the first time. Catch the fucking instructions.
Step 1. Log into Facebook and open your business page. Click "Settings".
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Step 2.
In the "Settings" section, click on "Page Roles".
Step 3. Scroll down the page.
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Step 4. Examine the "Existing roles on the page" and keep only those that are needed.
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Step 5. Delete the selected person.
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Regulation 6
Periodically check your authorizations in Settings → Security → Account Logins. If you see incomprehensible locations in the list, change your password immediately - perhaps someone else is using your account.
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Rule 7
Hide your online status. "Settings" → "Privacy" → "Network status". The function works both ways - with a hidden network status, you will not be able to follow the online of other users.
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Rule 8
Do not use Masfollowing, Massliking, Maslooking, etc.
services in your promotion. These things don't work anymore!
Rule 9
Be vigilant! Don't follow unfamiliar links. Not in the mail, not in direct!
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Cybersecurity expert Laxman Mutiya found a way to hack any Instagram account in ten minutes - he wrote about it on his blog. According to Mutiiya, the vulnerability was in a password recovery system where a one-time numeric code is sent to a user to verify their identity.
Information security researcher Laxman Mutiya told on his blog how he managed to hack Instagram in 10 minutes. While Facebook, which owns the photo hosting, is constantly trying to improve security and prevent outside interference, Mutiya's example proves that this problem can be worked on indefinitely.
An expert discovered a vulnerability in the password recovery system for his Instagram account. The fact is that when a user enters his phone number to resume access to the profile, Instagram sends him a six-digit numeric code that must be entered to verify his identity.
Laxman Mutiya decided that if he could try a million different codes at this stage, then one would definitely work, which would lead to a password change on any Instagram account.
Nevertheless, the expert rightly decided that the photo service would most likely have protection against such a “head-on” attack.
Indeed, Instagram has limited the number of shift requests a user can send. Then, by calculation, Mutiya determined that for a successful hack, he would need 5 thousand IP addresses, each of which would send 200 thousand requests. According to the hacker, this is not so difficult to implement if you use the Google or Amazon cloud service. In this case, the entire attack will cost the attacker $150.
Laxman Mutiya sent his research to the Facebook administration, which was convinced of the insecurity of the existing system. As follows from a letter sent by the leadership of the social network, the vulnerability in Instagram was eliminated, and Mutiya himself received $30,000 as a "bug bounty" - compensation for identified shortcomings.
The expert also gave some advice to those who use Instagram to protect themselves and their data.
He recommends changing your password regularly, using only unique and varied combinations, and be sure to use two-factor identification so that any manipulations with the account are made only with the user's approval.
In May of this year, it became known about the massive leak of personal information of bloggers and celebrities from Instagram - in total, about 50 million people suffered from it. A database containing the data of millions of Instagram stars using popular photo hosting has been discovered on the Internet, TechCrunch reported.
This database, located in the public cloud of Amazon Web Services, was in the public domain and was available to everyone.
As it turned out, each of the entries contained personal data of Instagram bloggers and influencers, including their biography, profile photo, number of followers, geolocation, as well as email and mobile phone number.
Shortly after the leak was reported in the foreign press, the database went offline and Facebook announced its own investigation.
“We will conduct an investigation to understand where the data, including email addresses and phone numbers, got into the network - from Instagram or other sources. We will also contact Chtrbox [the company that leaked] to find out where they got this information from and how it was made public,” Facebook said in a statement.
In June, Instagram management announced the simplification of the procedure for recovering an account after a hacker hack. The new system will ask the user a series of questions that can confirm his identity, such as the original email address (if the hacker changed it) or phone number.
