Want to switch Instagram accounts on your computer?
Perhaps you’ve linked several accounts on your app, and you’re wondering where they are when you login on desktop.
No worries! It’s easy to manage multiple IG accounts on PC or Mac.
You can manage up to 5 IG accounts in one browser!
And I’ll also show you how to manage more than 5 without logging in and out.
Read on.
First things first – whether you’ve already linked multiple Instagram accounts on mobile or not, you’ve got to add them on desktop.
Note: When adding accounts, you may be logged out of the first account. Be sure you have access to your login info and the device where you can receive a security code, or have backup codes handy.
1 | Go to Instagram.com on a browser and log into an account.
2 | Click on Switch at top right. You have to be on the Home (newsfeed) tab to see it.
I added the black overlay here for emphasis.
3 | If you’ve already added accounts via computer browser, simply choose the one you want. If you don’t see the account you want to switch to, choose Log Into Existing Account.
This older screenshot shows that the accounts I linked in the Instagram app on my iPhone didn’t show here – yet.
4 | Enter the login info for the account you want to add.
Check the box next to Save login info if you wish. Then click the blue Log In button.
If you don’t know your password, click Forgot Password? Remember that if you create a new password, you’ll need it to get back into this account on any other devices, so make a note of it.
5 | You’ll be instantly logged into the account you added, unless you’ve added two-factor authorization. So either find your backup codes, or have your device handy to receive the code. And be aware you’ll need this to switch back to the original account too – if it has two-factor enabled.
Once you’ve entered a security code (if needed), you’ll see the second account’s Instagram profile picture in the upper right, meaning you’re now logged in as this one.
Once you’ve added at least one additional account via your browser, when you’re on the home feed you’ll see the account you’re logged into on the right side, with a blue link to Switch.
Click it to access the Switch Accounts popup.
Then click the account you want to switch to, or choose to add another account via the link at the bottom of the popup.
As I tried to switch back to my first account, I had to receive and enter a security code.
Just a heads up that this may happen to you after adding another account!
There’s limit of 5 linked Instagram accounts, whether on a mobile device or computer.
But the computer has a big advantage!
If you manage more than 5 accounts, you can create a group of linked accounts on each of several different browsers. Then just switch browsers to access another group.
Or, you can set up as many profiles as you need in Chrome, and add up to 5 linked accounts to each. Again, switching is as easy as a couple clicks.
Details below.
If you’re a Google Chrome user, there’s an easy way to have multiple groups of multiple accounts: People. And it’s free!
Or, you can use this to manage several IG accounts that you don’t want to link, in one browser (as long as the browser is Chrome 😉 ).
1 | Before you start, you might want to think about how many separate accounts, or groups of up to 5 accounts, you’ll need, and how to name them, so you know which group is which.
Let’s say you have an Insta account for each of your pets: 4 dogs, 3 horses, and 5 chickens. So you might decide to create 3 groups named: My Dogs. My Horses. My Chickens.
Or group your businesses or clients in a similar fashion 😉
2 | In the top corner of your Chrome browser, there’s a picture or icon of you. This represents your account.
Tap on this and some options appear for your account settings.
3 | At the bottom is Other People. If anyone else has a login saved on your Chrome, their picture will appear here.
At the bottom, there are two options: Guest and Add.
4 | Click the Add button and a screen opens.
Give the “person” a name. If you have more than one business that you don’t want linked, you can create a separate “person” named for each business. Or add a “person” named Clients to group several accounts you manage for others. Or however you decided to group the accounts you manage.
You can give the “person” an icon to help you spot which one is which.
5 | A new window will open as if you had never used Chrome before.
Now log into the Instagram account you want to be the basis for this separate “person.”
Chrome will ask you if you want to save the password – click Yes but don’t sync with other profiles.
Now to get into this other IG account without logging in and out, click your picture on Chrome and select the “person” you just made.
6 | In the one IG account you added to this “person,” you can add up to 4 more accounts so you can easily switch back and forth between multiple groups. Perfect for managing client accounts!
Accounts linked on the computer must be removed on the computer. If they were also linked on your mobile device, then you’ll need to remove them in the mobile app as well.
You can find all the details, with screenshots, here:
How to Remove an Instagram Account.
Now you know how to manage multiple Instagram accounts on desktop or laptop, PC or Mac!
Free, easy, fast solutions, even if you have more than 5 to deal with.
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Instagram is a great way to connect with friends, family, colleagues, and customers. With so many different reasons to have an Instagram account, it’s no wonder you might want to try on many hats and appeal to a variety of audiences.
However, you’ll lose followers if you try too hard to please everyone. Although it may seem overly complicated, you should consider creating and tending to multiple Instagram accounts to serve your varied interests.
Lucky for you, Instagram has acknowledged this need and makes it easy for users to create and switch between up to five different accounts.
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Before you can add a new account to your roster, you need to create it. Assuming you already have one account set up, log in to that account and do the following:
Now you are logged in to your new account. Note that you can’t access your other posts and followers when logged in under this account.
Creating multiple logins is only part of the puzzle. Once the login has been created, it’s time to link it to your other accounts. This will make it easier to switch between accounts without having to re-enter your login information.
Using this method, you are able to connect up to five different accounts to the same Instagram app.
If you have push notifications enabled for your existing account, then you’ll notice little updates regarding likes, followers, and more.
But how do you know which account these notifications are linked to?
According to Instagram, you’ll receive push notifications for any account that has them enabled.
Just make sure you don’t get them confused. Enable push notifications with the following steps:
Once you’ve created and linked your accounts you can easily switch between the profiles. The Instagram app makes it really simple to do this; tap your profile icon in the lower right-hand corner.
Next, tap on your username at the top of the screen. Then, tap on the account you’d like to manage.
If you’re using the Desktop site to manage your two (or more) accounts, there’s no simple switch option like the app version. So what can you do if you need to swap accounts?
The first thing you’ll need to do is click on your profile icon and click the option to logout. Confirm that you’d like to logout of your account. Next, tap the ‘Switch Accounts‘ option at the bottom of the web page.
Login using the credentials to the account you’d like to manage. From now on your account will be saved to the web page. When you visit Instagram on that web browser you simply click ‘Log In’ on whichever account you need to access.
While you can link multiple Instagram accounts to a single phone number or email, be careful. This could present problems if you ever need to recover one of those accounts.
If Instagram is confused about which account you’re trying to access, then it might only allow you to reset the password for one account while you’re trying to access another.
For this reason, users are advised to use a unique account setup email or phone number for each Instagram account.
Removing an account from your lineup is easy, and it won’t permanently delete the account in case you ever want to add it back. The account will remain active for followers who still want access to your post history.
You can also choose Log Out of All Accounts if you’re looking to do some spring cleaning.
Deleting an account is also relatively easy, at least by Facebook standards, but a word of caution. This will permanently remove all of the posts, comments, and followers associated with that account.
You can’t perform this action from inside the Instagram app.
Instagram lets users have up to 5 Instagram accounts under one email address. Whether you want a personal account, you’re an influencer, and perhaps you’re managing someone else’s accounts, you can do so easily by signing into all of them at once.
When one needs updated, all you need to do is tap the profile icon at the bottom of the app and tap on account list at the top.
One question plaguing people about Instagram’s multiple accounts feature is whether you have to log in using the same email address. Fortunately, you can log in with multiple email addresses in one app.
Based on our tests in December of 2020, all you need to do is follow the steps above, sign in using the other email address and password, and you’re good to go.
Creating a second account on Instagram is much easier than on other social networks. The administration of the service allows you to do this, because. a large number of users use the project not only to publish photos and videos, but also for business, and it is convenient and logical for them to promote their products and services not on a personal page, but on a work profile.
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You can create and add a second account to Instagram through the application for your phone or computer.
The web version of the service does not have this feature.
Instructions for app on phone or tablet:
There is another way to register a second account. You need to open a profile, click on the username above the image and select "Add account" in the drop-down list. Here you can go to another page.
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Lika Toropova
I spend a lot of time on social networks, my favorite is Instagram
It is convenient to switch between accounts by pressing and holding the button to go to the profile.
A drop-down menu will appear in which the user can select the desired page or add a new one.
To create a second account through a computer, you need:
Logging into different accounts from one phone is very convenient. In the PC application, you need to open a profile, click on the button with a nickname in the upper part of the window and click on the desired profile in the drop-down list. From the same menu, you can add a new page.
It is allowed to set a different privacy status for each Instagram profile. So, for example, a personal page is made closed to hide your photos and videos from prying eyes.
At the same time, it is recommended to leave the work account open so that customers can access it.
To make the necessary changes in the mobile application:
On the PC app, the steps look different:
In the web version of the social network, the privacy status of accounts also changes, but for this you will need to log in to each of them one by one.
If a user has several Instagram profiles, he can use the login and password of one to enter the rest. Having opened the page, the owner will automatically load others in order to conveniently switch between them.
Function available in the mobile application, procedure:
Not available in the web version of the social network and in the PC application.
If you no longer need several pages, you can log out of the second account, and if you wish, delete it.
To leave only one profile, you must first disable the shared login for them:
Now a separate authorization is performed for each profile. Next, you need to log out of the account being deleted so that only the necessary page remains on the phone.
Procedure:
The user will see that the second account is gone, and only the desired page remains.
You can delete a second Instagram account through a browser on a PC. Instruction:
Expert opinion
Lika Toropova
I spend a lot of time on social networks, my favorite is Instagram
messages, photos and videos will not be possible. That is why you should carefully consider your actions.
Usually there are no difficulties with creating and using multiple pages on Instagram, but sometimes users still face difficulties. As a rule, they are solved simply.
If you can't log in to the second page, this means that the credentials you entered are incorrect. You need to remember your username and password, and if you can't do this, proceed to recovery.
Sometimes users experience that they cannot create a second page. This means that the e-mail or phone number to which the profile is already registered is being used.
You need to change your nickname email or mobile number.
Instagram allows users to create a second account for work or other purposes. You can add it in the application, and then make a general entrance for the pages in order to open all profiles at once when entering the program and quickly and comfortably switch between them.
February 9, 2016Technology
Instagram* has launched the ability to use multiple accounts in the official clients for iOS and Android. Now you do not need to keep a set of different clients: a couple of taps inside the application are enough to post a photo in another account.
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0 Finally it happened! Beta testing of Instagram* multi-accounts began last fall, but they became available to most users only today. And this cannot but please those who have a separate page for a pet or a work account, and SMM specialists should now enjoy life and forget about all perverted ways.
Using multiple accounts has become very easy. Let's see how it works.
In order to connect additional accounts to the current account in the application, you need to do the following:
After the performed manipulations, the user automatically gets to the additional account page. Switching between accounts is done in the upper left corner by tapping on the page name in Instagram*. In the drop-down list that appears, you can select any connected account (the active one is ticked).
Feed alerts and updates are specific to each Instagram account you use*. Alert and privacy settings are also individual for each page in the application. Additional profiles can be disabled at any time if required. To do this, you need to make the required account active, and then go back to the settings, where the line “End session” will appear next to the “Add account” entry.
After confirming the request, there will be no trace left in Instagram* itself.
Please note that at the moment it is not entirely clear how the new function is launched by the service. The first news that support for several accounts was working appeared in the morning, but this fact was not confirmed on any of the smartphones in the editorial office. Already in the evening, the function was activated, but not for everyone. No definite pattern was observed in the appearance of the update. Presumably, it all depends on the configuration of a particular account on the server side. You may need to re-enter the application or restart your smartphone. You can try to download the update (although, for example, I definitely haven’t updated anything for a couple of days). If it still doesn’t work for you, don’t be discouraged: after some time, the ability to use multiple accounts should appear for everyone.
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