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How to See Message Requests on Instagram and Manage Them

  • It's easy to see message requests on Instagram if users you don't follow send you a direct message. 
  • When users who you don't follow send you direct messages, their messages will appear as message requests that you can accept or decline. You can also block their account from the same screen.
  • Message requests aren't marked as seen unless you accept it.
  • This story is part of Business Insider's Guide to Instagram.

Users who you don't follow are able to send you direct messages on Instagram. 

Unlike messages sent by your contacts, these messages appear as message requests in the Instagram direct message folder. 

Here's how to see message requests on Instagram.

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How to see your message requests on Instagram, and manage them

1. Log into your Instagram account. On your Instagram feed, select the arrow in the top right corner. This will display your direct messages. Note that the arrow will have a red number above it to indicate messages that contacts have sent you. When a user who you don't follow sends you a message, the arrow will remain white.

2. Message requests will appear on the right side immediately underneath the search bar.

3. Click on the "# request" text to open up your message requests.

You will see the number of request message at the upper-right hand corner. Kelly Laffey/Business Insider

4. Select the message by clicking on it.

5. Here, you'll be prompted to "Accept," "Delete," or "Block" the message and user. Note that message requests aren't marked as seen unless you accept it.

6. Hit "Accept" to respond to the message. If you hit "Decline," the message will disappear.

7. If you hit "Block," you can then opt to ignore the message, block the account or report the user. By ignoring a message, you won't be notified when they message you directly, but you can still access the chat from the user's profile.

You can choose to ignore, block, or report the user. Kelly Laffey/Business Insider

 

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Instagram Has A Secret Inbox For Message Requests — Here's How To Find It

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Find *everyone* who slid into your DMs.

by Kaitlyn Wylde

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Despite how many notifications you might have enabled on your phone, there could be more hiding in Instagram's secret inboxes. Not familiar with Instagram's Message Request inbox? The feature is not dissimilar to the "other" inbox on Facebook — you know, the place where you find long lost messages from distant relatives and people you have no mutual friends with and maybe met at a bar in Before Times.

Instagram's special filters are for messages coming from accounts you don't interact with, i. e. people who are likely strangers or potentially bots or scammers. Since Message Requests don't trigger notifications, they may go unnoticed for quite some time. But since you probably want to know who's sliding into your DMS, here's how to get acquainted with your inboxes so that you don't miss the messages you do want to see, and can easily delete the messages you don't. Keep in mind that to ensure that messages that you do want to be notified about are not hidden, you'll want to check your inboxes regularly.

Your Instagram DM inbox will show up a little differently depending on if you have a regular or professional account. With regular accounts, you'll see if you have any message requests by toggling to your messages, and clicking on any "message request" fine print at the top of the page. (If you don't have any message requests, this notification won't show up.)

Screenshot via Instagram

If you have a professional account, you'll see three options: Primary, General, and Requests. The primary inbox is the only inbox that you will automatically receive notifications for. Think of this inbox as your main DM hub. If you prefer to minimize your notifications, you can turn them off in Settings, which will make it so that you only see you have new Primary messages when you're on the app — the message icon on the upper right hand corner will have a pink number with the amount of unread messages you have. Messages will automatically live in your Primary inbox if they're from people you follow.

The General tab like a holding cell for messages you don't want to deal with right now. They might be messages that you want to keep unread until you have the time to address them, or messages from people that you don't know, but plan on looking into at a later date. You can move messages or threads from Primary to General by tapping the information icon on the upper right corner of the message thread, and then tapping "Move to Primary." You will not automatically be notified about messages in this folder, but if you want to be, you can turn notifications on in Settings.

Screenshot via Instagram

When someone who you don't follow messages you, it will go into your All Requests folder — the most secret folder of them all. You can find this to the right of the Primary and General tabs. You can either accept or deny these requests, and they won't be marked as “seen” until you accept them, meaning, if you see a preview of a message from someone you don't want to engage with, they won't know that you've seen it. While this folder can hold spammy messages you'll decide not to accept, it's also the place a message from a potential new friend you don't have mutuals with will go.

If you find someone in your Request folder who belongs in your Primary folder, you can move it into your Primary or General tabs so they don't get lost in the shuffle again. To sort your requests, you can tap the filter button in All Requests and then tap Top Requests. If you have any requests from verified accounts, or accounts that Instagram thinks you might know, they will show up here and be organized by importance, not date. To clear this tab, you can accept, delete, or block.

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How to view requests for correspondence on Instagram and disable

Instagram pays great attention to security and comfort for its users. Correspondence on Instagram is also governed by community rules, and the rules for its conduct are determined by the settings of the social network.

To reduce the risk of receiving a nasty or offensive message, Instagram has developed a message request feature.

What does the request for correspondence on Instagram mean

Where the message sent to you goes depends on whether you are following the person or not.

In the first case, it is assumed that by subscribing you have expressed interest in and trust in the content of the account. Therefore, a message from him will immediately fall into the list of chats.

In the second case, if a person whom you did not follow writes to you, the message will appear in the correspondence requests. Thus, Instagram protects its users from receiving potentially unpleasant information.

How to view correspondence requests

To view correspondence requests:

  • click on the Direct icon in the upper right corner of the ribbon:
  • select the “Requests” tab:

You will receive a list of correspondence requests. Those of them that Instagram automatically regarded as unpleasant and unwanted immediately fall into the hidden requests section:

You can trust Instagram to filter such requests, or you can configure it yourself by selecting the “Change preferences for hidden words” function:

You can set it inside protection from offensive comments and requests to chat, or hide comments and requests you don't want to see by creating a custom list of words, phrases, and emoticons.

After examining the correspondence request, it can be accepted, blocked or deleted. To do this, you need to:

  • go to the message request,
  • apply the action from the list at the bottom of the screen: “Accept” (the message will be added to the chat), “Delete” (the request will disappear from the list), “Block” (block the account or complain to him):

Instagram provides the opportunity to clear your Direct from all requests for correspondence at a time. To do this, select the “Delete all” option in the list of requests:

How to turn off message requests

If you don't want to receive message requests at all, you can turn them off:

  • go to the "Settings" tab by clicking "Three bars" on the main profile page:
  • select "Privacy" ”:
  • scroll down to the “Messages” section:
  • here you can turn off requests for correspondence from followers: in the “Your followers on Instagram” section, check the box “Do not receive requests”, and then click “ Update settings”:
  • or turn off requests for correspondence from accounts that are not following you by similarly selecting the “Do not receive requests” button for the “People on Facebook” and “Other Instagram users” groups.

In message management, you can disable message requests from group chats that you don't follow. To do this, in the “Who can add you to groups” section, select “Only people you follow on Instagram”.

How to unlock correspondence requests

If you don't receive new notifications in chat requests, you probably have this feature disabled. To verify this, go to the “Message management” section:

  • click on “Three stripes” on the main profile page,
  • select “Settings”,
  • scroll to the “Messages” tab.

When messaging requests are disabled, you will see the inscription “Do not receive” next to user groups:

To unblock receiving messaging requests from followers on Instagram, click on the appropriate tab and put a blue checkmark in the “Message requests folder” field:

Similar actions can be taken with respect to people on Facebook and other Instagram users, that is, non-followers.

How to find out requests on Instagram for a subscription - to whom and who sent

Instagram* notifies about new followers and friend requests, but does not send unsubscribe messages. Let's say you subscribed to a person, he subscribed to you - you will be aware, because the social network sent notifications. But when a person unsubscribes from you, you will continue to be in his subscribers. There will be no notifications from Instagram*.

In the article we will analyze all possible methods that will help you:

  • find out which subscriptions are mutual and which are not;
  • view all sent applications from your account;
  • understand how Instagram audience statistics work*.

How to find out incoming follow requests on Instagram*

In the Instagram* mobile app, follow requests go to a tab with like, comment, and tag notifications.

How to find follow requests on Instagram*:

  1. Open the app on your phone.
  2. Select the notification history tab (heart).
  3. Find the account that subscribed to your updates in the list of notifications
Instagram* can combine all recent followers into one notification

To understand which followers are mutual and which are not, look at the contacts in the Followers list. If there is a “Subscribe” button to the right of the profile picture, it means that the account is following your updates, but you are not following it.

How to find accounts without mutual following

If you do not have a closed account, then anyone can subscribe to it and see your content in their feed. You can:

  • delete a subscriber manually;
  • hide stories from him.

How to delete a follow request on Instagram*:

  1. Go to your profile.
  2. Click Subscribers.
  3. Delete the account that subscribed to updates.
Instagram* will not send a notification to an account that you have removed from your followers

How to hide stories from the subscriber who sent the request:

  • Go to your profile.
  • Go to the section with subscribers.
  • Select an account and go to it.
  • Click on the three dots.
  • Select Hide My History.
You can also restrict access - only you and the subscriber will see the comments under the posts, and all his messages in direct will be sent to the "Requests" folder .

This is how a closed page for a new follower looks like

How to close a page on Instagram* from new followers:

  1. Go to the application settings.
  2. Select "Privacy".
  3. Enable "Closed account".
You can't close business accounts, only personal ones

Unlike the open profile, where you receive notifications for new requests, a separate folder is created for them in the closed profile.

Two buttons are available to you: “Confirm” and “Delete”

By the way, you won’t be able to see a closed account without an approved subscription - we talked about this in the article “How to view a closed profile on Instagram* without subscribing”.

Important : there are a lot of mobile applications that more clearly show mutual and non-reciprocal followers in the profile. I can’t recommend it: most of the reviews on Google Play and the App Store are negative. People write that such applications are not only full of ads and a lot of paid features, but they can also steal your Instagram logins and passwords*.

How to find out outgoing requests to follow on Instagram*

You can only find out to whom you sent a request on Instagram*, only indirectly. To do this:

  1. Go to the "Subscriptions" section.
  2. Select an account.
  3. Click on his subscriptions.
  4. If your profile is shown, you are mutually subscribed. If you are not on the list, it means that the account has unsubscribed from you or has never added you as a friend.
If you are not in the list of subscriptions for another account, then you are subscribed only to updates

True, in this way it will not be possible to view requests that were sent to closed accounts and find out their total number. To do this, you need to open the web version of Instagram * and go to "Settings".

The settings section will open when you click on the avatar

Then select the "Privacy and security" section, and then "View account details".

How to view account data on Instagram*

Here you can see the number of requests sent to subscribe to closed accounts.

And here is a list of all your followers and subscriptions

If you want to cancel the subscription request or view the account, copy its name and paste it into the search.

Titles are not clickable – you will have to search for accounts yourself

How to view query statistics on Instagram*

Instagram* does not have a query statistics function, but you can see the total number of followers for a certain time. To do this, you will need to translate the page to a business profile, for more details, see the article “Business Profile Guide”.

How to view subscription statistics:

  1. Go to the application settings.
  2. Select "Statistics".
  3. Click "Total Subscribers".
In statistics, you can see how many people subscribed and unsubscribed from your page for a certain time

You can learn more about subscribers using the DataFan service. In it, you can connect your profile on Instagram* and get not only data on audience growth, but also the dynamics of outgoing subscriptions.

DataFan provides a complete summary of not only the profile, but also the advertising account on Instagram*

To find out the number of outgoing requests on Instagram*, go to DataFan and click "Connect public / RK".

How to connect an account to DataFan

Connect Instagram*. Please note that you can only sign in with a business account linked to a Facebook page*.

How to connect Instagram* to DataFan

Login via Facebook*.

Pages on Facebook* and Instagram* must be linked

After - specify your account on Instagram* and click "Finish".

You can also immediately connect an advertising account to collect all possible statistics

For the first time, the service will collect data for several minutes. Then you won't have to wait to enter - DataFan will automatically collect all statistics on subscribers.

An example of collected analytics from an Instagram account*

Such a dashboard will show not only data on how many people have unsubscribed and subscribed, but in general all information about the state of the account: what coverage it has, how the audience reacts to content in posts and stories, how much good profile engagement. Tables can be saved as an image, PDF file or table for further work or transfer to the client.

Main

  1. To find out who made a request on Instagram*, check the notifications tab. On an open account, all applications fall into the general list, on a closed account there is a separate tab "Applications".
  2. You can delete a subscription request, hide your Stories from the account, or "hide" its comments from the rest.
  3. To see who is subscribed to updates, see the "Subscribers" section. All non-reciprocal accounts will be marked with a Follow button.
  4. To understand who you've sent a subscription request to, check the accounts in the Subscriptions section. If, when you go to his subscriptions, you are not displayed in the list, the subscription is not mutual.
  5. Your requests to follow closed accounts can be viewed on the web version of Instagram*, in the section “Settings” → “Privacy and security” → “View account details → “Current follow requests”.

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