Instagram is one of the world’s most popular and widely used social networking platforms. The network provides a wide variety of facilities to its users and while most of us are very familiar with it, there are a lot of tricks you might not be aware of that will make your Insta experience more fun and personalised.
1. Viewing full size profile pic
Admit it we have all at least once wanted to view Instagram dp of our friends, crush or any celebrity. Well you are in luck because it’s possible to do so & we are here to tell you how.
- Open Instagram application
- Open the profile of the person whose profile pic you wanna check out
- Copy Profile URL & paste in browser
- Once the profile opens in the browser, click on the profile picture & click on open image in new tab
2. Hide posts & videos without deleting them forever
There sure have been moments in all our lives when we wanted to hide a private photo or video from a certain follower on Insta but wondering how you can do it without deleting a story or post?
- Hide stories from certain followers
- Visit your Instagram app and open your story
- Tap at the top left corner on the setting icon
- Click on Hide Story at the top of the page
- Add all followers from whom you don’t wanna share your story with
- Hiding post from your profile without deleting it
- Open Instagram and open your profile
- Click on the post you want to hide & tap at 3 dots on the top right corner
- Then simply click on archive
3. Rearrange your Insta filters <Yes! Its possible>
- Select the photo you want to upload
- Go to filters & scroll through all the filters until you reach the Manage tab
- Click on manage and select all the filters you want while removing all filters you don’t prefer
4. Limiting interactions without blocking or unfollowing
Yes, you heard it right Instagram helps limit interactions with people without you having to unfollow them or them getting notified. You can simply stop seeing posts and stories from a particular person & can control if others can see their comments on your posts.
- Open instagram app
- Visit the profile you want to restrict interactions from
- Click on the following tab below bio & select Restrict option
While restricting may limit your interactions with a follower in the comment section and DM, it will not remove them from your feed and you will still see their post and story updates. You can stop seeing their post and story updates by simply muting their profile.
- Open Insta app
- Visit the profile you don’t want to see posts from
- Click on the following tab below bio & select Mute option
- You can either mute stories or posts or even both.
5. Adding special characters to your bio
You can add special characters to your profile with the help of MS Word.Open word doc and start typing your bio. Insert special characters & symbols. Then simply click on Edit Profile and copy paste. That’s it!
6. Selecting a customised solid background for stories
Open Instagram profile:
- Open story
- Select the photo from which you want to add a solid background
- Click on drawing icon at the top and then click on dropper icon at the bottom right corner
- Click on the colour you want as background and hold it.
- Your background will be changed to one solid colour
We hope these Instagram hacks will come handy next time. You can always thank us later.