Technically, you don’t need to create one since Instagram generates it automatically. You have to access it to customize and share it.
Here’s what you need to do to access it.
Step 1: Open the Instagram app and go to the profile page. Then tap on the three-bar menu at the top-right corner.
Step 2: From the menu, select Nametag. Your Nametag will open. Let others scan it, or you can share it as well (more about that later).
If you frequently search for a person or a hashtag, it will then appear under the search tab. To remove these results, you have to clear the search history.
To do so, open Instagram Settings and tap on Search history. Then on the next screen, tap on Clear search history.
Sometimes, even after clearing the search history, previous search queries are still visible.
When you make your profile private, there will be many people in your Followers list that you don’t want there. Earlier, one had to block such users but that has changed now.
Thanks to Instagram, you can now manually remove followers with just one tap. And the best part, they won’t be notified about it. It’s not necessary that you should have a private profile to remove followers, you can do this even if you have a public profile.
To remove followers, do this:
Step 1: Go to your profile and tap Followers.
Step 2: You will see the three-dot icon next to every follower. Tap on it for the follower you’d like to remove and select Remove.
Hiding your activity status affects Instagram privacy in a couple of ways.
The first way is the most obvious. Hiding your activity means that people can’t tell when you’re actually online. That prevents a degree of online stalking as well as casual peeping at what you’re doing.
However, the biggest advantage of hiding your status is that you are able to use Instagram without social pressure. Your status gives away when you’re on Instagram as well as the last time you used Instagram. That means it makes it easier for someone to ask “Why didn’t you like this photo.”
Whatever reasons you have for hiding your status, here’s how you do so:
Just be aware that this setting is universal. That means that disabling it means that you won’t be able to view other people’s status either.
Generally speaking, you want to share Instagram photos with as many people as possible. After all, part of the point of the platform is to gain exposure. Others just want to share some of their favorite moments, meals, and other photo-worthy experiences.
However, there are times when a private share is preferable. After all, there are some photos that are meant more for your friends than your parents. During those times, you probably want to limit who you share your photos with. Luckily, Instagram allows you to share photos with specific people or groups of people. Here’s how you do that:
Upload and edit a photo as normal.
On the share screen, choose the “Direct” option.
You can now enter up to 15 people to share your photo with.
If you want to share privately with more than 15 people, you might want to consider hiding certain photos from specific people instead.
Instagram has a separate section for tagged photos and videos. When a person tags you, it will be added automatically to your profile.
Now we all know that tagged pictures aren’t good always. So it’s better to approve tagged posts first. Once you approve them, only then they will be added to your profile.
To enable this setting, do this:
Step 1: Under Instagram Settings, tap on Photos of you.
Step 2: Disable the Add Automatically option.
Instagram offers different privacy settings for posts and stories. While you cannot change the privacy of individual posts, you can customize the privacy of stories. That is, you can hide stories from specific followers.
In order to hide stories, follow the steps:
Step 1: Launch Instagram Settings and tap on Story Controls.
Step 2: Select the followers from whom you want to hide stories under the Hide story from option.
If you have a public profile, people can reshare your posts on their stories along with your username. While some people may not have an issue with it, if you aren’t happy with this feature then you can turn it off.
To do so, follow the steps:
Step 1: Open Instagram Settings.
Step 2: Scroll down and hit Resharing to stories. Then disable it on the next screen.
Everyone on Instagram can message you, whether they follow you or not. However, messages from people other than your followers are kept under a separate folder (Requests) in DM.
While Instagram doesn’t let you stop DMs for normal messages, you can restrict DM for stories. Instagram offers three settings for message replies in stories: Everyone, People you follow, and Off.
Here’s how to set it.
Step 1: Open Instagram Settings by tapping the three-dot icon (Android) and gear icon (iPhone) on the profile screen.
Step 2: Tap on Story controls and under Allow message replies, select the preferred option.
Few months back, Instagram launched the dreadful Activity status feature. Basically, it shows the last active time of people on Instagram with whom you have had direct conversation. If that wasn’t enough, recently they introduced the online status indicator. When a person is online, you will see a green dot next to their name in Direct Messages (DM).
Here are the steps to turn them off.
Step 1: Go to your profile and tap the three-dot icon or the gear icon.
Step 2: Scroll down and tap on Activity status. On the next screen, disable Show activity status. This will turn off activity status and green dot both.
