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Profile Privacy Tips on Instagram

This isn’t really a “trick” or setting so much as it is a piece of general advice.

There’s a very good chance you have too much information on your Instagram profile. While the social media age sees people share more information than ever, it’s not always wise to share as much as you might be sharing.

For instance, how easy would it be for someone to find your house from your Instagram profile? Are you constantly tagging your location near your home? What about the location of your job?

The fact of the matter is that online stalking can become real-life stalking very easily. If you want to greatly reduce the chances of someone finding you IRL, be very careful about how much information you share about common locations. Generally speaking, watch your tags, watch how many photos you share, and be careful of how much personal information you reveal.

How to Hide Profiles From Search on Instagram

When it comes to hiding/removing search history, Instagram is pretty generous. Perhaps realizing that people would want to keep their history clean, they loaded the app with plenty of options.

One of those options lets you hide specific profiles from your search. This feature has a few uses. For instance, you might not want people to know you are clearing your history. This function also lets you permanently hide a profile. That means that it will never appear in your search history. That makes it so you don’t have to constantly clear your history.

If you want to hide a profile from your searches, just follow these steps:

  1. Tap the search option at the top of your app.
  2. Tap “Top” or “People”
  3. Find the profile you want to hide and hold your finger on it.
  4. Tap the hide option.

This should forever hide the profile in question from your searches.

How to Change an Instagram Profile From Private to Public

Instagram profiles can be viewed on the Instagram app for mobile devices and on the Web, but what others see depends on the setting for your photos, not an overall profile setting. If your posts are public, anyone can see your profile. However, if your posts are set to private, only logged-in users that you have previously approved can see your content. Change your photo setting to adjust who can see your profile and its content.

Picking Public

Instagram permits anyone to see your profile and photos by default. If your profile is set to private, you have previously set your photos to private. To adjust this, start your Instagram app on your mobile device, go to your profile and tap “Edit Your Profile.” IOS users, scroll to the bottom of the screen and toggle the “Posts Are Private” switch to the Off position. If you have a Windows Phone or Android device, uncheck the box labeled “Posts are Private.” Click “Done” to set your photos to public and make your profile public as well.