(2) Instagram Hacks: Tricks and Features You Probably Didn’t Know About..😍

     

Instagram users Like 4.2 billion posts every day. Let that sink in: 4.2 billion.

That’s a lot of double taps.

It’s no secret that Instagram is a power player in the world of social, but with a whopping 600 million active monthly users and 150 million daily users on Stories alone, it’s clear that businesses can’t afford to ignore the photo-and video-sharing app.

Get your business a bigger piece of the action—and make the most of your efforts—with these little-known features, tricks, and straight-up Instagram hacks.

General Instagram hacks 

1. See all the posts you've liked :

If you’re interested in finding some inspiration for your brand, why not look to your own likes? It’s actually possible to see the 300 posts you’ve most recently liked on the platform. This can be a useful exercise to see what captures your attention.

How to do it

1.Go to your profile.

2.Tap the gear icon on iOS or the three dots on Android to go to option.

3.Tap posts you've liked.

Note: this  feature is only available on mobile if you’re working in-app. If you’d like to see an updated list of your recently liked posts on desktop, add Instagram to your Hootsuite dashboard and set up a like stream.

2. Clear your search history :

You'v probably noticed as you use the platform that Instagram saves your search queries and displays recent terms the next time you perform a search. If you want to start with a blank slate, give this hack a try.

How to do it

1. Tap the person icon to go to your profile

2.Tap the gear icon on iOS or the three dots on Android to go to Options

3.Scroll to the bottom, then tap Clear search history

Pro Tip : You can also hide individual accounts, hashtags, or places in order to permanently remove them from your search history and keep them from reappearing in subsequent searches. To do so, simply tap the magnifying glass icon to visit the search page, tap the search bar at the top of the screen, tap and hold the search you’d like to hide from your history (below Top or Recent), then tap Hide.

3. Rearrange the order of your filters :

Whichever filter is your favorite, make it easy to find by changing the order in which the filters appear on your edit screen. You can even hide those ones you never use. (I’m looking at you Kelvin.)

How to do it

1. When posting a photo or video, go to Filter

2. Scroll to the end of your filters and tap Manage

3. Press and hold the three line icon next to each filter on the left-hand side of the screen to rearrange the order of your filters

4. Check or uncheck the circles next to each filter on the right-hand side of the screen to hide or unhide filters

5. Click Done to save your settings

4. Get notifications when your favorite  accounts post new content :

Want to make sure you don’t miss a single post from your favorite account? Turn on push notifications.

How to do it

1.Visit the the profile page of the account you’d like to get notifications for

2. Tap the three dots icon in the upper right-hand corner of the screen

3. Select Turn on post notifications

Note: If you’ve changed your mind, the option to turn off notifications lives in the same spot

5. See activity for the accounts you follow :

Want to know what the people you follow are doing on Instagram? To get a clear idea of what sorts of posts drive engagement, simply view the activity—including likes and comments—for the accounts you follow.

How to do it

1. Tap on the heart icon in the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen to visit the activity tab

2. The tab will default to You, simply select Following at the top of the screen

6. Add and manage multiple accounts : 

Do you have more than one account on Instagram, perhaps one for your business and one for yourself? Are you sick of constantly logging in and out to post, engage, and browse content on different accounts?

Luckily there are not one but two solutions to this oh-so-common problem.

How to do it

1. Tap on the person icon at the bottom of the screen to visit your profile

2. Tap the gear icon on iOS or the three dots on Android to go to Options

3. Scroll to the bottom and select Add account

4. Enter the username and password for the second account you’d like to manage

5. Once you’ve added a second (or third or fourth) account, the profile icon in the navigation bar will change from the silhouette of a person to your profile image

6. To switch between accounts, simply long press your profile image in the navigation bar until a menu of your accounts appears

7. Select your desired account, then snap, scroll, and like away

How to do it on hootsuite

1. To add a social network, select your profile image from the top of the launch menu 

2. Click Add a Social Network in the bottom-left corner of the dashboard

3. Select the social network you’d like to add from the list (in this case, Instagram), and then click Connect with Instagram

4. Enter your credentials, then click to sign in

5. Next you’ll be prompted to set up publishing in your Hootsuite mobile app

6. Once you’ve added more than one account, you can set up tabs to easily view and like posts for different Instagram accounts as well as schedule posts—all in one single dashboard

7. Save posts where only you can see them :

Have you ever been scrolling through your feed and spotted something that you really, really wanted to save for later? Now you can.

Instagram has a little-known feature that lets you save posts to an area of your profile only you can see. It’s the perfect place to squirrel away inspiration or even save competitor posts you’d like to revisit.

How to do it

1. Go to a post you’d like to save

2. Tap the bookmark icon underneath the post on the right-hand side of the screen

3. To see your saved posts, visit your profile and tap the matching bookmark icon (next to the Photos of You icon) to go the Saved tab

8. Zoom in on details :

Ever wanted to see something in an Instagram just a liiiiiittle closer? Now you can.

How to do it

1. Go to the post you’d like to zoom in on

2. Pinch using two fingers

3.Enjoy the details

9. Hide photos you've been tagged in 

Has your brand ever been tagged in an image that you’d rather not be associated with? There’s a way to remove it from the Photos of You section of your profile.

How to do it

1. Tap the person icon to visit your profile

2. Tap the person in a box icon beneath your bio to go to the Photos of You tab

3. Tap the three dots icon in the upper right-hand corner to reveal options

4. Tap Hide Photos

5. Select the photos you’d like removed from your profile then tap Hide photos

Pro Tip : You can also choose whether or not you’d like tagged photos to appear on your profile. To do it, go to the Photos of You page, tap the three dots icon, select Tagging Options, then choose either Add Automatically or Add Manually.

10. Delete comments :

Did you know that, not only can you delete your own comments on Instagram, but that you can also delete comments other accounts have left on your posts?

You're welcome,

How to delete your own comment

1. Tap the speech bubble icon beneath the post you commented on

2. Find the comment you’d like to delete

3. Swipe to the left over the comment

4. Tap the trash can icon

How to delete other's comments on your post

1. Tap the speech bubble icon beneath the post containing the comment you’d like to delete

2. Swipe to the left over the comment

3. A partial swipe will bring up a trio of options, allowing you to reply, flag, or delete a comment

4. Tap the trash can icon—or continue swiping to the left—to delete the comment

We hope you enjoyed all these Instagram tips and tricks. Please leave a comment. 

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