It is no secret that Instagram is a great player in the social world, close to 600 million monthly active users and 150 million daily users in Instagram stories. It is clear that companies and users of mobile devices and photography lovers cannot afford to ignore the network to share and connect with their followers. For this reason, I want to share some Instagram tricks, hacks and tips to get the most out of Instagram. The first part is simple tricks at a general level to use Instagram and then this article will be updated with tricks for biography, profile, share photos and videos, the use of hashtags, gain followers, and stories. Let’s delve right in!
General Instagram Tricks and Hacks
1. Zoom in the details of the photographs
Have you ever wanted to see something on an Instagram just a little bit closer? Now you can.
How to do it:
2. Save publications to see later
Have you ever looked at a picture that you really wanted to save for later? Well, now Instagram has a little known feature that allows you to save messages to an area of your profile only you can see. It is the perfect place for inspirational photos or even save competing publications that you would like to revisit.
How to do it:
3. Comment filter based on keywords
If you have a problem with social media or bullying, you’re in luck; Instagram has a little-known feature to help you deal with that. The network offers comments controls that allow you to filter comments by keyword or even deactivate them completely for a given publication.
How to filter comments:
This feature hides comments that contain words or phrases that are often reported as offensive. You can also choose to add your own list of custom keywords that you would like to hide in your messages
How to deactivate comments:
4. Remove comments
Did you know that not only can you delete your own comments on Instagram, but you can also delete comments other accounts in your posts?
How to delete your own comment:
How to remove comments of others in your posts:
5. Publish Instagram on Pinterest
Like Instagram, Pinterest is a very visual and very powerful social platform for the reuse of its publications. Unfortunately, Pinterest does not appear as one of the network options when sharing an Instagram post. But here are 2 ways:
How to do it on the mobile:
How to do it on the desktop:
6. Add and manage multiple accounts
Do you have more than one Instagram account, maybe one for your business and one personal?
How to do it:
7. Go to the activity of the accounts that you follow
Do you want to know what people are doing on Instagram?
How to do it:
8. Receive notifications when your favourite accounts post content
Do you want to make sure you do not miss a publication of your favourite account? Activate push notifications
How to do it:
9. Change the order of the filters
Whichever filter is your favourite, you can put it first by changing the order in which the filters appear on the edit screen. You can even hide those you never use. How to do it:
10. Clear search history
You’ve probably noticed that Instagram saves your search queries and shows the last terms the next time you search. If you want to start with a blank slate, follow these steps.
How to do it:
Tip: You can also hide only some accounts, hashtags, or places. To do this, just click on the magnifying glass icon to visit the search page, press the search bar at the top of the screen, touch and hold the search you want to hide from its history, then tap Hide.
11. See all the messages that you liked
If you are interested in finding some inspiration for your brand, why not look at your own tastes? It is possible to see the 300 most recent publications that you have liked.
How to do it:
Instagram Cheats For Profile and Biography
12. Hide photos that have been tagged
How to do it:
Tip: You can also choose whether or not to review the photos where you have been manually tagged. To do so, go to the “Photos in which you appear” tab, press the three-dot icon, select tagging options, then choose to add automatically or add manually.
13. Add the line breaks in your biography
If you want to break the block of text in your biography, this trick is for you. Line breaks are a great way to include information in a visually appealing way.
How to do it on the mobile:
Open a note application and write your biography as you want it to appear, with included line breaks.
How to do it on the desktop:
14. Put a link in your biography
Outside of the ads, there is only one place on Instagram where you can share an active link: your biography. Make the most of this space, to promote your channel, content, website and much more.
Take it to the next level by using abbreviated URLs in order to track the amount of traffic generated by your Instagram profile.
How to do it:
15. Switch to a business profile for announcements and Statistics
Instagram launched business profiles in 2016 and offer a lot of advantages, including statistics and the ability to create ads.
How to do it:
Instagram Tricks For Sharing Photos & Videos
16. Edit a photo using Instagram without sharing it
Instagram now allows you to edit the filters… But if you want to use these edited photos with the filters of Instagram without publishing it in the application? There is a trick to that.
How to do it:
17. Regram / Repost in a couple of clicks
Anyone doing regram knows how to take a screenshot, crop the image, and a series of other tedious steps… With this trick using Hootsuite, you can do regram as easily.
How to do it:
18. Schedule Instagram posts
If you have a global audience or a busy schedule, it can be hard to remember everything you have to share on Instagram. Use Hootsuite to schedule your photos on Instagram and make sure that it will always be the best time.
How to do it:
19. Split Photos and create a mosaic photo
It is a trick that consists in publishing a series of three related photos published in Instagram consecutively or a single photo divided into nine to cover all the visible space in your profile.
How to do it – Split photos:
20. Adjust the intensity of filters
If you’re not a fan of intense filters, then you’re going to be a fan of this Instagram hack. Actually, you can adjust the intensity of filters, in order to get a more subtle look.
How to do it:
Open the photograph you want to edit. Tap the filter you want to use. Hit with the chosen filter again to open your editing options. Use the sliding scale to adjust the intensity of the filter Tap Done to add the filter and continue your edits.
21. Send Photos that disappear to other accounts
You can send a photo, video or Boomerang to another account or a group of friends that then disappears as Snapchat does.
How to do it:
22 Share videos without sound
About 85 percent of video on Facebook was watched without sound, so it’s safe to say that Instagram users would have similar viewing habits.
How to do it:
More Instagram Tricks
23. Mention other accounts in your story
Unlike Snapchat, on Instagram Stories you can tag other accounts in your story. The mentioned accounts will appear in your story with an underline. Anyone who has seen your story will be able to take advantage of the link to go to their profile.
How to do it:
24. Share your story in your profile
If you want one of your stories to remain on your Instagram profile as a normal post, follow these steps:
How to do it:
25. Hide stories of certain people
Whatever the reason, sometimes there is someone who simply does not want you to see your stories.
How to do it:
26. Pause, go back and look back Stories
You do not have to see all the stories of your friends consecutively and strictly.
How to change:
While watching a story:
27. Archive “Hide Photos” without removing
Instagram now allows you to archive any photo or video that you have published so that it does not appear on your profile, but you can keep it in a section called “File” where it keeps the publication with the likes and comments.
28. Share Panoramic Photos
Publish the pictures taken in panoramic mode on Instagram with the function of sharing several images in a single publication and the PanoramaCrop for Instagram app.
29. Filters, stickers and brushes
Like Snapchat, Instagram is updated so often with new features for its users who are mostly teenagers.
This time it brings new filters in the stories that it puts on our face and that we can interact with them. They have also added new brushes such as chalk and new stickers such as paper planes, pencil, notebook and can change the style by pressing two touches on the sticker.
30. Publish Panoramic Photos
If you have taken a panoramic photo with your mobile device, you know that it does not fit well when uploading it to Instagram. But what you can do is create a photo gallery with the panoramic photo using the Panorama for Instagram application for Instagram Panorama (Free with Ads)
31. Transmit live with a friend
This new feature allows you to broadcast live with a friend or with all your followers. In the stories section, you can also see that you are sharing a broadcast by showing the two profile pictures.
32. View stories anonymously
Thanks to the enabling of the stories in the web version of desktop for Instagram you can view the stories anonymously with the help of an extension for Google Chrome.
33. Upload stories without time limit
Now you can upload whatever you want from your gallery and without time limit. In other words, the time limit of 24 hours is removed for the content that was in the gallery. Upload stories of your last Christmas or previous birthday. In addition to having new stickers.
34. Install Direct Chat
Like the messenger app, it became independent from the facebook app; the Instagram chat (Direct) now has its own application in order to bring new features and wait for the public from the private.
The App has a simple interface: By default the open shows you the camera with all its functions, if you slide to the right it takes you to the chat and if you slide to the left it shows you the settings. Download Direct from Instagram APK
35. Save Stories Forever
Instagram launches a new feature which allows to archive the “stories” as the memories of Snapchat. You just have to highlight the story so that it is saved in a special place on your profile.
36. Share Stories on Facebook
This function seems really useful because you do not have to be sharing your stories in each service manually. Now you can share your Instagram stories on Facebook automatically and soon on WhatsApp.
How to do it:
Enter your profile – Settings – Story settings – Activate the “Share stories on Facebook” function.
37. Hide last connection
Just like WhatsApp, Instagram now has a function that lets you know the last connection in the ” Direct ” section. But if you enter the settings of Instagram you can deactivate the option ” Show activity status ” to avoid showing the last connection time, but you will also not be able to see the time of the others.
How to do it:
38. Share Spotify Song in a story
Share a song you are listening to in one of your stories in a simple way:
39. Download all your Instagram: Photos, videos, messages
Download all of your Instagram account: photos, videos, stories, profile, information, comments and direct messages. You only have to enter this link and write your email account associated with your account so that a Zip file (Compressed) which contains all the information to download comes to your email.
40. Light App Version (1MB)
Instagram has released its lite version for its application which only occupies 1MB but without losing many features.
Publish photographs (one or several photos). Publish and see stories. Access the browser. Download Instagram Lite on Google Play (for some countries) or Download on APK Mirror.
41. Verify Instagram account – “Blue Tick”
Like Twitter, you can verify your account so that your followers are sure that it is an official account by having the “Blue Tick” next to your name and not a fan or fake.
To do this:
You must go to the settings > account > request verify account > Add your full name and send a photo of your identity document. This request will be reviewed manually but there is no set date.
42. Protect Instagram account
This security option allows you to protect your account so others can’t log in to another device without a verification code reaching your phone via text message.
To activate this function:
43. Story Templates for Instagram + Ideas
Public beautiful and attractive stories with this application that has dozens of minimalist and elegant templates.
20+ Templates to customize for free. 60+ Premium templates if you want more styles. Customize the text, add the images you want, save and share. Supports Photographs and Videos Export in high quality for Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp or Snapchat.
Download Free | Google Play
44. Identify yourself with a Nametag on Instagram
Sharing your Instagram profile ID now is easier. You no longer have to give the name, you just need to scan the card that you can even customize.
