r/Instagram 3d ago

Weekly Tech Support Megathread

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Please post all support related issues here. Issues with your feed, account, messages, etc. Everything tech support related outside of this post will be deleted.


r/Instagram 4d ago

Follow Friday/Follow Chain - Share Your Usernames & Find New People To Follow!

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Basically this is a weekly thread dedicated to expanding your follower base and find new people/content. Just leave your Instagram username below and if you want accompany it with a little description of what you do.

This thread is not for F4F. There is no obligation to follow back the people who follow you from this thread.


r/Instagram 1h ago

Help Got hacked

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I got hacked… Can anyone maybe help me? Idk how to contact support, I can’t do anything I do get an email from instagram but that’s all, with a code, the hacker put 2FA into my account, I can’t do anything When I tap on support it tells me to take an pic/vid of myself, but first I have to give them my email, I did but I never received an code…please help


r/Instagram 8h ago

Question What are the best ways to build an Instagram content calendar for a growing team?

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Hey everyone, I’m looking for some advice. Up until now I’ve been handling Instagram for a couple of clients with a really simple setup: Google Sheets + reminders on my phone. It worked okay when it was just me, but now our team is growing and the chaos is real.

Right now, I’m trying to schedule Instagram posts and schedule Instagram stories across multiple accounts, but it feels like I’m constantly switching tools and losing track of feedback. Not great.

What I really need is a proper Instagram content calendar that makes it easy to plan everything in one place, keep the team aligned, and still be affordable. Most of the big-name platforms I’ve checked out either feel too expensive for where we’re at or don’t have the collaboration features we need.

If you’ve found something affordable that actually works for scheduling posts and stories, I’d love to hear your recommendations (or even hacks you’ve figured out).


r/Instagram 4h ago

Help Scheduled a reel, can’t undo it

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Hi! I was playing through the reels I have scheduled and noticed something I wanted to edit in one of them. It won’t let me edit now that it’s scheduled, so I attempted to delete it. It says “deleting..” and then doesn’t delete. So I tried to “upload now” so I can delete that was. It says “posting…” and never posts. So it’s just locked in my scheduled content tab waiting to post in a few days???

What do I do? Other than wait for it to post lol


r/Instagram 4h ago

Recommendation Cool username ideas?

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I need help to find some cool username ideas for Shreya something creative


r/Instagram 44m ago

Help Algorithm

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So, I have had my IG account for over 10 years now. I mainly post my photography (landscapes, city, etc). Is there some kind of trick to get more interactions with my posts? I used to get a couple hundred likes or whatever and now I barely hit teen numbers with my posts. I feel like nobody is seeing my posts.

I try to use appropriate hashtags and time of day but I have over a few thousand followers and barely have any interaction from any of them.

Is there some kind of trick or reset button to get back on track or what I am missing to get more interactions from anyone?


r/Instagram 1h ago

Feedback Why does instagram not let you ask people to dm you?

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When you say dm or ask someone to dm you it takes down your comment and can lead to suspension.

I really hate this app they do everything in their power to make life miserable for their users.

are they doing this all for their top users (instagram models/celebs) or are they doing this for liability reasons?

whatever the case its annoying asf. Whats if its your friend you're trying to contact

(anything about telling someone to talk to you is taken down)


r/Instagram 1h ago

Help How can I stop Instagram from translating reels?

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I tried other forms, google, settings and all. I my app and phone are both in spanish and on facebook it has the option to select original audio if a video is being translated. However, on Instagram, if the video is in english it will translate to spanish and if I switch the app to english then spanish reels will be in english. How can I select it to where I can only do reels in original audio?


r/Instagram 4h ago

Question How to save/archive an instagram chat but delete it completely from my account?

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Hello everyone,

For security reasons, I need to save/archive a chat but I want to remove it completely from my instagram account.

For e.g., maybe save it in google or any other option.

I don’t know if this is possible. I really appreciate your suggestions.

Thanks


r/Instagram 4h ago

Help If I block someone on my IG does it also block them on my secondary account?

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I know if you get blocked by someone, it blocks all the accounts you have linked.

But if I block someone on one account, does it block them on my other account?


r/Instagram 6h ago

Opinion Why does meta insist on my life being other people’s business.

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I hate that the default settings is show friends likes


r/Instagram 4h ago

Help Do Instagram send LETTERS as recovery code?

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I received recovery code(I didnt request it) and it was 9 letters. I know someone tried to have access to my account but I changed my password and everything.

I’m just curious if it’s normal to send letters as recovery code. Because it was not a fake mail. And right after that I tried it myself and I received 8 digit numbers code.


r/Instagram 7h ago

Help Insta woke up and chose violence today

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For no reason whatsoever, IG randomly decided I’m a bot and issued me brand new restrictions but now I can’t even send DMs without uploading my photo ID. 😭

The rumors might be true. That this app is designed to get shitcanned by November.


r/Instagram 5h ago

Help Instagram reel editing, voice enhance feature missing

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Instagram reel editing, voice enhance feature missing. It used to be along with the volume control setting. iPhone for reference


r/Instagram 6h ago

Off Topic Share the wildest notes y'all ever had

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r/Instagram 2h ago

Help Account deactivated

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Insta chose to deactivate my account and reactivate it in the same day but it's like a whole new f-ing account. Completely fresh out of the oven. Everything's gone and there's nothing in the data.


r/Instagram 6h ago

Question Ads ads and more ads!

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Anyone else seeing and getting more abundance of ads lately? On the feeds and when you go through stories?


r/Instagram 13h ago

Help wont let me unfollow people

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I recently found my older instagram account and i wanted to clear it up a bit because when i logged in, i followed 3k people. i managed to unfollow almost 1k people in like 3 hours but it didnt let me go further. it has now been 2 days and i still cannot unfollow anybody. i NEED to clear it up and unfollow like another 2k accounts. how can i do it and how long do i wait until i can unfollow again? i just wish ig could let us unfollow in big quantities and not one by one and then also flag it as spam/bot activity. smh. thanks for answers


r/Instagram 3h ago

Help How to get rid of "add school" ?

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I don't go to school and I'm sick of this button being on my profile. I know only I see it, but it is so annoying. I've tried changing my age to be like 25 and that didn't work.


r/Instagram 13m ago

Question Can't you share your IG reels to FB without a FB acc anymore?

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That was a nice way of getting extra views. Now I can only have my IG reel be posted on my FB page. Previously it was just shown to people on FB, while leading them to my IG.


r/Instagram 6h ago

Recommendation Hi IG Queens! Let's follow each other!

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r/Instagram 4h ago

Help Not being able to like posts?

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Since the iPad update came out, I haven’t been able to like things on my iPad. It says that they are restricting my activity? In my iPhone it works, tho. Please help.


r/Instagram 36m ago

Question Does hiding stories from someone prevent them from seeing my old highlights which were posted without hiding anyone?

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I want to know if hiding stories for a new follower prevents them from seeing my old highlights which I already had posted on my account, those highlights were posted to all my followers without hiding anyone.


r/Instagram 54m ago

Question How can I stop seeing red dot notifications from ppl sending me tons of memes and reels and messages all day long?

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There are like 2 or 3 friends that I’ve know For years that constantly send me reels all day long. To the point where I’m seeing message notifications almost non stop.

It feels like the most I can do is mute their specific message pane in the messages section within the Instagram app.

Surely there’s gotta be a better more effective way to never see their messages right?

IT FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO OPEN AND READ THEIR MESSAGE IN ORDER TO GET RID OF THE RED CHICKEN POX NOTIFICATION ICON


r/Instagram 59m ago

Help not being able to log in

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hi! i'm writing this in my boyfriend's name. he can't log in into his instagram account. before it all happened, he used to receive a notification "can't refresh channel". after that, he got logged out. when he tries to enter a good password (he tried changing it many times), he gets "incorrect password" even if it is. when he tried "another way" option it doesn't accepts the code the app sends to him. what should he do?? does anyone have this problem as well? thank you for help and have a nice day!


r/Instagram 4h ago

Off Topic Business group chat.

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Hello, I started a group chat for some of my exclusive business accounts. I sent a welcome message and I got a ton of auto replies, which is fine , but then they started answering each other and it’s starting to make an almost infinite loop. What can I do to prevent this? The businesses are sometimes closed or busy at the moment. So then having auto replies is fine for them.