Instagram has estimated that it has 1.074 billion users across the globe. Now, it has become a major platform for advertising and marketing opportunities.
Instagram has started its journey as a photo-sharing social platform. Today, it has become the most favourite social network of many, and as a result, it’s gaining popularity day by day. And this is not going to change very soon.
But, there are still many people who are not using this social network. This article is for those who have never used Instagram, or for the existing users who want to take the usage of this platform to another level. The app is drastically improving its user interface, still, there are many hacks and features which are still not explored by most of us.
That’s why in this article you will find out “10 Instagram hacks and features you probably didn’t know”.
1. Mute annoying accounts
If you are stuck with your family member’s account and don’t want to get entertained by their annoying stories or videos and don’t want to hurt them either, mute is the saviour.
How to do:
- Go to the user account which you want to mute
- Tap on the following button
- Now tap mute
- Further, you have to select mute options like stories or posts
- Or you can directly mute just by holding on to the profile from your story tray
2. See all posts you have liked
Have you ever wondered how to check how many posts you have liked in a day? Or like history? It’s very simple, just follow this:
- Go to your profile
- From the top right corner open the hamburger menu
- Go to setting
- Tap Account
- Now you can click on Posts you have liked
3. Create Quick reply for standard response
Responding to comments and messages can be time taking sometimes. But, there is a hack for quick responses which is applicable for business accounts only. Just follow these steps:
- Go to the settings
- Tap Creator and quick replies
- Tap new quick replies
- Create short notes or phrases
- Type your message in the text section, select generic response
- Tap Save
- Whenever you want to use that specific message, type out your shortcut and it will automatically come with the full sentence
4. Remove old posts without deleting them forever
If you want to remove some of your posts but not for ever, you can do this Instagram hack with very simple steps:
- Select your post
- Tap the above 3 dots of your post
- Tap Archive
- To check all the archive posts you can select the hamburger icon
- Now tap Archive
- To bring it back on your profile, simply tap show
5. Write your stories with rainbow colours
If you want to do something unique with your writings like rainbow colours of individual letters? This is a sneaky trick to colour your words.
Follow this:
- Tap to create a new story
- Type your phrases, select the text that you want to change
- Adjust the cursor and select the colour of the letters
- Repeat to each letter
- It’s done
6. Change the cover of your story highlights
Want to keep your story or want to add new story highlights? You can easily do it manually. Just follow these steps:
- Go to the highlights
- Tap edit highlight
- Tap edit cover
- Select photos from your old stories or can add them to your gallery
7. Hide photos you are tagged in
Don’t want to show the world about your adventurous trip, nor can stop your friends circle to tag you in their posts. Here’s the solution.
- Go to the profile
- Tap the tagged icon
- Select the post, then click on the above 3 dots
- Tap tag options
- Select remove a tag from a post or remove the post from your profile
8. Get your Bio in more search results
Adding your profile details into your Bio will help you to get displayed in more search results. For this, you have to add keywords related to your profile (e.g. Author/Digital Creator).
Let’s find out how to do it:
- Go to the profile edit section
- In the Bio section, change the text related to your business keywords
- When it’s done, tap on the right tick from the right corner
9. Find the top hashtags
If you want to be followed by the Instagram users related to your business (if we talk about business), you have to use top hashtags to get discovered in the Instagram community. Here is the step to find out the top hashtags of your content:
- Go to the magnifying glass icon
- Type your keywords on the search tab (e.g. Digital Creator)
- Now you will get all the top hashtags (search results: Top, Accounts, Tags, & Places)
- Hashtags with more tags mean more popularity
- Select the hashtags and this will redirect you to their profile
- You will find “Top” posts and “Recent” posts on the page
- Now you got your top hashtag
10. Add another Instagram account
Perhaps you have a different Instagram account for a different purpose like one personal and another one is professional. Adding another account with your existing one is very simple. Just add another account name into your Bio.
- Just open your Profile and go to edit
- Add a new account with “@” sign to your Bio
- Then click done
Wrapping out
With the help of these “10 Instagram hacks and features you probably don’t know” before, you can use it to its fullest extent.
Also, many of those features will help your business to get more customer reach for your products and services.
Author Name:- Harikrishna Kundariya
Biography:- Harikrishna Kundariya, a marketer, developer, IoT, ChatBot & Blockchain savvy, designer, co-founder, Director of eSparkBiz Technologies. His 8+ experience enables him to provide digital solutions to new start-ups based on IoT and ChatBot.
