What happens if I hide a post from my profile Instagram?

It allows you to hide photos from your Instagram feed. Only you can see these hidden posts. And you can unhide them whenever you want.

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1. Find the post you want to hide
2. Press the three dots “…”
3. Select “Archive”
How to unhide the post?
When you hide someone's post on Instagram do they know?
Is there a way to hide an Instagram post without deleting it?

It’s an awesome way to clean up your feed before you start using your Preview app to design your new Instagram feed.

Here is how it works:

1. Find the post you want to hide

Open your Instagram app and find a post you want to hide.

2. Press the three dots “…”

Press on the three dots that are on the top right corner of your post.

3. Select “Archive”

That’s it! You’re done!

Now, what if you want to unhide the post?

Click here to use it

How to unhide the post?

Open your Archive folder. On the new Instagram design, you have to press on the “Open Archive” button, under your bio. On the old Instagram design, you need to press that little “clock” button on the top left corner of your screen:

Select “Posts”:

Select the post and press on the three dots “…”:

Select “Show on profile”:

Your Instagram post will reappear where it used to be in your feed, before you hid it. It will not appear at the beginning of your feed, like a brand new post would.

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Well, you cannot hide your Instagram posts from someone who follows you. But there are a couple of other things you could do to make your Instagram more secure. First of all, you can always make your account private so that only people you allow can follow you. Here is how to do it

1. Open your Instagram app.

2. Toggle over to your profile.

3. Tap the three stacked lines in the top-right corner of the screen.

4. Tap "Settings."

5. Select "Privacy."

6. Under tab "Account Privacy."

7. Toggle on the "Private Account" option.

If you don't want someone to see your story, you can hide your story from them and prevent them from seeing anything you add to your story in the future. To hide your story from someone:

1. Tap your profile picture in the bottom right to go to your profile.

2. Tap more options in the top right, then tap Settings.

3. Tap Privacy, then tap Story.

4. Tap the number of people next to hiding Story From.

5. Select the people you'd like to hide your story from, then tap Done (iPhone) or tap back in the top left (Android). To unhide your story from someone, tap to unselect them.

You can also choose people to hide your story from as you're looking at who's seen your story. Tap more options (iPhone) or more options (Android) to the right of their name and select Hide Your Story.

Keep in mind that hiding your story from someone is different from blocking them, and doesn't prevent them from seeing your profile and posts. Your account's privacy setting also affects where your story appears.

You can also additionally create a close friends list so that when you share a story on Instagram to the close friends, only the people on your close friend's list can see the story

When you hide someone's post on Instagram do they know?

If you don't want to see someone's posts in your feed, see their stories at the top of your feed or see incoming messages they send you, there are multiple ways you can mute someone on Instagram. Instagram won't let them know you muted them. Keep in mind that muting someone is different from unfollowing them.