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 • • 3d 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 • • 5h ago

Question Just got this notification…

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115 Upvotes

Just why?? I don’t want this, but it’s probably impossible once again to prevent this from happening… Can’t find any info on what it’s about either, except for this and that isn’t informing either by just describing issues people are experiencing with it…?


r/Instagram • • 9h ago

Question Does “Sent a reel to you” mean it was sent ONLY to me, unlike “Sent you a reel”?

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75 Upvotes

I noticed these two different Instagram notifications and now I’m curious.
One says “Sent a reel to you” and the other says “Sent you a reel.”
Does the difference in wording mean anything? Like, could the first one mean the person shared the reel specifically with me, while the second could mean it was also shared with other people or a group?
Or am I just overthinking Instagram’s notification wording? Has anyone noticed this or figured out how it works?
Attaching the screenshot for reference.


r/Instagram • • 10h ago

Article I see a lot of people asking “why am I seeing this adult content? I’ve never searched this before”

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Some people refuse to accept this is real, but when you’re around the same people everyday, those people’s search history can affect what you see online.

There are a ton of other recent articles that go into more detail, the one I posted is from 2017, but still holds up. Basically when you’re connected to the same wifi or Bluetooth as other people, your info gets shared.

I’m not saying this is for sure the reason why you’re seeing so much adult content, but it’s possible a roommate or coworker is effecting your recommendations and ads.

There are some conspiracy’s the deeper you look into this, but cross device tracking is a real thing and 100% affects what you see online.

Now the fact so much adult content is allowed on a social media platform where kids are watching is a whole other problem…


r/Instagram • • 9h ago

Article Big Tech Will Not Broadcast Your Dissent

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r/Instagram • • 22h ago

Feedback Do not click this button

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155 Upvotes

This ai profile button once clicked is IMPOSSIBLE to turn off

I learnt this the hard way by mistake and had to delete my profile of 8k followers all together after battling for like 2 weeks to turn off the thing.


r/Instagram • • 5h ago

Help Account banned

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5 Upvotes

My brother took a picture from my phone of sexual content and sent it to himself using instagram, instagram flagged it as sexual abuse against children, how do i get my account back


r/Instagram • • 4h ago

Question I just got an automated buisness email from my Uber driver I used in another state a month ago, we have no connection.

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So this is really weird. I got a message in my inbox from an automated agent for a certain person which I thought was really strange. It was in Spanish and it was about immigration attorney work.

I live in Michigan. This person lived in Texas and I was visiting Texas and I remember that person telling me they were an immigration attorney. They were my Uber driver for maybe five minutes. That's the only reason I connected it.

So why is my Uber driver from last month that's in a different state contacting me on Instagram. How do they know, It is way too direct to be a coincidence. They would have no idea what my Instagram handle would be and I would have no reason to reach out to an immigration attorney so I didn't click on anything. I haven't done anything.

Something seems really not right here and maybe somebody can help me out.


r/Instagram • • 2h ago

Help Haven’t posted content in a year, I’m back. Only got 30 views ? wtf?

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A lot of my videos has more than just 30 views. What’s going on here ? I have one video that has 2.4milliom views. And others that have over 40k - 100k views

In one day how do I only get 30 views ?


r/Instagram • • 8h ago

Help Is my ex viewing my stories anonymously?

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i've been getting these sex bots in my story views on instagram since probably april. i just recently found out this week that if they all show up on the last/latest story, its probably someone viewing it through a 3rd party site. well, that is exactly what happened last night. there were no bot hits on the other stories, just the last one. my ex and i have been separated since february and have remained in no contact ever since. i know making my account private fixes this issue, i just want to know your opinion on this.

am i overthinking this, or is someone viewing my stories anonymously?


r/Instagram • • 37m ago

Help instagram keeps changing my settings & following while i'm not looking

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apologies if this isn't the right flair but I don't understand why this is happening.

recently instagram has been changing my settings and i don't know how or why. i personally want nothing to do with instants, i find it annoying how they cover up my DMs page. so I went to my settings to get them off of my DMs page. I toggled ON "hide instants". anywhere from a week to a few months later, it somehow turns itself back off & instants are back covering my list of DMs. & i have to go turn it on again. this has happened at least 3 times in the last 4-6 months.

similarly, recently on my fyp i have come across a few accounts that I KNOW FOR A FACT i have been following for YEARS, but all of a sudden there's a follow button next to their username. i click on their profile & i'm not following them anymore somehow.

genuinely why is this happening?? instagram now has me second guessing my own memory & i don't fucking like it. please has anyone else noticed this bc i'm starting to feel like i'm going nuts


r/Instagram • • 4h ago

Help PLEASE TAKE MY MONEY

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2 Upvotes

I want to pay for an instagram tick but i do not want to pay the apple tax.

On the app it lets me do it,

on the google browser and brave it rejects me and says "Download the Instagram app to access Meta Verified
To access Meta Verified, update your Instagram app to the latest version or download it from the app store."

But its the latest version.

is £12.49 is cheapest?

How can i fix this?


r/Instagram • • 40m ago

Introduction Arunachalam GiriPradakshina 14Kms

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Hey Guys, First Reel

Hope it marks best as well 🙏

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r/Instagram • • 46m ago

Question Story status not syncing across different devices anymore?

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Is this a bug or a "feature"? Because it's been this way for a while now, but it used to sync across devices.

I'm using instagram on three different devices. Two phones and web. Every time I watch an account's story on one device, it shows up as unseen on two other devices.

Annoying because when I open the app from a different device it means I'm being showed old stories that I've watched before marked as "new".


r/Instagram • • 4h ago

Question I don’t understand what people respond to anymore

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I’m an artist and I make all sorts of weird glitch stuff. The clips on most proud of get nothing but random low effort stuff just blows up.

It’s like quality has no meaning. but then I second guess myself and can’t be sure if it’s my idea of quality is just off. The gaslighting continues to have layers on layers I guess.

Anyone else have thought in this?


r/Instagram • • 1h ago

Help Cannot see stories in feed

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r/Instagram • • 1h ago

Help Is there any way to turn off this little pop-up?

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r/Instagram • • 16h ago

Article selfie recovery disabled

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15 Upvotes

My selfie recovery showed up now it doesn’t anymore
Picture before in comments
Also my instagram plus when trying to sub says Try Again like it doesn’t accept payment? same with meta one
I keep getting logged out picture in comments


r/Instagram • • 1h ago

Help Cannot see stories in feed

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All of a sudden, all stories except mine shows loading on the top of the feed. Its constantly running in circles without anything appearing.

I tried logging in and out. Restarted my phone. Deleted and reinstalled app. Nothing seems to help.

Can someone please help if you encountered something similar? 🙏


r/Instagram • • 5h ago

Help WHY CANT I LOG BACK IN MY ACCOUNT

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So i deactivated my account almost 2 months ago and now when im trying to log back in, it says cant find account. im attaching an ss of my chat with the said account from another acc of mine. does anybody here know whats wrong? im desparately hoping my account didnt get deleted


r/Instagram • • 1h ago

Help Como remover figurinhas usadas recentemente?

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Mandei adesivos e ficaram nos meus recentes, usados recentemente.
Eu tentei deletá-lo, porém, sempre que toco nele, só aparece se eu quero favoritar o adesivo….. Alguma solução? Eu uso um iPhone 15


r/Instagram • • 1h ago

Help Every time I scroll to a new reel it's paused/freezed and I have to scroll up and down to watch it?

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Is there a way to fix this? I tried uninstalling and installing it again but it didn't fix it.


r/Instagram • • 2h ago

Help Old Instagram Story suddenly reappearing in my Highlight

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Months ago, someone tagged me in their Instagram Story. I reposted it to my own Story and saved it to one of my Highlights.
At some point, the entire Story disappeared from my Highlight and was no longer visible there for months. Now, the whole Story has suddenly reappeared. Could this happen because the original poster temporarily hid their Story from me, I’m pretty sure he did hid me from his stories during that time but now I’m not following him anymore does it mean he removed me from his hidden list? Would unblocking me from his stories make the old Story reappear in my Highlight?


r/Instagram • • 2h ago

Help Music on posts

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There are some songs available to me to post with on one account that aren’t available on the other. Neither are business accounts. I’m very confused has anyone else had this issue? The account that I can’t use some songs on is private but idk if that’s actually the problem or not