Instagram offers many features through which people can stay connected. You might wish to have your personal life private, but the other friend of yours might boast it all way around on social media. This gets even deeper when they tag you in their posts. Thankfully, there are features to hide, and unhide tagged Instagram photos on Instagram.
Why should I hide my tagged photos?
- The first and foremost reason is to hold privacy by avoiding toxic people.
- You might hold a business account where there are piles of posts tagging you or your firm. You can hide them to avoid your feed being unorganized.
- When your friends post certain photos where you look clumsy, you might not wish to let a large number of people see it. Hiding can help you here.
There are two ways to avoid such unwanted tagged photos.
- The first way is to hide them from your feed.
- The second way is to remove yourself from the tagged list.
Hiding tagged photos on Instagram
To hide the photos that you are tagged in,
- Open your Instagram account. If you have not logged into your account, use the login credentials such as the username and password to log in.
- Get into your profile page by clicking the icon on the right bottom side of the screen.
- As soon as you get into your profile, you can see all the photos and videos that you are tagged in. if there are no such photos present, it means you have not been tagged anywhere.
- Open any tagged photo that you wish to remove your name or hide.
- Tap on the three-dot icon present on the top right side of the particular post.
- Select the “Hide from My Profile” icon.
This lets you hide the post from your profile. If you wish to remove your name from the tagged list, follow the steps from 1 to 5.
- And select the option “Remove me from Post”.
- Steps to unhide your tagged photos on Instagram:
The state of mind is unstable most of the time. You might again wish to unhide the photo you have hidden. This might be because of your friend pressuring you, the business post you hid might seem valuable now or simply your mind has changed.
When you hide a post, the reverse process is also simple as it is.
Steps to unhide the Instagram tagged photos:
- Open your Instagram account. If you have not logged into your account, use the login credentials such as the username and password to log in.
- Get into your profile page by clicking the icon on the right bottom side of the screen.
- Tap the three-dotted icon.
- Go to “Settings”.
- Choose the section “Privacy”.
- Click on “Tags”.
- Now open “Pending tags” which displays the number of hidden tagged photos beside the menu.
- You can select the photo that you wish to unhide.
- Click the three-dot icon on the top right side of the particular photo.
- Select “Post Options”.
- And now click on “Show on My Profile”.
The post will now be visible to your followers.
- To check it, you can go back to your profile by tapping your profile image.
- Go to the tagging section in your feed.
The post will be present there.
In the same way, you can unhide all your hidden photos.
These are the ways to hide, and unhide tagged Instagram photos.
Unfortunately, there is no easy method to unhide multiple photos at a time. It can either be changed one by one or the other option is to unhide all your posts by switching the manual tagging system off. In the latter case, all your tagged photos will be displayed.
You need not worry if the number of likes and followers decreases when you hide your unwanted posts. Grow a set of genuine followers who can create a positive impact for you and your business.
