How to Hide Photos on Instagram Without Deleting Them
Instagram has recently released a new feature called Archive that allows users to hide photos instead of deleting them. This means that if you had posted photos on Instagram a while back and you don’t what them to be seen on your profile anymore, you can just hide them instead of completely deleting them.
The Instagram photos that you choose to archive will only be seen by you. The good news is that the archiving process is completely reversible and you can make your photos public again when you are ready. In a previous related article, we discussed how you would hide your location on Instagram posts. This piece highlights how you can hide photos on Instagram using the new Archive feature.
To archive photos on Instagram:
- Update your Instagram app to the latest version
- Launch the Instagram app on your Android device
- While on the launch page, tap the profile icon located on the bottom right side of the page
- On the Profile page that appears, scroll through the photos on your profile to find the one that you wish to archive. Tap on it
- Tap the three vertical dots that appear above the photo you selected
- On the menu that appears, tap on Archive
- Your photo will be archived and will no longer appear among the photos in your profile
How to Restore Archived Photos
If you wish to restore archived photos you can do this by following the below steps:
- Launch the Instagram app on your device
- Navigate to Your profile by tapping on the profile icon at the bottom right side of the launch page
- While on the Profile page, tap the three horizontal bars that appear on the top right side of the page
- On the menu that appears, tap on Archive
- On the page that appears, tap on the drop-down icon next to “Stories archive”
- The menu that appears at the bottom of the page, tap “Post archive”
- All your archived posts will appear on the screen
- Tap on one of the photos that you wish to restore
- Tap on the three vertical dots that appear on top of the selected photo
- On the menu that appears at the bottom of the page, tap on “Show on profile”
- Your photo will be restored to your profile.
Instagram
Instagram is a social networking app specifically designed for publishing and sharing photos via the phone. The app also lets you share photos instantly with Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, and Foursquare, check friends’ photos, apply filters, custom borders, and Tilt-Shift blur effects, comment, and enjoy your friends’ photos.
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