Here’s why Instagram is asking for your date of birth again
In 2019, Instagram began asking for age verification as an optional feature. Last year, the social media platform made it essential to give date of birth information and announced the rollout of prompts.
May 03, 2022, 23:28 PM IST
Addicted to Instagram? Here's how to find out the time spent on app
If you have followed a large number of people or pages, the amount of content on your feed may be limitless, prompting you to spend hours reading through it.
Jan 21, 2022, 08:51 AM IST
Want to hide Instagram posts? Here’s how to do it without deleting them
However, there may come a moment when you want to delete these posts from your profile but they are too excellent to delete.
Dec 31, 2021, 13:15 PM IST
Instagram Tips: Here’s how to see Instagram Stories secretly
If you want to see someone's Instagram Stories, the app will notify them that you have done so.
Dec 17, 2021, 13:41 PM IST
Instagram Update: Now users can reply to comments with reels; here's how to do it
Users cannot create Reels based on comments left on their images or other videos, or comments left on other people's Reels.
Dec 14, 2021, 17:01 PM IST
Instagram down? Users complain about login issues during outage
Instagram users have taken to Twitter to express their dissatisfaction with the social media platform's downtime.
Dec 05, 2021, 08:54 AM IST
Instagram Update: Users can now delete a single photo from a carousel
The move comes four years after Instagram introduced the carousel option, which allowed users to share up to ten photographs and videos in a single post for the first time.
Nov 22, 2021, 19:42 PM IST
Instagram suffers massive outage, company tweets ‘And we're back!’
According to Downdetector.com, Instagram was down for nearly 6,000 users.
Aug 03, 2021, 19:40 PM IST
Instagram faces criticism for showing objectionable Lord Shiva GIF, FIR lodged in Delhi
Earlier, ecommerce platform Amazon and Google faced the ire for deeply hurting the sentiments of the people of Karnataka. Amazon had a bikini that had colours of the Karnataka flag and emblem and it was up for sale on its Canada website. Similarly was criticised for a search result that showed Kannada as the world's ‘ugliest’ language.
Jun 08, 2021, 22:59 PM IST
THIS Instagram bug removes ‘Select Multiple’ photos option on iOS app: Here’s how you can fix it
On iOS, this particular feature seems to have disappeared and it looks that Instagram has got a bug with its latest update. Instagram took to Twitter to announce that some iOS users are currently facing trouble accessing the Select Multiple features. However, Android users aren’t affected at all.
May 22, 2021, 20:18 PM IST
Instagram unveils new features: Here’s how to multi delete comments and block people
Besides this, Instagram users can now block as many people as they like on the platform. Also, if a user blocks someone, they won't be notified, but any comments they have posted before blocking them won't be removed. And, users would need to do that manually.
May 17, 2021, 22:30 PM IST
Here’s how Instagram users can add pronouns to their profile
The feature enables users to display their gender identities on their Instagram profiles. Instagram took to Twitter to announce the new feature and it said that the photo-sharing platform can add up to four pronouns on their Instagram profiles. Check the steps to add pronouns that you need to follow.
May 15, 2021, 18:20 PM IST
Now Instagram will soon let users post from its website
The interface has been tweaked with a preview of the content next to the publishing options. Users will also find options to crop the image, apply filters and set a description. The company recently announced to let users add up to four pronouns to their profiles, which they can then display publicly or only to their followers.
May 15, 2021, 17:34 PM IST
Instagram wants to work closely with new-age publishers
As part of the role, the manager would have to find and plan initiatives with emerging media publishers like meme accounts.
Aug 07, 2019, 15:17 PM IST
Instagram to now alert violators before deleting accounts
Instagram is adding a new warning alert that would show users a history of the posts, comments and stories that could be or has been removed from the platform.
Jul 19, 2019, 13:12 PM IST
Instagram expands test to hide 'Like' counts
First announced in May for users in Canada, now those in Ireland, Italy, Japan, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand will also be able to hide the 'Like' count on their posts.
Jul 18, 2019, 17:04 PM IST
Instagram hit by outage in several countries
Facebook and Instagram were not immediately available to comment.
Oct 03, 2018, 13:46 PM IST
Instagram's new feature to allow users to 'mute' other accounts
This feature will expand the user-control over Instagram's algorithmic feed that prioritises accounts and posts according to user-interests.
May 24, 2018, 18:01 PM IST
Instagram gets ''archive'' option; users can hide any of their posts from everyone else
Instagram is rolling out a new "archive" feature that will let the users hide any of their posts from everyone else but keeping them safe to look at in private and/or restore to visibility.
May 23, 2017, 14:39 PM IST
Instagram adds 100 mn users in four months to hit 700 mn
Facebook-owned photo and video sharing app Instagram now has more than 700 million users, with the last 100 million joining the platform in just four months.
Apr 27, 2017, 14:07 PM IST
