Sharing to Social Networks

Twitter

This feature isn’t available on Android yet.

If you are utilizing Instagram v.2.0.2 and above and have upgraded to iOS 5.0, you can take advantage of Twitter integration (located in the Settings application) in order to easily share other users' public photos to Twitter. Follow the steps below to set this up:
  1. Exit Instagram and go to the Settings application.
  2. Locate the Twitter setting.
  3. Sign in to your Twitter account(s).
  4. If you have previously connected your Twitter account to Instagram, it should appear under the "Allow" section on the same Twitter page. Make sure the switch is set to ON. If Instagram does not appear on this list, follow step 5-7. If Instagram does appear and has been set to ON you can skip to step 8.
  5. If Instagram does not appear under Allow in the Twitter settings, open Instagram and go to Profile > Settings (gear icon in upper right) > Sharing settings > Twitter.
  6. Tap on the green check mark to unlink Twitter from your Instagram account.
  7. Once disconnected, tap the empty circle that appears next to Twitter in order to reconnect. When prompted to access your Twitter Accounts, select OK. Once you have completed these steps Instagram should appear under the Settings application > Twitter > Allow.
  8. In order share a users photo to Twitter tap the ". . ." button that appears below the user's caption and photo comments, then select Tweet.
  9. From there you can switch between multiple Twitter accounts you've authorized, edit the text of the Tweet, and add Twitter handles [typing the @ symbol then the start of a username will bring up a search box that lists Twitter users you are currently following from your account(s)].
  10. To share the Tweet just tap the blue "Send" button. Your Tweet will look something like this:
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Most cases where users cannot log in to Twitter are due to a temporary outage on Twitter's end. Usually these login issues are resolved within a few hours. If the issue has lasted more than a few hours, try resetting your connection by following the steps below.

Apple iOS 6

When upgrading to iOS 6, Twitter's login credentials are reset, and must be entered again.

To reset your Twitter login credentials, follow these steps:
  1. Exit Instagram and open the Settings application.
  2. Select "Twitter"
  3. Select the account that you would like to share photos from
  4. Reenter your Twitter password
  5. Select "Done"
Apple iOS 5 and earlier

To reset your Twitter login credentials, follow these steps:
  1. Exit Instagram and open the Settings application
  2. Locate the Twitter settings
  3. If there are any accounts listed tap to select them and then tap Delete Account from the bottom of each account's page
  4. Select the account that you would like to share photos from
  5. Open Instagram and navigate to Profile > Edit Share Settings > Twitter to connect Twitter again in Instagram
If you're still having issues connecting later in the day after you have waited and verified that your login information is correct, please try checking your Wi-Fi/3G connection, restarting your device, then deleting and reinstalling Instagram.
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Facebook

No. When you share a photo to Facebook, the audience is set to Friends by default. You can change the audience later by going to the photo and clicking on the audience selector.
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If you change the name of the Facebook album, the next time you share a photo to Facebook a new album titled Instagram Photos will be created. If you'd like all of your images to appear in one album, you should not change the name.
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No. However, you can move the photo to a new album once it's uploaded:
  1. Log into Facebook from a computer
  2. Go to the Instagram Photos album
  3. Click Edit
  4. Hover over the photo and click the down arrow > Move to Other Album
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Yes! To add a photo to Facebook you've previously uploaded:
  1. Go to your profile and tap the photo you'd like to share.
  2. Tap "..." beneath the photo > Share Photo.
  3. Tap on the icon for the service you'd like to share your photo on. If you haven't yet connected your Instagram account to that service, you'll be prompted to log in. (The icon will be highlighted in blue once you've connected.)
  4. Tap Share in the upper-right corner.
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When you choose to share Instagram photos to Facebook, your images will automatically be added to an "Instagram Photos" Facebook album visible to your Facebook friends [insert image of photo albums]!

The photos will appear full-sized in the News Feed along with the caption that you've added to the Instagram photo, and a link to the image's public URL. This change will also display your Instagram photos beautifully in your timeline!
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The limit for images uploaded to an album created by an application is 1,000.
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In Instagram 3.4 for iOS, we introduced improved iOS 6 sharing integration with Facebook. This integration makes connecting your Facebook and Instagram accounts more seamless and simplified. By working with the iOS 6-Facebook integration that already exists, you will now be able to associate your Instagram account with the Facebook account you've connected to your iOS.

If you would like to add or remove Facebook-iOS 6 integration from your device, visit the Facebook Help Center to learn how to do so.
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  1. Open your Settings in iOS
  2. Scroll down and tap Facebook
  3. Tap your name > Delete Account
This disconnects your account from your Apple device, but it won't delete your Facebook account or deauthorize apps that you’ve already approved. To reconnect, simple enter your Facebook login information and password > Sign In.
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If you are sharing an iOS 6 device with another person, and that person has previously logged into an Instagram account and connected their Facebook to Instagram, you may be seeing that person's Facebook information on sign up.

To associate your Instagram with the correct Facebook information, you will need to disconnect the other person's Facebook account from iOS 6, and connect your account with iOS 6 instead.

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This may happen if another person has used your device to login to their Instagram account and has then associated their Facebook with that Instagram account.

You can reconnect your Instagram account with your Facebook account by navigating to your Instagram Profile > Edit Share Settings, then tap on the green check mark next to Facebook. Then, visit Facebook's application settings to revoke access to Instagram here. This will disconnect the wrong Facebook account from your Instagram. Just retap the Facebook icon and enter your login information to reconnect the correct account.
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Other Networks

When you take a photo on Instagram, you'll have the option to toggle sharing on or off for each of the third-party services (such as Facebook or Twitter) you want to share to. To adjust your settings these third-party services, follow these steps:
  1. Go to your profile
  2. Tap (Android) or (iPhone) in the upper-right corner
  3. Tap Sharing Settings
  4. Select a third-party service in order to log in and connect
Learn how to stop sharing to other social networks.

Foursquare

To share to Foursquare, please make sure you choose to "Add to your Photo Map" and then "Name this location" when uploading your photo. After you've chosen a location, tap the Foursquare share button so it is highlighted blue.

Hipstamatic

When using Hipstamatic, you have the option of sharing your photo directly to Instagram. Just choose to share the photo and then tap the Instagram icon. You can choose to write a caption for your photo and also decide whether you want Hipstamatic to auto-include the #hipstamatic hashtag as well as tags noting which camera and lens you used to take the photo.[photo]

After you connect your Instagram account to Hipstamatic and choose share, your photo will automatically appear on Instagram. Since the tags were turned on for this photo, Hipstamatic automatically included tags in this caption. An attribution ("Taken with Hipstamatic") will appear below your caption -- tapping on "Hipstamatic" will direct you to the app if it's already installed on your device, or to the Hipstamatic App Store page if you haven't yet downloaded the application.

ミクシィ / Mixi (Japan)

NOTE: This feature is not yet available on Android.

Users with ミクシィ/ Mixi accounts can now share their photos from Instagram! Note that "ミクシィ / Mixi" will not appear in your share options if your device language or Region Format is not set to Japanese. The steps below outline how to set up Mixi sharing:


  1. After you have taken and edited a photo, or edited a photo saved to your device, you can configure Mixi under Share.
  2. Log in to your account.
  3. Confirm permissions.
  4. Tap the Mixi icon to turn sharing on. Your photo will now upload to Instagram and Mixi.
You can also manage your Mixi permissions by navigating to Profile > Edit sharing settings > Mixi



Mixi is enabled when we detect that your language is set to Japanese or that your "Region Format" is set to Japanese. (Region Format doesn't change the interface language of your phone; they only change the way dates and numbers are displayed).

If you are outside of Japan but have a Mixi account, you can enable Mixi sharing through the following steps.

To enable Mixi, change your Region Format to Japanese:
  1. Go to your device's Settings
  2. Tap on General > International > Region Format
  3. Select Japanese (Japan) from the list
  4. Return to Instagram. On the Sharing screen, you should now see Mixi as one of the available services.

Weibo (China)/ 新浪微博

NOTE: This feature is not yet available on Android.

Users with 新浪微博 / Weibo accounts can now share their photos from Instagram! (Note that "新浪微博 / Weibo" will not appear in your share options if your device language or Region Format is not set to Chinese.)

The steps below outline in and Chinese (Simplified) how to set up Weibo sharing.


  1. After you have taken and edited a photo, or edited a photo saved to your device, you can configure Weibo under Share on the upload screen.
  2. Log in to your account.
  3. Make sure the Weibo share icon has been selected. Your photo will now upload to Instagram and Weibo.


Weibo is enabled when we detect that your language is set to Chinese or that your "Region Format" is set to Chinese. (Region Format doesn't change the interface language of your phone; they only change the way dates and numbers are displayed).

If you are outside of China but have a Weibo account, you can enable Weibo sharing through the following steps.
  1. Go to your device's Settings
  2. Tap on General > International > Region Format
  3. Select Chinese and then any of the offered options (China, Taiwan, etc)
  4. Return to Instagram. On the Sharing screen, you should now see Weibo as one of the available services.
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Disconnect a Social Network

  1. Go to your profile.
  2. Tap (Android) or (iPhone) in the upper-right corner
  3. Tap Sharing Settings
    • Android: Tap the checkmark next to the site's name
    • iPhone/iPad: Tap the site's name and then tap Unlink
If you are trying to reconnect to a different social network, you may have to visit that network's settings in order to revoke access to the previous account. You can find out how to revoke Instagram's access to a network by clicking on its name in the list below:
  • Twitter: direct link to authorized apps.
  • Facebook: direct link to application settings.
  • Flickr: direct link to authorized services.
  • Tumblr: direct link to preferences; revoke access from the "Applications" section.
  • Foursquare: direct link to connections to other apps.
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