Account Settings

Account Settings

You can get to your account settings by going to your profile and tapping (Android) or (iPhone) in the upper-right corner. From here you can:
  • Find and invite friends
  • View photos you've liked
  • Log out of your account
  • Adjust your push notifications
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Notifications

We currently send push notifications when:
  • Someone likes or comments on one of your photos
  • Someone @ mentions you in a comment
  • Your photo makes the Popular page
You can adjust your push notifications from your account settings.
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You can choose whether you want to receive notifications when someone likes or comments on your photo.

Android

  1. Go to your profile > tap in the upper-right corner > Push Notification Settings
  2. Adjust your settings
Note: Make sure that notifications are turned ON for Instagram in your phone's settings app.

iPhone/iPad
  1. Go to your profile > tap in the upper-right corner > Push Notification Settings
  2. Adjust your settings
Note: If you want to turn push notifications for Instagram on or off, exit Instagram and tap the Settings icon on your iPhone and tap Notifications > Instagram. For people on iOS 5 and up, turn the Notification Center switch ON. For iOS 4.0 and lower, turn Alerts ON or OFF (we do not support Sounds or Badges at this time).
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Photo Saving

Here's how you save photos to your camera roll:
  1. Go to your profile and tap in the upper-right corner
  2. Scroll down to the Save to Library section
  3. Toggle the save photo switch on or off
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When you take a photo on your Android using Instagram, it's added to the album "Camera shots" in your photo Gallery. When you upload a photo to Instagram, that photo is also added to your Gallery in the album "Instagram."

Note: Android users may experience a delay in their Instagram photos appearing in their phone’s Instagram photo album.

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High-resolution versions of your Instagram photos are saved to your device after you upload the photo to Instagram. This means that you are the only one with access to high-resolution versions of your photos.

We will always save images in the highest resolution size possible. The maximum resolution on both Android and iOS is 2048x2048, but your device’s resolution capabilities may be lower than that.

On Android devices, image resolution capabilities vary widely by device.

For Apple (iOS) devices, the resolutions of photos taken with the Instagram camera (not the Camera application) and saved to your device are:
  • 2048x2048 on the iPhone 4s and up
  • 1936x1936 on the iPhone 4
  • 1536x1536 on the iPhone 3GS
Please note that photos imported from your iOS device (not taken with the Instagram camera) and then uploaded to Instagram will save at a much lower resolution (612x612). Apple has recently updated their API to allow high resolution importing to applications, and while this feature will be available in the future, we have no estimate for its release.

You must turn on your save photo settings to make sure filtered photos save to your phone.
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Language Settings

Right now, Instagram will appear in the same language that your device is set to. To change your language setting on your device, go to your device's Settings application.

As of Instagram 3.4.0, Instagram supports these 25 languages:

  • Afrikaans -- Afrikaans
  • Chinese -- 中文 and 台灣
  • Czech -- Český
  • Danish -- Dansk
  • Dutch -- Nederlands
  • Finnish -- Suomi
  • French -- Français
  • German -- Deutsch
  • Greek -- Ελληνικά
  • Indonesian -- Bahasa Indonesia
  • Italian -- Italiano
  • Japanese -- 日本語
  • Korean -- 한국어
  • Malay -- Bahasa Melayu
  • Norwegian -- Norsk
  • Polish -- Polski
  • Portuguese -- Português
  • Russian -- Русский
  • Spanish -- Español
  • Swedish -- Svenska
  • Tagalog -- Filipino
  • Thai -- ภาษาไทย
  • Turkish -- Türkçe
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Additional Settings

To find additional settings for Instagram on Android, including uninstalling the app and clearing your cache and data, follow these steps:
  1. Exit Instagram
  2. Find the Settings application on your device
  3. Select Applications > Manage Applications > Instagram
You'll see options to uninstall (remove Instagram from your phone), clear your cache and clear your data (reset all of the memory on your phone). Simply click the corresponding button for the option you would like.
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To turn location services On/Off:
  1. Exit Instagram and go to your device's Settings Application
  2. Find and tap Privacy > Location Services
  3. Scroll down to Instagram and toggle the switch to ON/OFF
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