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This feature isn’t available on Android yet.

If you're using Instagram v.2.0.2 and above and have upgraded to iOS 5.0 or above, you can easily share other people's public photos to Twitter:

1. Leave the Instagram app and open up the Settings on your iPhone.
2. Tap Twitter.
3. Sign into your Twitter account(s).

4. If you've previously linked your Twitter account to Instagram, it should appear under the Allow These Apps To Use Your Account section. Make sure the setting is turned on.
   

   If Instagram doesn't appear on this list, follow step 5 through 7. If Instagram does appear and has been set to On, skip to step 8.

5. If Instagram doesn't appear under Allow These Apps To Use Your Account in your Twitter settings, open Instagram. Go to your profile and then tap > Share Settings > Twitter.
6. Tap Unlink to unlink your Twitter and Instagram accounts.

7. Tap Twitter again to link the accounts. When asked to access your Twitter accounts, tap OK. Instagram should now appear under your iPhone Settings > Twitter > Allow These Apps To Use Your Account.
8. To share someone's photo to Twitter, tap below their caption and photo comments and then tap Tweet.

9. 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 shows people you're following on Twitter.
10. To share the Tweet, just tap Send. Your Tweet will look something like this:

In most cases where people can't log into Twitter, there's 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 relinking your Twitter and Instagram accounts:

Apple iOS 7

To re-enter your Twitter login info:

1. Leave the Instagram app and open the Settings on your iPhone and then tap Twitter.
2. Enter your user name and password and then tap Sign In.
3. Scroll down to "Allow These Apps To Use Your Account," find Instagram and then make sure the setting is On (it'll be green).

4. Open your Instagram app.
5. From your profile, tap > Share Settings > Twitter. The Twitter icon should be highlighted and your Twitter handle should now appear.

If you're still having trouble linking your accounts, try uninstalling and reinstalling your Twitter account. When you log in, try linking your Instagram account again using the steps above.

Apple iOS 6

When upgrading to iOS 6, Twitter's login info is reset and have to be entered again:

1. Leave the Instagram app and open your phone's Settings
2. Tap Twitter
3. Select the account that you'd like to share photos to
4. Re-enter your Twitter password
5. Tap Done

Apple iOS 5 and earlier

To reset your Twitter login info:

1. Leave the Instagram app and then open your phone's Settings
2. Find your Twitter settings
3. If there are any accounts listed, tap to select them and then tap Delete Account at the bottom of the screen
4. Tap the account that you'd like to share photos from
5. Open Instagram, go to your account settings and then tap Edit Share Settings > Twitter to link Twitter to your Instagram account

If you're still having issues linking your accounts after you've waited and verified that your login info is correct, please try checking your Wi-Fi/3G connection, restarting your phone or tablet and then deleting and reinstalling Instagram.

You can link your Instagram posts to your Facebook account through your app's settings.

To share photos from Instagram to Facebook:

iOS

1. Go to your profile and then tap
2. Tap Share Settings
3. Tap Facebook and then link your accounts by providing your Facebook login info

Android

1. Go to your profile and then tap
2. Tap Linked Accounts
3. Tap Facebook and then link your accounts by providing your Facebook login info

Windows Phone

1. Tap and then tap Settings
2. Swipe down to Preferences and then tap Share Settings
3. Tap Facebook and then link your accounts by providing your Facebook login info

Now when you take a photo or video on Instagram, you'll have the option to share it on Facebook from the same screen where you add a caption.

You can also share from Instagram to a Facebook Page you manage.

To link your Instagram account to your brand's Facebook Page, you must be an admin of that Page on Facebook. To link Instagram to your Facebook Page:

Android

1. Go to your Profile and tap .
2. Tap Linked Accounts > Facebook.
3. Your Instagram account will link to your personal Facebook Timeline by default. To link to a Page instead, tap Facebook and choose a Page that you manage.

iOS

1. Go to your Profile and tap .
2. Tap Linked Accounts > Facebook.
3. Your Instagram account will link to your personal Facebook Timeline by default. To link to a Page instead, tap Share to and choose a Page that you manage.

Windows Phone

1. Go to your Profile and tap .
2. Swipe right to preferences and tap Share Settings > Facebook.
3. Your Instagram account will link to your personal Facebook Timeline by default. To link to a Page instead, tap Share to and choose a Page that you manage.

If you've already linked Facebook on your phone or tablet but need to switch accounts, unlink your Facebook account from Instagram.

No. When you share a photo or video to Facebook, the audience is set to Friends by default. You can change the audience later by going to the post and clicking the audience selector.

If you change the name of the Facebook album you upload photos to from Instagram, 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 shouldn't change the name.

No, but you can move the photo to a new album once it's uploaded:

1. Log into Facebook from a computer
2. Go to your Instagram Photos album and then click Edit
3. Hover over the photo and click the pencil icon > Move to Other Album

Yes! To share a photo you've previously uploaded on Instagram to another site:

1. Go to your profile and tap the photo you'd like to share.
2. Tap (iPhone and Windows Phone) or(Android) beneath the photo > Share Photo.
3. Tap the icon for where you'd like to share your photo (ex: Facebook, Twitter). If you haven't yet linked your Instagram account to that site or service, you'll be prompted to log in. The icon for that site will turn blue once you've linked your accounts.
4. Tap Share in the top-right corner.

You can upload up to 1,000 images to a Facebook photo album that's been created by an app.

To unlink/link your Facebook account to Instagram on iOS 6:

1. Open your Settings on your phone
2. Swipe down and then tap Facebook
3. Tap your name > Delete Account

This unlinks your account from your phone, but it won't delete your Facebook account or unauthorize apps that you’ve already approved. To link you Facebook account again, simply enter your Facebook login information and password and then tap Sign In.

If you're sharing an iOS 6 iPhone or iPad with someone and that person has previously logged into and linked their Instagram and Facebook accounts, you may be seeing that person's Facebook information when you sign up for Instagram.

To link the correct Instagram and Facebook accounts, you'll need to remove the other person's Facebook account from iOS 6 and add your account instead:

1. Open your iOS settings
2. Tap Facebook
3. Tap the other person's name and then tap Delete Account

When you sign up for Instagram, you can register with an email address or with your Facbook account. You can also share Instagram posts to your Facebook Timeline by linking your accounts.

This may happen if someone has used your phone to log into Instagram and has then linked their Facebook and Instagram accounts.

To relink your Instagram account with your Facebook account:

1. Go to your Instagram profile and then tap Edit Share Settings > Facebook
2. Visit Facebook's app settings to revoke access to Instagram which will unlink the wrong Facebook account.
3. Just tap the Facebook icon again and enter your login information to link the correct account.

For people using Instagram in countries where VK is a popular social network, like Russia, you can link your account by simply choosing the share to VK option right from the Share screen.

If you don't see VK as an option from the Share screen:

iPhone

Switch your phone's language settings to Russian. VK should now appear as an option from the Share screen.

Android

1. Go to your profile
2. Tap in the top-right corner
3. Tap Share Settings > VK

Find your VK connections

To find your VK connections on Instagram:

1. Go to your profile and tap on Android or on iPhone in the top-right corner
2. Tap Find Friends on Android or Find & Invite Friends on iPhone
3. Tap VK

To get an embed code for your Instagram photo or video, you'll need to first visit the post on the web:

1. Go to http://instagram.com/[username] and then click the post to expand it
2. Click in the bottom-right corner and select Embed
3. Copy the embed code that appears and paste it into your web page's HTML

Keep in mind that when you share or embed one of your Instagram posts, anyone with a link to that post will be able to see it.

Note for Tumblr users: As with all embed codes on Tumblr, you'll only be able to use Instagram embed codes on Tumblr Video posts.

To stop sharing your Instagram posts to another social network:

Apple iOS

1. Go to your profile
2. Tap
3. Tap Share Settings > the site's name > Unlink

Android

1. Go to your profile
2. Tap
3. Tap Linked Accounts > the site's name > Unlink

If you're trying to relink Instagram to a social network, you may have to visit that site's settings to unlink your previous account. Learn how to revoke Instagram's access to another social network:

• Twitter: See your authorized apps
• Facebook: See your app settings
• Flickr: See your authorized services
• Tumblr: See your Preferences and revoke access from the Applications section
• Foursquare: See your connections to other apps