Account Settings
Account Settings
To get to your account settings:
- Tap
or your profile picture in the bottom right to go to your profile.
- Tap
in the top right, then tap
Settings.
- Click your profile picture in the top right corner, then click
- Tap your profile picture in the bottom right to go to your profile.
- Tap
From there, you can:
Notifications
We may send notifications for several reasons, including when someone:
- Follows you
- Likes or comments on one of your photos or videos
- Mentions you in a comment
- Sends you a message
- Goes live or posts an IGTV video
Learn how to adjust your push notifications.
You can choose to get push notifications when someone likes or comments on your post. If you have notifications turned on, you can also choose accounts that you want to receive notifications about. To turn push notifications on or off:
- Tap
- Tap
- Tap Notifications and adjust your settings.
- Tap
in the bottom right to go to your profile.
- Tap
in the top right, then tap Notifications.
- Tap
next to Off or On for the notification type you want to manage.
To receive notifications about specific accounts that you follow:
- Go to the profile or that account.
- Tap Following, then tap Notifications.
- Tap
next to the feature that you want to turn on notifications for.
Learn how to mute push notifications.
If you've added multiple Instagram accounts, you may get push notifications from any account that has them turned on. This depends on when you last logged in and the number of devices that are logged in to an account.
To quickly see the number of notifications for each account you've added on the Instagram app, go to your profile and tap your username at the top.
Learn more about adjusting push notifications.
Adding Accounts
When you add multiple Instagram accounts, you can switch between them without having to log out and log back in.
To add multiple Instagram accounts
- Tap
- Tap
- Scroll to the bottom and tap Add Account.
- Enter the username and password of the account you'd like to add.
- Tap Log In.
- Tap
- Tap
- Tap Add Account, then tap Log in with Instagram.
- Enter the username and password of the account you'd like to add.
- Tap Log In.
To switch between accounts you've added
- Tap
- Tap your username at the top of the screen.
- Tap the account you'd like to switch to.
Keep in mind that you can add up to 5 accounts.
- Tap
- Tap
- Tap the account you'd like to switch to.
You can only be logged into a single Instagram account at a time, but your device can store login information for multiple Instagram accounts. You can add or remove login information from your Instagram app settings.
To add or remove Instagram login information on your iPhone or Android device:
- Tap
- Tap
- Scroll down to Logins.
- Tap Add account to add login information for a new Instagram account or Log out [username] to remove login information for the Instagram account you're currently logged into.
Note: Removing login information only removes the account from your iPhone or Android device and will not temporarily disable or permanently delete the Instagram account.
If you've added multiple Instagram accounts, you may get push notifications from any account that has them turned on. This depends on when you last logged in and the number of devices that are logged in to an account.
To quickly see the number of notifications for each account you've added on the Instagram app, go to your profile and tap your username at the top.
Learn more about adjusting push notifications.
Photo Saving
You can save photos that you've filtered and edited on Instagram to your phone. To save your photos to your phone:
- Tap
- Tap
- Tap Account, then tap Original Photos (iPhone) or Original Posts (Android).
- Tap next to Save Original Photos (iPhone) or Save Original Posts (Android) to turn it on.
When you have Save Original Photos or Save Original Posts turned on, every photo you post on Instagram will also be saved to your phone's library.
Note: People using Instagram on Android may see a delay in photos appearing in their phone’s Instagram photo album.
Language Settings
To change the language you use in the Instagram app, you can adjust your language settings:
- Tap
- Tap
- Tap Account > Language.
- Choose the language you'd like to use.
- Click your profile picture in the top right corner, then click
- Click Edit Profile.
- Click Language at the very bottom of the page and select a new language.
- Tap your profile picture in the bottom right to go to your profile.
- Tap
- Tap Language.
- Select a language.
- Tap Done (iPhone).
Additional Settings
To adjust your device's Android settings for Instagram:
- Open your phone's settings.
- Tap Apps.
- Scroll down and tap Instagram.
You'll see the option to uninstall the app and remove Instagram from your phone. You can also clear your cache and data (reset all of the memory on your phone), adjust notifications, and change the default setting for the app.
To turn location services on or off:
- Leave the Instagram app and go to your iPhone's Settings.
- Tap Privacy, then tap Location Services.
- Scroll down and tap Instagram.
- Select Never or While Using the App to choose location access.
Instagram's default setting for location is off, but you can turn location on whenever you post a photo. You'll choose whether or not to allow Instagram access to your location.