Instagram Help Center

We can help you find and follow your Facebook friends and phone or tablet contacts who are already on Instagram.

Android

1. Go to your profile and then tap in the top right.
2. Tap Find Friends to choose to find friends from Facebook, from your phone's contact list or from a list of suggested Instagrammers.
3. Tap Follow next to people whose posts you want to see in your Feed.

iPhone/iPad or Windows Phone

1. Go to your profile and then tap in the top right.
2. Tap Find People to Follow to choose to find friends from Facebook, from your phone's contact list or from a list of suggested Instagrammers.
3. Tap Follow next to people whose posts you want to see in your Feed.

You can also tap at the bottom of your app to see photos, videos and people that you might like. Use the search bar at the top of Search & Explore to find people sharing posts you're interested in (ex: search "knitting" to browse knitting posts people have shared).

You can find people you might like to follow in Search & Explore. Tap to go to Search & Explore.

• Scroll down to Explore to see posts you might like from accounts you're not already following
• Tap the search bar at the top to search for things like people, hashtags, places and events that interest you

You can also find suggested Instagrammers by going to your account settings and tapping Find Friends on Android or Find People to Follow on iPhone.

You can search for people, hashtags and places using the search bar at the top of Search & Explore. To search Instagram, tap > Search then choose whether you're looking for People, Tags or Places. Tap Top to search popular people, tags and places on Instagram. You can also search Instagram on the web.

The search results you see are based on a variety of factors, including the people you follow, who you’re connected to and what photos and videos you like on Instagram.

Learn more about finding people to follow.

Note: You can search people by their name or username.

When you connect Instagram with your phone or tablet's contact list, you'll be able to see a list of your contacts who are on Instagram. You can choose contacts to follow from this list. When your contact list is connected, it's periodically synced and securely stored on our servers. You can disconnect your contacts at any time.

To disconnect contact syncing:

1. Go to your profile and then tap (Android) or (iOS)
2. Tap [Number of] Contacts
3. Tap (Android) or (iOS) and then choose Disconnect

If you disconnect contact syncing, the contact info you synced will be automatically removed from our systems.