Change the background of a photo with AI on your Instagram story
This feature isn't yet available for everyone.
When you share a photo to your story on Instagram, you can use the backdrop tool to replace its background. Backdrop generates a new background with AI based on a prompt you enter.
Change the backdrop of your photo:
- When sharing a photo to your story, tap
at the top.
- Tap Backdrop
.
- Tap any areas on your photo to select or deselect them. When finished, tap Next.
- Enter a prompt, in English, for the backdrop. Tap
.
- Two options for your backdrop will be generated.
- If you don’t like either option, tap
to generate another background from the same prompt.
- To change the prompt, tap it at the bottom and enter a new one.
- If you don’t like either option, tap
- Tap the option you’d like to use, then tap Next.
- When you're ready to share, tap Your Story in the bottom left.
Instagram will identify the different areas of your photo, like the background, people, and other elements. This may take a moment. You can select different areas of your photo to keep when generating a new backdrop. All unselected areas will be replaced.
The prompt you use will be added to your story as a sticker. You can tap and drag it to reposition, or drag it to 
to delete.
to delete.Note:
- Some areas of your photo, like people or animals, may be automatically selected. You can still change if these areas are selected by tapping on them.
- Uses of AI images must follow our Community Guidelines and Terms of Use. Depending on your prompt, the images generated may go against our guidelines. Sharing AI generated images that go against our guidelines will be treated the same as sharing other content that goes against our guidelines. If you share generated images that go against our guidelines, your story may be removed and your account may be restricted or disabled.
- AI images generated automatically in response to your text prompt may not be accurate or appropriate.
- Be mindful before including any personal information in your text prompt (examples: name, address, email, or phone number).
- Meta may collect and use information such as your text prompt and generated images to improve how our artificial intelligence models work. Visit our Privacy Policy to learn more.
Learn more about how Meta uses information for generative AI models.
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