How to Control Your Visibility on Instagram

Intermediate 15 min 21 steps 20353 views Rating: 4.6/5 Published: 2026-02-01

Open the Instagram app.. Open your profile.. Tap the Settings icon.

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1

Open the Instagram app.

Step 1

Open the Instagram app.

2

Open your profile.

Step 2

Open your profile.

3

Tap the Settings icon.

Step 3

Tap the Settings icon.

4

Toggle "Private Account" to on.

Step 4

Toggle "Private Account" to on.

5

Open the Instagram app.

Step 5

Open the Instagram app.

6

Open your profile.

Step 6

Open your profile.

7

View your followers.

Step 7

View your followers.

8

Tap on a follower you wish to block.

Step 8

Tap on a follower you wish to block.

9

Tap on the options icon.

Step 9

Tap on the options icon.

10

Tap "Block User".

Step 10

Tap "Block User".

11

Open the Instagram app.

Step 11

Open the Instagram app.

12

Open your profile.

Step 12

Open your profile.

13

Open your Photo Map.

Step 13

Open your Photo Map.

14

Tap "Edit".

Step 14

Tap "Edit".

15

Tap on a photo you'd like to remove.

Step 15

Tap on a photo you'd like to remove.

16

Open the Instagram app.

Step 16

Open the Instagram app.

17

Tap the camera button.

Step 17

Tap the camera button.

18

Take an Instagram photo.

Step 18

Take an Instagram photo.

19

Tap "Direct" at the top of the screen.

Step 19

Tap "Direct" at the top of the screen.

20

Type in the names of the followers you would like to send the photo to.

Step 20

Type in the names of the followers you would like to send the photo to.

21

Tap "Share" to share the photo selectively.

Step 21

Tap "Share" to share the photo selectively.

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