Instagram allows users to hide inappropriate comments by filtering out certain customizable keywords. To use this feature, tap your profile, then tap the Menu (three lines) at the top right. Tap Settings > Privacy > Comments, then toggle on Manual Filter to set specific words and phrases to be blocked. You can also use the Hidden Words feature to filter specific words, phrases, and emojis from your direct messages. To use it, go to Settings > Privacy > Hidden Words and then select Add to List to designate which things to flag. Anything containing a Hidden Words term will go to a separate folder in your messages. Lucky for you, you don’t have to watch a story all over again if you miss it. To pause a story, tap and hold on the screen. To rewind, tap the top left of the screen (beneath the user’s profile photo and username). To fast-forward through a user’s multiple stories, tap the screen. To skip an entire user’s stories, swipe left. Instagram allows you to mute anyone’s stories so they won’t show up in your feed. To do this, tap and hold the user’s Stories bubble, then select Mute. This action fades their bubble and pushes it to the very end of the feed. Navigate to their story and unmute at any time if you change your mind. Go to your profile and tap Menu (three lines) > Settings > Privacy > Story. Under Allow Message Replies, tap People You Follow. Alternatively, turn off message replies completely. To hide your stories, go to your profile and tap Menu (three lines) > Settings > Privacy > Story. Tap Hide Story From, and then select specific people to hide your story from. If you have Boomerang or Layout on your phone, access them from within Instagram. Tap Add Post (plus sign), then tap Story on the bottom menu. Tap Boomerang or Layout, then create your Boomerang or Layout. Tap Send to, then, next to Your Story, tap Share. In the filter box, tap and hold a filter to drag it to the beginning of the list. Tap and hold any filter to move it and personalize your list with all your favorites easily accessible. To turn on post notifications, tap the three dots that appear in the upper right corner of any user’s post or on their profile and select Turn On Post Notifications. You can turn them back off any time you want. The problem with this is that friends who receive lots of likes and comments and follows may not see that you tagged them in the comments of a post you want them to see. A better way to share someone else’s post with them is by direct messaging them with it. To send a post via direct message, tap the arrow button beneath any post, and then choose who you want to send it to. Tap your profile, then tap Menu (three lines) > Settings > Account. Scroll down and tap Switch Account Type and then follow the prompts. To see what posts you’ve liked, go to your profile > Menu (three lines) > Settings > Account. Tap Posts You’ve Liked, then scroll through to find the post you were looking for.
