Instagram is not just a place to get entertained or pick your next shopping item. It is something more than that and you must learn how to keep it tiptop and everything fixed. Do you know how to remove close friends from highlights?
If your answer is no, then don’t worry. Here I will guide you through the methods that will enable you to shortlist the people on your profile who are eligible to view the highlights you put on your account’s face.
How to Remove Close Friends from Highlights
Instagram highlights are the first thing that the users who are visiting your profile see. As posting on the platform is a piece of cake, more and more people are engaging with other users here.
The highlights are the circular tabs that appear on the top. These are what people see when they tap on your profile to expand it. Once you post them, they will be hanging there for the next twenty-four hours.
You can determine who gets to see them. If you want to hide the highlights, the process is very simple. This will only remove them from seeing your highlight, you can still text them and they can see your other posts. Usually, people are using the Settings option or by creating a list of close friends.
Using Privacy Settings
In this method, you will use the built-in method of hiding the highlights. For this, simply go through the options here:
- First open the app, if you are not using it, the task is to log in and join the platform
- Now go to your profile by tapping the profile icon which is in the lower right of the mobile phone screen
- From here press the three staked bars in the top right corner
- Now you can see a pop-up screen from the left side which among other things has a ‘Settings’ tab
- Tap on the ‘settings’ and scroll down until you can see ‘Privacy Settings,’
- Here locate the ‘Story’ option and tap on it to expand
- You can see ‘Hide Story From,’ after locating it you will see a search bar where you can find the people who are friends with you. Pick the people who you want to be excluded from the viewing list. A blue checkmark will show the names of the profile that you have selected so far
After selecting the accounts, you can now exit the place by using the arrow that is on the left. Keep tapping on it until you find yourself back on the home screen.
Create Close Friends List
Here the steps differ a bit compared to the above process. Here is what you need to do:
- Log in to your account on Instagram
- Go to the ‘Profile’ page by pressing your ‘Profile’ icon which is as before, your lower right mobile screen is the place to find it
- Same as before, tap the horizontal stack of 3 lines on the upper right corner and find the ‘close friends’ in the pop-out window from below the screen
- It is essential to know that the people who you are following and are following you back could be included in the list
- Now keep scrolling down until you find the names of the people who you want to be in the list. Select the profiles this way or you can directly search the names and add them to the list using the circle next to a given name
- Once all the names are added to the list it is time to finalize it by tapping the ‘Done’ button at the end of this list
- After this go to your camera and create your highlight. Now before posting it tap the round button with the ‘>’ sign in the bottom right of the screen
- Here you will find the ‘close Friends’ option among others. Tap on it and your highlights will be visible to these people only.
You can remove close friends from highlights by locating the list once again from the settings as mentioned above.
Final Words
Determine who gets to see your stories and highlights on your Instagram profile easily. To remove close friends from highlights you can use the guideline given here. All that is needed is simply following of the steps.