Profile
The profile view displays all the posts and related information for a particular user. Certain features will toggle if you are viewing your own profile, a business profile, a private user.

- To view posts in a 3x3 grid, click the gridbutton in the profile tab bar.
- To view posts in single column, click the columnbutton in the profile tab bar.
To view posts that the profile's user has been tagged in:
- Click the taggedbutton in the profile tab bar.
When viewing the tagged posts on your own profile, you can also remove tags from posts.
To remove yourself from posts you have been tagged in:
- Use the
Hide Photos…
option under the actionsbutton that appears above the tagged posts on your profile. Make your selections, and confirm them by clicking the confirmbutton in the title bar. You can cancel the selections using thecancel button. - When viewing the details of a post you are tagged in, use the
Remove me from [Photo|Video]…
option under the actionsbutton in the title bar.
If you would like to disable users from being able to tag you in photos:
- Use the
Tagging Options…
option under the actionsbutton that appears above the tagged posts on your profile.
If set
Add Automatically
is disabled, you will be notified in activity when someone tags you in a photo, with the option to keep or remove the tag.
To view posts that you have saved:
When viewing your own profile, you can view all the posts you have archived. Only you can see these posts.
To view posts that you have archived:
To archive or unarchive a post:
To view the followers or followings of a profile, click the
Followers
or Following
button. The current relationship status between you and each user is displayed, allowing you to quickly follow or unfollow users from other profiles.
To follow/unfollow a user:
- Click the followor followingbutton (when hovering, the following button will change in appearance to the unfollowbutton).
If your profile is set to private, users that wish to follow you will require your approval. When there are pending friend requests, they will be visible in various places:
- On your profile, with a badge that appears above your avatar.
- On the profile of user that sent the friend request, a banner will appear.
- The profile view in the Flume menu will show an indicator.
To respond to friend requests:
- When viewing the list of pending friend requests, click either the acceptor declinebutton that appears next to each user.
- When viewing the profile of user that has sent you a friend request, click either the acceptor declinebutton that appears below the user's biography.
To view similar account suggestions on a profile:
- Click the collapsebutton. To scroll the suggestions, use theandbuttons, or view all similar account suggestions by clicking thebutton.


To follow a suggestion:
- Click thebutton next to each user.
To dismiss a suggestion:
- Click thebutton next to each user.
You can opt-out of being suggested for other users by editing your profile via the Instagram website. Learn more.
Profile previews are a way to quickly inspect a user's profile and follow them without leaving your current view. These are similar to the long-press actions or 3D Touch behaviours found on the mobile Instagram apps.

To view a profile preview:
- Long-press on any profile picture or username
To follow a user in a profile preview, click the follow
button.

To close a profile preview, press the
⎋ (ESC)
key, or click outside of the preview.Last modified 3yr ago