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Hot Instagram Story tip! Know how to hide your private stuff from someone

Almost on a daily basis, users feel the need to hide their Instagram story from someone or the other. Well, here's a hot how-to tip.

By: HT TECH
Updated on: Aug 21 2022, 23:00 IST
You can hide an Instagram story from selected people. Here’s a step-by-step guide for you. (Instagram)

Instagram, one of the most popular social media platforms, allows users to share life events, day-to-day heartaches and triumphs, special occasions, memories with friends on the platform. With more than 500 million daily active users on Instagram, it has become an active part of all social media addicts' life. What makes Instagram more interesting is the user-friendly features, where you can post, make videos, follow celebrities, pages and even do video calls and send messages to your friends. It's like having everything under one roof - one-stop shoppe!

Instagram also comes with a feature called 'stories' where you can share photos, videos, posts of other people or pages (and nowadays memes too!) for 24 hours. Often, an Instagram story may be required to be hidden from someone or the other. Yes, you can hide your sensitive or private Instagram story from a few people if you do not want to share it with them. Here, you need to note that hiding your Instagram story from someone doesn't mean blocking them. They will still be able to check profile details and all your other posts. Also, you need to note that if your profile is private, then only your followers can check your Insta story from the story feed at the top or by specifically tapping on your profile. In the case of a Public profile, anyone who is using Instagram can check your story. So, if you are planning to upload your Insta story that you don't want to share with everyone, follow these steps:

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How to hide your Instagram Story from someone

Step 1: To hide your story from someone and prevent them from seeing the content that you are sharing on your story, first open your Instagram app.
Step 2: Tap the profile picture in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
Step 3: Then tap three-horizontal lines in the top right and then click on Settings.
Step 4: Go to the Privacy section and then tap Story.
Step 5: There, you will find the 'Hide story from' option. Tap the number of people next to it.
Step 6: You can select the Instagram profiles by searching that you would like to hide your story from. And it's done! In case you are using an iPhone, you will need to literally tap done to complete the processor. Similarly, to unhide someone, just unclick the blue tick in front of their name from the list.

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