If you have a long list of users followed on Instagram, it is very likely that it will be practically impossible to keep up to date with all the publications of all those people that you are interested in. Although the algorithms in charge of ordering the feed of the Instagram social network try to show in the first place those images and videos that could be, in their opinion, more interesting according to your habits, the reality is that the operation is far from being perfect , so on more than one occasion you may come across publications that disappear from the feed or that you have not seen even though they are part of users that you are really interested in knowing.
Fortunately, the Instagram application gives us tools thanks to which we can have control over the publications that those users that interest you upload. Therefore, below we are going to explain how you can activate the notifications of those accounts you want to follow so as not to miss any of those news.
How to activate Instagram post notifications
There are different ways to stay informed about the latest posts from your favorite Instagram users. First of all, it is possible to activate the notifications of the publications that appear directly in the feed or in the Instagram stories. Next we are going to show you the steps you must follow:
The main requirement to be able to activate notifications of a person's publications, you must bear in mind that you must follow that account first. Otherwise, you will not see the option to activate notifications. Taking all this into account, you must follow these steps:
- First you must open the Instagram application on your mobile phone.
- Then you will have to go to the account in which you want to activate the notifications so as not to miss anything that you can publish.
- Once you are on their Instagram profile you will have to go to three dots button that you will find in the upper right part of the screen.
- When you do, you will see how different options appear, including that of Turn on post notifications.
In this way, every time the chosen account publishes a video or photograph, you will receive a notification on your mobile so that you can directly access it in a direct way, without missing any publication if that is what you want.
How to activate Instagram Stories notifications
In case you are interested in knowing how to activate Instagram Stories notifications, the step to follow is very simple, just like the previous one, it is also necessary to follow the account in question to activate the notices. The steps to follow are those:
- First of all you will have to open the Instagram app.
- Once you are in the application of the social network you will have to go to the account from which you want to activate the notifications of publications.
- When you are in it you will have to click on it Option menu, which is represented by the button with the three dots and which is in the upper right part. There you will have to click on Activate story notifications.
So every time you publish a story, a notification will appear so that you can access to see the stories without missing any, as well as being the first to find out if the people you are interested in make a new publication.
How to block an Instagram user from seeing your stories
The first step to take is to access your stories, for which you must open the Instagram application and once you are in it, click on your profile image that appears above the text Your history, which appears in the upper left of the screen.
After clicking on this option, the app will take us to our stories, where when viewing one of them we must slide the screen up, which will open the list of people who have seen our story.
In this list of people who have seen our story will appear both those users who are acquaintances and friends who follow us and who have accessed our stories from their wall as well as all those people who have reached the story in question through hashtag or why have visited our profile.
If you want to know how to block an Instagram user from seeing your storiesIn that same list of people who have seen the story, just click on the button with the three dots that is located next to the icon of the paper plane in the one that you want to block.
After clicking on this button with the three dots, the option to "Hide history to XXX". Click on this option and this will cause you to get a warning on the screen that will tell you: XXX will not see the photos, videos or live videos that you add to your story from now on. To show it again, go to "History Settings". In this new pop-up window we will have to click on Hide to confirm the action and thus block a user so that he cannot see your stories again, at least until you decide to unblock him.
In the event that you want to unlock it, you will only have to do the same steps but reverse the process and make it possible for you to enjoy your stories again. This is useful if you just want to make it so that you can't see your stories for a period of time, but you don't want to use Instagram's "Best Friends", a function that was created especially by Instagram to make content customizable. of Stories that are interested in being seen by some users and not with others, and without having to resort to blocking each of them.