Every Instagrammer wants to maintain some privacy on their Instagram account. for ex: Instagram user wants to hide their followers & the following list on Instagram so that no one can view it. Whenever anyone visits your Instagram profile, they can easily see your account details, especially all yours ‘followers’ & ‘following’. Is there any way to hide your followers on Instagram?
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Instagram officially does not give you such an option to hide your followers from others. Also, there is no such third party app available through which you can hide your followers on Instagram. But still, there are some ways around to hide your followers or following. Let’s see in detail what are those possible and working solutions.
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How to Hide My Followers & Following on Instagram
Your Instagram profile always display the number of followers & followings on your account. Further, anyone by simply tapping or clicking on that, can view the complete list of followers & followings. However, there are 2 ways through which you can control who may view your Instagram Followers & Followings:-
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Solution #1. Control Visibility of your Instagram Profile
You can control the visibility of your Instagram profile by setting your profile as ‘Private’. By settings, your account ‘Private’, your post and full profile details will only be visible to your approved followers. So no outsider can view your follower & following list.Â
Follow the steps to set your profile as ‘Private’:-
Step 1: Open your Instagram account –> tap on the ‘profile’ tab from the bottom bar on IG App.
Step 2: Now tap on ‘‘ (iPhone) or ‘‘ (Android) from the top right of the screen.
Step 3: Scroll down and tap the toggle next to ‘Private Account’ to set it ‘ON’.
Now, only your approved followers can view your followers and following list.
But, what if someone is already following yours before making your account as ‘Private’? Here comes our Solution #2.
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Solution #2. Block User from your IG profile
As explained above, now only approved followers can view your profile details including followers & following list. If you want to hide your Instagram followers from any of the followers too, then there is an only option for this: Just ‘Block’ that follower.
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We have already explained in detail, how you can block or unblock someone on Instagram. Just refer above guide and refer to the Image given below:-
That’s It. These are only possible solutions (making your account private & blocking your followers) you can do on your end to hide your followers on Instagram. Do it & Enjoy 🙂
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
There may be other similar types of queries or related queries to hide your activity, stories, Photos, Post, Followers, Following list, etc. Here we come up with all your such queries with their solution.
Question 1. How can I restrict others from seeing who I am following on Instagram?
Answer:Â Yes, you can restrict others from seeing your followers and to whom you are following on Instagram. You can follow the above two methods for doing this.
Question 2. How to Hide Who You Follow on Instagram?
Answer:Â Yes, you can control the visibility of your Instagram Account. So, you can hide your followers, photos, post, etc easily on Instagram. For hiding to whom you follow, you may refer above 2 solutions.
 Question 3. How to Hide Instagram Stories from Other People?
Answer: Instagram Story is the most successful and popular feature of this photo-sharing app. IG Story gives you a better option to share your adventure and special moments with multiple photos & videos. But, you may also not want to share your story with everyone.
Yes, you can hide your Instagram Stories from Other people also. You can do it from your Instagram Account Privacy Settings. You may refer here for a detailed guide: Hide your Instagram Story from your Followers.
Question 4. How to hide your Instagram story from everyone?
Answer: Yes, you can hide your Instagram Story from Everyone from Privacy Settings. For this, you can make your Instagram Account Private and you can follow the guide referred in above Question 3.
Question 5. Can Non-followers see my Instagram Story?
Answer: It depends on your Account privacy setting. If your Instagram account is set to private, then only your approved followers can see your Instagram story. Otherwise, if your account is set to public, then anyone can see your Instagram Story from your profile.
If you want to hide your Instagram Stories from Other people, you may refer to the guide mentioned in Question 3 above.
Question 6. How to Hide your Last Seen Activity Status on Instagram?
Answer: Similar to other social media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook, etc, Instagram also added a new feature called ‘Activity Status’ in the Direct Message section. Using this feature, you can see when your friend was last time online or their current status. Many of us like this feature, but there may be various reasons if you don’t want to show your online status to anyone.Â
Yes, you can hide your last seen activity status on your Instagram account. You may follow here detailed guide: Click Here