If you use social media particularly Instagram daily, then you know the importance of hiding your Instagram followers. It might be ok as an influencer to have a public Instagram account but for those who hold privacy dearly it is important to have a private Instagram account and this includes keeping your followers hidden.
We will not only teach you how to hide followers on Instagram but we will also discuss why it is important to hide them in the first place. So without further wait here is how you do it.
How to hide followers on Instagram?
When it comes to hiding followers on Instagram there is no direct way to do it. It comes as part of the package when you make your account private and when you do that no one outside your friend circle can see who your followers are.
There are two different ways to do it depending on if you using your phone or accessing Instagram through your web browser. Both are as follows.
Through the Instagram Website
The steps to making your account private and hiding your followers are as follows.
- Go to any browser and log in to your Instagram account.
- Then on the bottom left corner find the 3 horizontal bars that say more.
- Click on more and a menu will pop up.
- In that menu click on settings which is the first option.
- Next find the Account Privacy option and click it and a new page will appear.
- Here you will see an option to make the account private.
- Click on the option and now your account is private.
On the Phone App
The steps for hiding followers by making your Instagram account private are almost similar to the steps for the website and here is how you do it.
- First open the Instagram App.
- Tap on your profile picture in the bottom right corner.
- Then tap on the 3 bars in the top right corner.
- Now again tap the account privacy option.
- Again you will see the private account option.
- Tap it to activate it and your account along with your followers will get private.
After reading this you now know how to hide Instagram followers from people not in your follower list.
Why it is important to hide Instagram followers from everyone?
There are several different reasons for hiding your followers on Instagram. For starters when your account is private and your followers are hidden, it gives stalkers and scammers limited information about you, especially private and sensitive information, hence keeping you more secure online.
Also, it’s not just about you, sometimes they may use your account as a gateway to stalk one of your followers and to get more information about them or contact them to get more information about you. Hence once again it emphasizes the importance of keeping your Instagram account private.
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