Instagram is a great platform to share photos and videos with friends and family. However, if you’re not using notifications to keep your followers updated on what’s going on, you’re missing out on some of the best features of Instagram. Here are three tips to turn on notifications for Instagram posts, stories, live, and IGTV:
- Open Instagram and sign in.
- Click the three lines in the top left corner of the main screen (the one that looks like a gear wheel) and select “Notifications.”
- Toggle “Notifications for Posts” to On and “Notifications for Stories” to On.
You can enable notifications for new activity and posts for an Instagram profile on a per-account basis.
To get started, open the Instagram app on your iPhone or Android smartphone and tap the Search button from the bottom of the screen.
Here, search for and select the profile that you want to enable notifications for.
Here, tap the notifications (bell) icon found in the top-right corner.
You’ll see a menu slide up from the bottom of your screen. Select the toggles next to “Posts,” “Stories,” or “IGTV” to enable notifications for the respective post type.
If you want to enable notifications for all Instagram Live videos for the profile (By default, Instagram only notifies you about some Instagram Live videos.), tap the “Live Videos” button.
From here, choose the “Recieve All Notifications” option.
You can go back and continue using Instagram. Repeat this process for any Instagram account that you want to enable notifications for.
When there’s new activity from the Instagram profile, you’ll see a notification for it on your smartphone.
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