Learn how to control your audience and hide your Instagram story from specific people using the story settings feature.
Posting a "hidden" story on Instagram isn't a separate type of story; rather, it involves adjusting your audience settings so that certain individuals cannot view it. This is managed through your story settings.
Accessing Story Settings to Hide Your Story
The process typically involves creating your story first and then adjusting its visibility. Based on the provided information, you can access the necessary settings directly from your posted story.
Here's a step-by-step guide based on the reference:
- Create and Post Your Story: Start by creating the photo or video story you wish to share, adding any desired text, stickers, or filters. Post it to your story as you normally would.
- View Your Story: Once your story is live, you need to view it.
- According to the reference, you can "choose your story at the bottom left."
- Then, "re-see Your Story by clicking in the top left." This action takes you to view your active story.
- Access More Options: While viewing your story, tap the More option, typically found at the bottom right of the screen.
- Go to Story Settings: From the options that appear, select Story settings.
- Hide Story From: Within the Story Settings menu, you will find an option labeled "Hide Story From." Tapping this will allow you to select specific individuals from your followers list who you do not want to see your story. Search for users or scroll through your list and tap next to their names to select them. A checkmark indicates they are added to your hidden list.
- Confirm: Once you have selected the desired individuals, confirm your selection (usually by tapping Done or the back arrow).
Your story (and all subsequent stories, until you change this setting) will now be hidden from the users you selected.
Key Considerations
- Persistent Setting: The list of people you hide your story from is saved. Unless you change the setting again, all future stories you post will also be hidden from these individuals.
- Applies to Stories Only: This setting specifically hides your stories. It does not affect whether they can see your regular posts or reels.
- No Notification: Users you hide your story from are not notified that you have done so.
By following these steps and utilizing the Story Settings accessible via your active story, you can effectively control your audience and post stories that are hidden from specific viewers on Instagram.
