The Instagram platform is a popular social network that can be downloaded regardless of whether our mobile phone is Android or iPhone. Each of the accounts can be configured differently, meaning that if you have several Instagram accounts open on your cell phone, you can easily activate those of one account and deactivate those of another. Regarding notifications, many people may find them annoying or bored to see them there. If you don’t want some notifications to appear or none at all, Instagram gives the easy option to configure all this.
How to select the notifications I want to receive on Instagram?
Everyone uses Instagram, which is why users always want more and developers are giving them new features and improving others. The more people continue on the social network, the more difficult it will be to always see new publications that some of those accounts that interest you have uploaded during the day, just in the time that you did not spend inside the application.
One benefit of this app is that we can activate notifications from specific users so we don’t miss anything from our favorite accounts.
Turn on user notifications
If you can activate notifications from favorite users that are of private interest, then everything that concerns that account will reach us as a notification if a new reel, photo or video is uploaded.
This will result in you being one of the first people to see the post, all thanks to a notification. To activate the notifications of these accounts we must:
- Open the Instagram app.
- We go to the magnifying glass and look for the user of interest.
- An icon is pressed that is in the upper part of the bell.
- Select the notifications that you want to receive from the user (IGTV, stories, direct, publications).
- Those options are activated.
- If you need to do it with other accounts, you just have to repeat the process with the desired user and that’s it.
Every time the user uploads any of the options that we activate, a notification will be received and when selecting that notification, we will go directly to the publication or story. The news of these users will reach you because they interest you and because you decide.
How to clear the notification history on my Instagram account?
The Instagram activity history can be deleted, it will depend on the device you have, but in all cases you must press the image of the heart so that we can see the entire stored section related to the interactions of your profile. For Android devices it is done in one way and for iOS in a different way.
Settings section on iPhone
- Access the Instagram account, then the heart at the bottom of the screen.
- You will see all the notifications of the account and in the upper area there is a section called you.
- To delete the notification you must slide from left to right to delete it, and then a trash can icon will be displayed and you press it.
It can be hidden and the notification of the activity within the application will disappear. This has nothing to do with the content, the Instagram data that is hidden is only from the account and the date of interaction.
Instagram Settings on Android
- The first thing to do is enter Instagram and select the heart icon at the bottom of the screen.
- Then you can see the notifications that have been received in the last time.
- You have to long press the notifications you want to delete and a window pops up with the option to delete and check it.
In some cases a confirmation window is presented and it is known that deleting them can no longer retrieve the notifications.
What should I do to disable all notifications on my Instagram account?
In order to configure the Notifications of your Instagram application, you must open the account on the cell phone. Having already opened the application we must go to the Adjustment section, and this is done by going to the profile and selecting the option of the three stripes in the upper right where a menu will open.
We go through the Configuration option and thus enter the Settings. In the list there is an option called Notifications, click there. We must enter the option that says Push Notifications where you can configure all the notifications of the application that reach the mobile.
This is the place where you will be able to activate, activate in some cases or deactivate all types of notifications. We can disable the following notifications:
- Regarding comments, it is notified when someone comments on your photo, you decide whether to deactivate them or only for the people you follow.
- Recommendations from and to others, when someone signs up or other people recommend you to follow others, can be turned off or on.
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The likes are notified and can be disabled or only the notifications of those who follow you will appear.
- When someone follows you, it can be turned on or off.
- When someone likes a comment of yours, they can be turned off or turned on only for people you follow.
- You can turn off likes and comments on photos you appear in.
- When your tracking request is accepted, a notification appears and it can be disabled.
- When you have a friend on Facebook who has just opened an Instagram account, a notification will arrive, it can be disabled.
- Instagram direct messages can also be turned off.
- When someone wants to add you to a group to chat, you can disable this notification.
- You can turn off notification when someone tags you in a photo or video.
- Reminders can also be turned off.
- Among other options that can be disabled.
On the other hand, if you don’t want to disable them but want to identify them more easily, then change the Instagram notification sounds and thus avoid confusing them with those of other applications.
