Instagram as a social network and mobile application allows its users to share photos and videos, use different filters to take photos and upload stories. If you want to know how to tag someone in an Instagram story, then we will show you step by step how to do it.
Before starting, it is important that you know that if you tag someone who follows you, they will receive a message notifying them that you have tagged them in your story and they will immediately be able to see it and interact with you if they wish.
However, if the person you tagged is not following you yet, they will not be able to see your story until they accept the request that will be sent to them as a message.
We hope you’ll find the following steps easy to follow and make Instagram a more fun and social experience. We explain here what you need to do to tag someone in a story.
Tag someone on Instagram step by step
Step 1: Open Instagram:
On the main screen of your mobile or in your list of applications, select the Instagram icon represented by a multicolored camera.
Then in the options bar, located at the bottom of your account, select the wall icon represented by a “little house”.
Step 2: Create a story
Click on the “+” option at the top left, below the Instagram logo. Select “take photo” if you want to take a photo or record a video for the story or if you want to use a photo or video saved in your gallery you can also choose it.
In case you want to take a photo at that precise moment, capture the image by pressing the shutter, if it is a video you must keep the button pressed until you have recorded the desired moment.
Step 3: Tag someone
Once you have achieved the desired photo or video, press the stickers button on the top bar, located in the right corner of it. Then select the “@mention” icon.
To tag a person you must start by placing the “@” symbol from your keyboard followed by the username of the person or the account that you are going to mention.
Step 4: Select the correct account or user
Next, Instagram will show you a list of search results for the user you have written, make sure you write correctly, as there are many accounts with similar names.
Having done this, it only remains to press outside the keyboard so that it disappears and you can tap on “Add content to your story” and that’s it.
This way you will be tagging someone in an Instagram story. You can keep reading and learn a little more about Instagram stories and tagging.
Facts about tagging someone in an Instagram story
You can tag more than one person by following the steps above. Remember that you should always place the “@” symbol before writing the username of the person or Instagram account you want to mention.
The people you tag in your stories will not, under any circumstances, undo or delete this action. They will be tagged or mentioned in your story during the 24 hours that the publication lasts. Keep this detail in mind.
The photo will not appear on the profile or gallery of tagged photos of the person you mentioned. No one will be able to see your story from your friend’s profile.
Anyone who sees your story can select your username or the username of the person you tagged and visit their Instagram profile.
The mention or tag you make becomes a link that when you tap it takes you immediately to the tagging account.
If the user account of the tagged person is private, those who do not follow them will not be able to access their photos. You can also see the Instagram stories of a user without them noticing, this is very useful when you are snooping on an Instagram account.
