Does Instagram Notify When You Screenshot a Story?

Perhaps you were too fond of a celebrity that you wanted to capture their stories on Instagram. Or, maybe you were stalking someone else and you want to know their every move by capturing their disappearing videos.

Either way, the question still remains, “Does Instagram Notify when you screenshot a story?” There are many speculations if Instagram really notifies the recipient of any screenshots done from their feed and stories. Many users may have been taking screenshots for a while now for references or for any other personal reasons.

In this article, we will enlighten you with Instagram’s policies and answer the popular question of screenshot notifications. Read along to find out.

Part 1. Does Instagram Notify When You Screenshot Photos or Videos?Part 2. Does Instagram Notify When You Screenshot a Story?Part 3. Will Instagram Send Notifications for Taking Profile Screenshots?Part 4. Can Someone Receive Notifications If I Screenshot Their Instagram?Part 5. Tips on How to Make the Most of Your Instagram ProfilePart 6. Summary

Part 1. Does Instagram Notify When You Screenshot Photos or Videos?

If you are following famous people and wanted to stay in the latest loop, you may sometimes take screenshots of their photos and videos and share them with your friends or circle.

This is actually a normal reaction from fans and Instagram does not send any notifications to the one who posted such contents. Regular Instagram feed is free for you to take screenshots with as long as you want.

How to take multiple screenshots at a time:

1. Take advantage of Instagram’s Bookmark Feature where you can collect the posts from those people you follow and save them for screenshot later. This will not notify the poster too.
2. Simply tap the bookmark icon located at the bottom of any post
3. You can open all the bookmarked posts by going to your own profile and go to Saved
4. From here you can begin taking screenshots of these bookmarked contents.

Note: If the poster has deleted the original photo, there is no way you can find it in your bookmarks' list too.

Part 2. Does Instagram Notify When You Screenshot a Story?

Not as of the moment. However, there was a previous test done by Instagram that they are sending notifications to the original poster if someone takes screenshots of their stories.

It was tested back in February of 2018 and by the month of June, the trial has ended. But then, there is no definite rule or time when Instagram will send notifications again.

As of now, users are free to grab and take screenshots of stories of people they follow.

Part 3. Will Instagram Send Notifications for Taking Profile Screenshots?

There might be someone you knew that you wanted to send with your friends to confirm and the only evidence you have is an Instagram profile.

So you took a screenshot and sent it to your friends so they can make their assumptions too and later on realized if Instagram has notified the profile owner.

Fortunately, like the Instagram feed, taking screenshots of a user’s profile does not notify them. If, on the other hand, you are concerned about your own Instagram profile that someone might screenshot and get hold of your photos, you can make your profile private.

Part 4. Can Someone Receive Notifications If I Screenshot Their Instagram?

Yes, but it only applies to disappear videos and photos sent in DM. Disappearing contents like photos and videos are those you took directly from your phone’s camera and sent it over to your friends or group chats via Direct Message.

You can see the status of the disappearing contents if it was Delivered, Opened, Replayed, or Screenshot but you cannot view the disappearing video or photos.

If you screenshot a disappearing content in your group chat, you can check the status of your message with each person in the group.

However, those Direct Message contents like texts and other files that are not disappearing are free to capture.

Part 5. Tips on How to Make the Most of Your Instagram Profile

Instagram is not just a social media platform for sharing cool and fun photos and videos. There are so many ways you can do to make the most out of this app.

Get First-Hand Notification of your Favorite People

If you are following great influencers on Instagram and you don’t want to miss any of their posts, you can actually turn on your notifications the moment they add a new photo or video.

• To do this, simply go to the specific user’s profile and tap the 3-dotted line. Scroll down and tap Turn On Post Notifications.

Manage Multiple Instagram Account on the same device

Most people use multiple Instagram account, one for their hobbies, and another for their dogs and so on. If you are like this, you can actually manage multiple accounts on your phone.

1. Simply tap the gear icon from your profile and scroll towards the bottom of the screen and tap Add Account
2. Enter your other username and password.
3. You can toggle between your accounts by holding down your profile picture

Get Noticed in Explore Tab

For starters, your close friends and family might just be your followers but you can actually get noticed in the explore tab by optimizing your profile.

• To do this, use relevant and popular hashtags on your every post and on your bio

Hide, Disable, and Delete Comments on Your Posts

Got posts you don’t want your friends to comment on? Maybe they’ll make fun of your posts or do comment something nasty that you don’t want to read, you can hide or delete their comments or maybe disable commenting to your posts.

To Disable Comments:

• After posting your content, in the Add Caption part, tap Advanced Settings, and tap Turn Off Commenting.

However, this only applies to the individual posts and not to all of your profiles.

To Delete a Comment:

• Find the specific comment you want to delete and tap the bubble icon. Lightly swipe to the left and tap the garbage icon

To Filter Comments:

• On your Instagram app, find Options and choose Comments. Tap Hide Inappropriate Comments and enter specific sets of keywords

Part 6. Summary

So does Instagram notify when you screenshot a story? No. But this is as of the time being. We don’t know when Instagram would change its policies. Until then, you are still free to screenshot the stories of your favorite Instagram influencers, friends, and families.

We’ve also covered other tips and information about taking screenshots and how to effectively manage your Instagram account.