The profile view displays all the posts and related information for a particular user. Certain features will toggle if you are viewing your own profile, a business profile, a private user.
Posts can be viewed in either a single column or a 3x3 grid.
To view posts in a 3x3 grid, click the grid button in the profile tab bar.
To view posts in single column, click the column button in the profile tab bar.
To view posts that the profile's user has been tagged in:
Click the tagged button in the profile tab bar.
When viewing the tagged posts on your own profile, you can also remove tags from posts.
To remove yourself from posts you have been tagged in:
Use the Hide Photos…
option under the actions button that appears above the tagged posts on your profile. Make your selections, and confirm them by clicking the confirm
button in the title bar. You can cancel the selections using the
cancel button.
When viewing the details of a post you are tagged in, use the Remove me from [Photo|Video]…
option under the actions button in the title bar.
If you would like to disable users from being able to tag you in photos:
Use the Tagging Options…
option under the actions button that appears above the tagged posts on your profile.
If set Add Automatically
is disabled, you will be notified in activity when someone tags you in a photo, with the option to keep or remove the tag.
To view posts that you have saved:
Click the Saved…
menu item in profile settings.
When viewing your own profile, you can view all the posts you have archived. Only you can see these posts.
To view posts that you have archived:
Click the Archived…
menu item in profile settings.
To archive or unarchive a post:
Right click a post and choose the Archive [Photo|Video]
or Show on Profile
menu item.
To view the followers or followings of a profile, click the Followers
or Following
button. The current relationship status between you and each user is displayed, allowing you to quickly follow or unfollow users from other profiles.
To follow/unfollow a user:
Click the follow or following
button (when hovering, the following button will change in appearance to the unfollow
button).
If your profile is set to private, users that wish to follow you will require your approval. When there are pending friend requests, they will be visible in various places:
On your profile, with a badge that appears above your avatar.
At the top of your activity.
On the profile of user that sent the friend request, a banner will appear.
The profile view in the Flume menu will show an indicator.
The Dock icon will be badged (see Notifications Preferences)
To respond to friend requests:
When viewing the list of pending friend requests, click either the accept or decline
button that appears next to each user.
When viewing the profile of user that has sent you a friend request, click either the accept or decline
button that appears below the user's biography.
If you switch your profile to a public profile, all pending friend requests will be accepted.
To view similar account suggestions on a profile:
Click the collapse button. To scroll the suggestions, use the
and
buttons, or view all similar account suggestions by clicking the
button.
To follow a suggestion:
Click the button next to each user.
To dismiss a suggestion:
Click the button next to each user.
You can opt-out of being suggested for other users by editing your profile via the Instagram website. Learn more.
Profile previews are a way to quickly inspect a user's profile and follow them without leaving your current view. These are similar to the long-press actions or 3D Touch behaviours found on the mobile Instagram apps.
To view a profile preview:
Long-press on any profile picture or username
To follow a user in a profile preview, click the follow button.
To close a profile preview, press the ⎋ (ESC)
key, or click outside of the preview.