Instagram is a staple social media app for most of us, but beyond scrolling through your newsfeed and uploading selfies, there are plenty of other things to do on Instagram.

While Instagram is easy to use, there are features and tools to help you get even more out of Instagram. These handy tips and tricks will help you discover more things to do on Instagram.

1. Get Post Notifications From People You Follow

If there's an Instagram account whose posts you don't want to miss, consider enabling notifications on the account. This will make sure that you never miss any of their Instagram activity.

You can head to their profile and tap on the bell icon at the top of the page. In the pop-up window, toggle the types of notifications you want to receive. For example, you can choose to receive notifications specifically for Reels.

2. Remove Tags of Yourself From Photos

Does one of your friends always tag you in unflattering photos or unwanted memes? Thankfully, there are two ways to get around this situation.

Head to the photo and tap it—this will make the tagged accounts appear. Then, select your username. You'll then see two options: Remove me from post and Hide from my profile.

The Remove me from post option will remove the tag completely. If you don't want to remove the tag, but you still want to hide it from the tagged photos section of your profile, then you should use the Hide from my profile option instead.

3. Clear Your Instagram Search History

Instagram has a wide variety of posts on it, and maybe you don't want your friends to see that your searches were for "cats in hats" or "hamsters of Instagram" or anything else that you might find embarrassing.

To clear your search history, follow these steps:

  1. Open your Instagram profile and tap the hamburger menu in the top-right corner.
  2. Select Settings and privacy and then tap on Accounts Center.
  3. Go to Your information and permissions > Search history.
  4. Instagram will show you your listed accounts. To clear your search history for a specific account, tap on the account and you'll see a list of your recent searches. Press the X icon to delete a specific search.
  5. Alternatively, you can select Clear all searches to remove the entire search history for all the listed accounts.

Keep in mind that choosing this will prevent Instagram from auto-filling your common search terms, so be sure of your decision before confirming.

4. See Recent Instagram Posts You've Liked

If you want to find a post that you've liked in the past, you don't have to spend hours searching through your feed or other people's profiles.

Instead, simply go to your profile, click the hamburger menu at the top-right of the app, and then select Your activity. Then select Likes. This will open a feed composed of the most recent posts you've liked, which you can then browse at your leisure.

5. Edit Your Instagram Posts Like a Pro

A lot of people are quick to throw on a photo filter and then upload their photo without making any other changes. While Instagram's filters can work wonders, you can make your photos even better by using Instagram's other editing options—which include brightness, contrast, structure, warmth, and saturation.

To access these editing tools (and many others), select Edit at the bottom of the screen next to Filter.

6. Use Less Data on Instagram

Because Instagram automatically preloads photos and videos, it can quickly use up your data.

To limit the amount of data that Instagram uses, go to your profile, select the three bars in the top-right, and choose the Settings and privacy option. Scroll down to Data usage and media quality. Then toggle on Data Saver. You may find that photos and videos take longer to load, but your overall data use will decrease significantly.

7. Post From Multiple Instagram Accounts

Much like Twitter, you can link multiple Instagram accounts to one phone without constantly having to sign in and out.

To link a new Instagram account to your app, go to your profile, and select your username with the down arrow. On the pop-up menu, select Add account. You can then choose to Log into existing account or Create new account.

8. See Instagram Profile Views

To see how many profile views you have received, you will need a professional account on Instagram. Once you have switched to a business account on Instagram, you will get access to the Professional dashboard.

Go to your profile and select Professional dashboard under your bio. Under Insights, select Accounts reached. You can then scroll down to Profile Activity and view your Profile Visits. The default filter is set to the Last 30 Days, but you select a custom period or other filter options such as the last 90 days.

9. Switch to Instagram Dark Mode

You can switch to dark mode on Instagram by visiting your accessibility settings.

First, open the hamburger menu on your profile and select Settings and privacy. Then scroll down to and select Accessibility. Tap on the Dark Mode option and set whether you want it On, Off, or to match the System Default.

10. Share a Song or Lyrics to Your Instagram Story

Did you know that you can share a song or specific lyrics to your Instagram Story? Besides adding a song using the Music sticker, you can also share a song and lyrics using Spotify.

To share a Spotify song or lyrics to your Instagram Story, follow these steps:

  1. Open the music track in the Spotify app.
  2. To share a song, click on the share icon. To share lyrics, scroll down to the Lyrics card and select the share icon, highlighting the lyrics you want to send to your Story, then press Continue.
  3. Under the share options, select Stories.
  4. Your Instagram Story will load with a song preview or lyrics preview. Edit the rest of your Story as desired and then click the arrow (next) icon.
  5. Select whether you want to share with Close friends or to Your story and then tap Share.

11. Filter Instagram Comments

Want to get rid of inappropriate or rude comments that appear on your posts? Instead of deleting each comment one-by-one, you can have Instagram automatically filter them for you.

Navigate to your profile, press the three bars in the top-right of the screen, head to Settings and privacy, and scroll down to Hidden Words. Here you can choose to Hide comments that are offensive or harmful. You can also Manage custom words and phrases and then toggle the Hide comments feature for these filtered words.

12. Hide Your Instagram Stories

The ability to hide your Instagram Stories is one of the things you probably didn't know about the platform, as this sneaky feature often goes unnoticed.

When you don't want someone to see your Story for whatever reason, you can actually hide it from them. Go to the three bars on your profile and tap Settings and privacy and then scroll down to Hide story and live. On the next page, tap on Hide story and live from to search for the specific accounts you don't want to share your Story or live streams with.

13. Mute Stories From Certain Users

It can get annoying when someone you follow constantly posts Stories, but luckily you can specifically mute Instagram stories. To mute someone, go to your Story feed and hold down that user's icon.

After the menu pops up, choose Mute. You can then choose if you just want to Mute Story or Mute Story and Posts.

14. Archive Your Old Instagram Posts

If you want to remove a post from your profile without deleting it altogether, you should archive it instead. To do this, head to the post you want to archive, select the three-dots icon in the top-right of the screen, and press Archive.

Whenever you want to view the archived posts, go to the three bars on the top-right of your profile, choose Archive, and then click Posts archive from the dropdown menu at the top of the screen.

15. Add a Link to Your Instagram Story

One of the ways to add links to your Instagram posts is to add a link to a Story.

To do this, get started on a Story draft by either sharing something to your Story or selecting Story in your new post options.

Once you have done this, select the sticker icon at the top right of the screen. From the popup menu, select the Link sticker. You will then be able to type in the link you want to share. Once you've typed the link in, select Done.

The link will now appear as a clickable sticker on your Story.

Learn How to Do Cool Things on Instagram

Instagram is more versatile than you might think, and you can do much more than simply scroll through posts. These cool things to do on Instagram can definitely improve your experience by making your day-to-day use of the app a little easier.