Does Instagram Notify Users When You Screenshot A Post Or Story?
Instagram users may sometimes find the desire to screenshot a post or story shared by someone, but might be worried about the other user being notified. Most Instagram users who screenshot content on the app would rather do it discreetly without the original poster knowing. The idea of someone potentially discovering that their content — some of it designed to go away after 24 hours — has been captured for saving and future perusal can be awkward and rather embarrassing.
This concern is not uncommon. It is most likely brought on by the fact that Snapchat is widely known to have the feature that lets users check who screenshots their posts. Since Instagram's Story feature is very similar to the way Snapchat works, users might be wondering if reviewing screenshots is possible on the photo-sharing app.
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Instagram first started testing the feature that alerted users of screenshot activity in stories in February 2018, but officially ended the rollout in June 2018. Now, people can only tell who has seen their Instagram stories and the number of times users have viewed videos and Reels. However, Instagram currently doesn't inform users when screenshots are taken of their stories. There is also no way of tracking who screenshots posts that appear on the main Instagram feed.
People who may want screenshot notifications to be on Instagram for security purposes may be disappointed by this lack of the feature in the app. But the good news is it does exist elsewhere on the platform, specifically in Instagram direct messages (DM), both in one-on-one and group conversations. Taking a screenshot of text conversations within the Messages folder does not trigger a
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