13 Hacks For Using Instagram To Its Fullest Potential

Here's how to reorganize your filters, for starters.

1. Organize your favorite filters.

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You can keep your most-used filters at the ready and even hide the ones you never use.

To hide a filter, tap and hold it in the filters menu so that the "Hide" option comes up. You can also tap, hold and slide filters out of order so that you don't have to scroll endlessly to find your fave.

2. Screen comments that are left on your posts.

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Under "Settings," you can find a "Comments" menu that allows you to block certain people from commenting, filter out comments with certain keywords, and automatically hide offensive comments.

3. Take your time ogling someone's Insta story.

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If you want to stop and look at someone's Instagram Story in depth, just hold your finger on the screen to pause it and ogle away.

4. Don't let Insta deplete your data use.

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Enable the "Use Less Data" option, which you can access under "Settings," so that your data usage isn't totally insane.

5. Remove yourself from tagged pics that don't do you justice.

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If someone tagged you in a pic that you don't like, all you have to do is tap the photo with your finger so that all tagged names pop up. Tap your name, and then tap whether to show or hide it on your profile.

6. Delete your search history.

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If you don't want anyone to find out that you've been keeping tabs on your ex's new flame, hit up that "Clear Search History" button and rest easy.

7. Get notifications from your favorite accounts.

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If you absolutely cannot miss anything from your fave meme account, go to their profile, hit up the "Options menu" (the three dots in the upper right hand corner) and then hit "Turn on post notifications."

8. See all the posts you've ever liked.

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Go to the "Options" menu, select "Posts I've Liked", and look back at the pics you've enjoyed the most.

9. Edit your pictures before or after using a filter.

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You can tune up tiny details like brightness, contrast, and a bajillion other things on top of adding on the ~flawless~ filter.

10. Manage several Instagram accounts at once.

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To link another account to your app, go to your profile, then "Options", then scroll down to where it says "Add Account."

11. If you don't want certain people to see your Story, you can hide it from them.

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Upload a story, tap "More," then "Story Settings", and then you can choose who you want to hide it from.

12. You can save a single picture — and put it in a special folder, or "collection."

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If you tap the "Save" button on a photo (the icon that looks like a bookmark), it'll save it directly into your archive. If you hold the button, you can put it in a special folder specifically.

13. See all the pictures you've saved, individually or in their collections.

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You can access these on your profile, under the "Saved" tab.

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This post was translated from Spanish.