The social network Instagram ITA it is so popular that its users have always been exposed to haters, no matter how famous they are, as personal moments are always shared in photographs or videos there, it is always exposed to a person who does not want to see it, or take advantage of it.
For this and many other reasons, Instagram ITA always offers its users to keep a private profile so that only people you consider yourself to have access to your information and content.
Next, we'll show you how to make yours private Instagram profile.
Create a secure and private Instagram account from your PC
To create an Instagram account from scratch securely and privately from your PC we will teach you below.
- Log into the Instagram website on your computer and look for the "Register" option on its home page.
- Fill out the form with your details
- E-mail or telephone number
- Name and surname
- Username
- Password
- Confirm the email and complete editing your new profile.
- Accept the terms and conditions and you will have your account created.
Note: when you register you can also do it by connecting to your Facebook account, so Instagram will take all the account data.
- In your new account, look at the top right for an icon with your profile picture, select it and in the "Settings" submenu
- Within the configuration in the left section, look for "Privacy and Security" among the options.
- Check the "Private account" box.
Choose who can see your posts on Instagram
There are many ways to control who sees your posts on Instagram, from storing old photos so they can only see the content you want, to adding to your black list of users you don't want to be allowed to see your posts, by editing your profile privately, and for stories create a list of best friends so that only those who are there can see what you post on them.
Who will be able to see my photos if I make my account 'private'?
Making your account private only allows yours followers to see your content. Nobody outside of your follower list can get information from you in any way.
Likewise, you can edit that list from follow-up requests that you agree to be part of your circle, so that they have access to your information.
Do I lose followers if I limit the privacy of my profile?
This is a very complex problem that has no specific answer, but there is a possibility of yes and no. We explain to you, when a company profile or information account enters his private account, can significantly increase its followers, because, if they offer good information that interests the public, users will have no choice but to send the follow-up request to be able to view their profile and use the contents.
Otherwise with a public figure, it is not recommended to have your own private profile as the intention is for you to interact with any followers you have, so a private account would not do you any good. But in the case of a natural person, it could affect the growth of your follower list, as it might not.
In any case, the decision to put a private profile to feel much safer it is yours and you cannot have a statistic or an answer on how your circle of followers or people who want to follow you can react with the privacy of your account, there will be more loyal followers and also others who do not .
For security you should make your account private
One of the reasons why you should enter your private account or restrict access to your content is because many people send your publications via private DM messages and you can't control who does it, who receives it and looks at it, not from a public account.
So if anyone shares one of yours photos via a DM, the recipient must follow you in the same way to see the photo that is on your profile, so you can better control whether you want that user to see your publications or not.
Tips and tricks to protect your profile
To protect your profile you can start by entering your private account as we taught you before, then edit your follower list to close the circle, go to settings> privacy> accounts you follow> followers, search and delete all those you do not want to see your publications
You can configure who sees your stories via Settings> Privacy> Stories and you can prevent users from sharing your posts means DM. Another trick is to not let your followers know that you are connected to it, go to settings> Privacy> Activity status and disable the option.
Finally, you can limit access to a specific user, search for his profile and in the three points at the top right select to open the menu, there press Block or Restrict.
Will they hide from people who don't follow me?
Without a doubt, all your information will be hidden from those who do not follow you. This way you can have better control over who you share.
