How to set Instagram account private: Complete guide

Instagram is the most popular and biggest social media platform in today’s internet world. It is getting more and more popular day by day. Instagram is a photos, videos and media sharing platform worldwide. Post can be shared publicly and with pre approved. Most people are doing their business on Instagram and growing their business with this platform. So in this article, we will discuss how to set an Instagram account private. I will describe about Private account privacy and rules.

What is a private Instagram account?

A private Instagram account is where only your followers see your posts and your privacy is hidden by other Instagram users. If anyone wants to follow you, he/she will submit a request for your approval. If you know this person and approve of it. Then he/she will be able to see your Instagram media and privacy. So check carefully the followers request before approving it. Because some fake Instagram users can steal your privacy.

What is a public Instagram Account?

Public Instagram account free for the public to see your Instagram uploaded media. There is no need for any request approval to see Posts of any public account. You can see all the privacy of public accounts without following them.

Also some Instagram tools help to see Instagram media secretly from any public Instagram account. Such as Picnob which is an Instagram viewer and downloader. Anyone can view and download your uploaded post secretly by using this tool. But this tool works only on a public account, not on a Private Instagram account.

How to set an Instagram account private?

Here I will tell step by step how we can set our Instagram account private. So please focus carefully on my share Information:

First of all go to your Instagram account profile then choose the option of setting and privacy.

Then scroll down and Select the option of Account privacy which is showing in image below. After this you will see the button of switching Instagram account private.

You can also switch Instagram private account to public if your account is already private and want to switch public.

Important information

One thing I want to share is that you can only switch your Instagram account private if your account is personal. You can’t switch a professional or business account private. If you want to set your account private then first you need to switch your professional account to personal.

Conclusion

Instagram’s private account feature is most important for those who don’t want to share their information all over the world. A Private account secures the user all information. No one can steal your information. So if you don’t want to share your information then switch your account as a private. Share this Information with your friends if it is helpful.