Surely it has happened to you before: a profile that you don’t know at all tags you in a giveaway that reeks of fraud from afar. Obviously, you don’t want to know anything about it and the first thing you think about is untag yourself from that Instagram post so that no one can relate you to him. And here are some issues to take into account.
Because depending on the tag, you may not be able to remove it from the post. In this post we are going to see all the possible scenarios, how to untag yourself from a photo or Instagram post and how to prevent it in the future.
Untag yourself from an Instagram post
Remove tag from a photo
These are those labels that appear directly on the photo, which are revealed when you click on it. All the photos in which you are tagged will appear in your profile, in the last section, next to the videos.
For untag yourself from an Instagram photo It is as simple as going to the publication in question, touch the photo to show the label and click on it so that the option «Remove me from the post«.
Alternatively you can also choose «Hide from my profile» if you want to continue keeping the tag (so that other users can reach your account, for example) but you do not want that post to appear on your profile.
Delete a mention (@user) in the text or comment of an Instagram post
The example that we gave at the beginning of this entry is usually the recurring situation lately on this social network. The scammers They usually tag you, mentioning you with your @user, either in the text that accompanies the photo, or in one of the comments. from the Instagram post.
What is our surprise when we verify that These types of mentions cannot be deleted unless the author of the post or comment edits its content. You cannot untag yourself from a mention in text, at least at the time of writing these lines, which seems like a somewhat curious failure on Instagram’s part.
What you can do, in the case of fraud, is to report the publication so that the social network removes the post or even deletes the account. To do this, click on the three dots icon that appears in the upper right corner of the photo and touch Report alleging Spam.
Remove your tag in a story
In the event that someone has @mentioned you in an Instagram story, either using the text tool or the mentions sticker, you will also have a difficult time.
Because Once the story is published, you can no longer partially delete any content from it. You either delete the story, or ask the other person to delete it if they tagged you.
Prevent being tagged in Instagram posts
Instagram has an option to restrict who can tag you in posts.
To access it you can follow the steps illustrated in the video you have on these lines, which consist of:
- Enter your profile and tap on the icon three lines from the upper right corner.
- Click on Setting.
- Go to Privacy.
- Then Mentions.
- And choose between Everyone, People you follow or Nobody.
On the other hand, you can also choose to activate the Limitations (same steps described above, but instead of Mentions enter Limitations) with which you can establish a filter so that recent accounts and accounts that you do not follow can comment on you, but with your prior approval so that they appear or not in the publication.
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