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If you're somebody who has posts on Instagram that you would rather not be exposed to the public anymore, then you definitely aren't the only one.
In fact, we are willing to bet that the majority of people that use Instagram have a number of these posts, whether they are from a time in your life that you would rather put to bed completely, or maybe they just aren't the most flattering.
Of course, you might be tempted to delete them, but the problem is that they go away forever, and you might not have a duplicate copy saved anywhere.
The good news is that Instagram now has a feature where you can archive your posts, which means that you can hide specific posts from your audience, without having to delete them. In this article, we're going to talk about how to find archived posts on Instagram, and why this is a better option than deleting your posts altogether.
What Happens When You Archive a Post?
When you decide to archive a post on Instagram, this means that people are no longer be going to be able to see that post on your Instagram profile. However, it doesn't mean that you have deleted the post, which means that you are going to be able to look at it yourself anytime by going to your archive. You also have the choice in the future to unarchive your post as well, which is going to mean that it is once again visible on your Instagram profile.
If you spend a lot of time on Instagram, then there is a chance that at some point you have had to hide a photo from your feed, because it didn't fit into your feed's theme.
However just because a post doesn't fit in with your feed, doesn't mean that you don't want to be able to store it for later. Instagram’s archive feature means that you can hide posts, without having to get rid of them completely.
This is really helpful if you want to be able to keep it because it means something to you, but you don't want other people to see it.
How to Find Archive Posts on Instagram
The first thing that you need to know about the archive feature for Instagram is that it is only available on the mobile version, which means that you will need to access the Instagram app on your phone in order to see your archived posts. With this being said, let's take a look at how to archive Instagram posts.
1. Access the Instagram app on your phone.
2. Find your profile, if you aren't already logged in, you will need to log in right now.
3. You will see an icon at the top that looks like a hamburger, select this, and a menu will come up.
4. Choose ‘archive’.
5. Select the arrow that is pointing downward, so that you can choose between post, stories, or live archive.
This is where you're going to be able to see all of your archived posts on Instagram. From here, you can decide if there are some archived posts that you want to unarchive.
Can Other People See My Archived Posts?
The great thing about your archived posts on Instagram is that nobody else can see them. Even if somebody has been tagged in a post that you have archived, they aren't going to be able to see it anymore. The only way that somebody is able to see a post that you have archived is if you unarchived it at some point.
Final Thoughts
As you can see, this feature that Instagram put out a few years ago is really helpful if you have a number of posts on your Instagram feed that you would rather not be visible anymore, but you don't have the heart to delete them completely.
You know at some point you are going to want to look at them again, and you know that you don't have a second copy anywhere on your phone.
The archive feature means that you can play around with your Instagram newsfeed, without having to worry about whether people are looking at content that you have put up that you don't want them to be able to see anymore.
Remember, even people that have been tagged in a post that you archive aren't going to be able to see it once you have archived it.