Yes we know, its annoying when someone tags you on Instagram and you don't want to be tagged.
Theirs an answer to this, learn in this guide: How to untag yourself on Instagram.
Instagram is an essential part of businesses these days, especially when it comes to their marketing strategies, which is why it comes as no surprise that people randomly get tagged without their consent, or ever having shown a prior interest in that specific company or product.
Then, you've also got those friends that tag you in contests that you don't want to be a part of, or silly jokes, or even information that you aren't interested in.
All of these scenarios could be the reason why you want to learn how to untag yourself on Instagram, which is what we're going to talk about in this article today. Let's take a look at how to untag yourself on Instagram.
Who can Tag me on Instagram?
When asking the question who can tag me on Instagram, this depends on your privacy settings. You get to manage who mentions or tags you in their Instagram photos, comments and videos easily, in your privacy settings.
However, we are guessing at this point that you don't know how to do this, so we're going to talk about this a little bit further down.
How to Choose Who is Tagging me
If you don't want people to be able to tag you on Instagram, then follow the instructions that we have laid out below.
1. Go to your profile picture, and select the horizontal lines that you'll see at the top of your page to the right.
2. From here, go to your settings.
3. Find privacy in your settings.
4. Find tags, and then find mentions.
5. In these sections, you can select ‘people you follow’, or ‘no one’, depending on who you want to be able to tag you and who you want to be able to mention you. In the tags section, you can also select the ability to manually approve tags. This approach is helpful if you aren't tagged in too many things right now, but you want to ensure that everything you get tagged in is going to be something that you automatically approve of.
How to Prevent Tagged Notifications
If you're somebody who doesn't really care whether you get tagged or not on Instagram, but you don't want to receive a notification every time you are tagged, then all you have to do is go to your settings, and then notifications.
Find posts, stories and comments, and select off or, if you want to just get notifications from people that you follow, select ‘people I follow’. You will find this in the ‘photos of you’ section.
One thing to note here is that if you own a business, or even if you just use Instagram regularly, you should care about what people are tagging you in because this relays directly back to your image.
If you have a brand online, then of course you don't want your brand to be misrepresented in any way, or associated with a negative account.
However, if you get hundreds of tags a day, or even thousands, it is completely understandable that you aren't going to be able to keep up with them all, and you will need to work out what it's going to be most convenient for you.
How to be Untagged from a Photo or Comment on Instagram
Once you are mentioned in a comment on Instagram and you're not happy about being mentioned in that specific comment, all you can do is ask the person that posted the comment to remove the comment, and perhaps not tag you in the future.
You also have the option to block or report the person if they are consistently tagging you, despite asking them not to. All you have to do to block or report somebody is go to your notifications, and then select their profile and select ‘block, report, or restrict’.
If you block somebody, they won't be able to see your Instagram profile but if you choose the restrict option, they are still going to be able to see your content and interact with you, but you won't be able to see their comments.
How to be Untagged from an Instagram Photo
The good news is that learning how to be untagged from an Instagram photo is easier than removing yourself from a comment on Instagram, and you can do it yourself, without having to ask the person who tagged you to remove it.
1. Go to your Instagram notifications.
2. Select the tagged post.
3. Select the image, and find where you are tagged, and select the three dots that you'll see at the top of the image to the right. When you click on this, you will see tag options.
4. Select ‘remove me from post’, and confirm in the pop up menu.
Now, you have successfully removed yourself from somebody's Instagram photo.
Who Can See Photos that have Tagged me on Instagram?
The answer to this depends on the privacy of your profile. If you have a private profile, then your posts are private, which means that only your followers are going to be able to see the videos and photos that you are tagged in.
However, if your profile is set to public, then all of your posts, including the ones that you're tagged in, are public.
Final Thoughts
That is everything you need to know about how to untag yourself on Instagram. As you can see, there are different methods to untag yourself from somebody's comment, and untagging yourself from somebody's photo.
Either way, you can take action if you don't feel comfortable about being tagged by somebody so that you can maintain a little bit of privacy on Instagram.