Instagram parental controls

Step 1 – from your feed on the home screen, tap your profile picture in the bottom right to get to your profile. Then tap the 3 horizontal lines in the top right.

Step 2 – tap Settings then Privacy. At the top under Account privacy, tap the toggle so it turns blue.

Step 1 – tap on the top right corner of the user’s post.#

Step 2 – tap Report. Select the appropriate reason to submit a report. You can then choose to block, restrict or unfollow the user as well.

Step 1 – go to their profile by tapping on their username or searching for them.

Step 2 – select the 3 dots in the top right corner and tap Report… then Report account. Then select the reason to submit the report.

Step 1 – in your social feed, tap their username to go to their profile.

Step 2 – in the top right corner, tap the 3 dots and Block. You will then be asked if you want to block the account and any others they create or just that account. There is also an option Block and Report. Tap Block.

Step 1 – go to your profile > Settings > Privacy. Scroll to Connections and tap Blocked accounts.

Step 2 – you can unblock anyone here or tap the + in the top right to add another user. Search their name or username and tap Block. Choose whether to just block that account or any other accounts they may create.

Step 1 – go to your profile > Settings > Privacy > Limits. Tap continue.

Step 2 – choose who you would like to limit and for how long. You can limit Accounts that aren’t following you as well as Recent followers. Then you can set a time limit from 1 day to 4 weeks. Tap Turn on.

Step 1 – go to the user’s profile and tap the 3 dots in the top right corner.

Step 2 – tap Restrict. To unrestrict them, follow the same instructions and select Unrestrict.

Step 1 – go to your Settings > Privacy. Scroll to Connections and tap Restricted accounts.

Step 2 – search for the user you wish to restrict and tap Restrict next to their name.

Step 1 – go to their profile and tap Following.

Step 2 – in the menu that comes up, tap Mute. Choose to mute their Posts and/or Stories here.

Step 1 – tap on the 3 dots in the top right corner of their post and select Unfollow.

Step 1 – go to their profile by tapping on their username or searching for them.

Step 2 – tap Following then Unfollow.

Step 1 – tap on your profile picture in the bottom right corner to go to your profile.

Step 2 – tap Following in the top right corner and scroll or search for the user you wish to unfollow. Tap Following next to their name and Unfollow.

Step 1 – tap on the 3 dots in the top right corner of their post and select Unfollow.

Step 1 – create a new post. Once you’re ready to submit, tap on Advanced Settings at the bottom of the screen.

Step 2 – under Comments, tap the toggle next to Turn off commenting. When it’s blue, no one will be able to comment on the posted picture.

Step 3 – click Submit to post your image.

Step 1 – go to your profile and tap the 3 horizontal lines in the top right corner. Tap Settings.

Step 2 – tap Privacy and then Comments.

Step 3 – search for the user you’d like to block from commenting and tap Block next to their name.

Step 1 – go to your profile and tap then Settings..

Step 2 – tap Privacy then Hidden words.

Step 3 – toggle Hide Comments on to filter and hide potentially offensive comments automatically. Toggle Advanced comment filtering on to make this feature more strict.

Step 4 – on the same page as above, scroll under Custom words and phrases. Tap Manage custom words and phrases to add these words and phrases to your list. You can toggle on Hide Comments and Hide Message Requests, which will hide content that contains the words or phrases you set.

Step 1 – go to your profile and tap the 3 horizontal lines in the top right. Then tap Settings.

Step 2 – tap Privacy and then Posts. Toggle Hide like and view counts to blue.

Step 1 – go to your profile > Settings > Privacy and then tap Mentions.

Step 2 – choose who you want the ability to mention you in their content. For young people, People you follow and No one are preferred for safety.

Step 1 – go to your Privacy settings and tap Story.

Step 2 – under Viewing and Hide story from, you can add individual users or limit to Close friends. Under Replying, you can toggle who can reply to your story. Under Sharing, you can toggle whether to let followers share your story in messages next to Allow sharing to messages.

Step 1 – go to your profile and tap the 3 horizontal lines in the top right corner. Tap Your activity.

Step 2 – tap Time Spent. From here, you can set daily use limits or review notification settings. You will receive messages and reminders from Instagram to take breaks if these options are set up.

Step 1 – go to your profile > Settings > Notifications.

Step 2 – you can Pause all notifications by tapping the toggle and selecting how long. This could be an option for school hours or bedtime.

Step 1 – go to your profile and tap the 3 horizontal lines in the top right corner.

Step 2 – tap Close friends and search for the users to add to the group or choose from the users listed under Suggested. Tap the circle next to their name to add them.

Step 1 – Go to Settings > Family Center > Supervision, and send an invite to your teen’s account.

Step 2 – Your teen needs to accept the invite to enable supervision.

Step 1 – go to your profile and tap the 3 horizontal lines in the top right corner.

Step 2 – Tap the ‘Family Center’ option.

Step 3 – On the Family Center, click the account you supervise that you want to make changes to.

Step 4 – Now you can view all the settings you would like to change, such as who can message them, and you can also view who your child has been contacting.