Preliminary information
Before explaining to you how to hide likes on Instagram, let me give you some preliminary information relating to the topic in question.
First of all, know that it is possible to see the names of people who have "liked" a piece of content, so if your purpose is to hide the likes on Instagram, you will be happy to know that in the next chapters of this tutorial I will show you in detail all the solutions you have available to succeed in your intent: set up the private account, block a specific user or archive your posts. That said, to find out more, keep reading: find more information in the next lines.
Also, while I'm there, I'll be able to explain how to hide the number of likes on Instagram, using a setting that is useful for the purpose. By doing so, you will not see
Set up your private account
The first useful solution to hide likes on Instagram is that of set up private account, in order to make their posts and related "likes" visible only to followers. Therefore, follow the instructions you find in the following lines to succeed in this intent from smartphone and PC.
Android / iOS
To set the private account to Instagram from your smartphone, start the social network app you downloaded on your Android or iOS device, then log in to your account.
Now, tap on thelittle man or thumbnail of your profile photo (bottom right), click on the icon ☰ located in the upper right corner, presses on the items Settings> Privacy and finally move up ON the levetta relative to the dicitura Private account. If necessary, confirm the operation.
In case of doubts or problems, refer to my tutorial in which I explain how to put the private profile on Instagram.
PC
You can make your account private Instagram also by acting through the official website of the popular photo social network. That said, to get started, go to the main page of Instagram and log in to your account.
Now, click on the thumbnail of your profile photo situata in alto a destra e seleciona la voce Settings in the opened menu. Once this is done, click on the entry Privacy and security, finally affix the check mark to the item Private account, so that only your current followers and those you will subsequently approve can see the post you have published and related "likes".
Alternatively, if you have a PC Windows 10 and you have installed the Instagram from the Microsoft Store you can use it to privatize your account.
In that case, all you have to do, after logging into your account, is to access the settings menu, via theicona dell'ingranaggio located on your profile screen (the little man icon or the thumbnail of your profile picture located below). Finally, move up ON the levetta relative alla voce Private account and confirm the operation, if requested.
In case of doubts or problems, please refer to my specific tutorial on the subject.
Block a user
Block a user is a workaround that you can put into practice, to hide the likes received on Instagram. In this regard, follow the instructions I give you in the following lines, to succeed in this intent from smartphone and PC.
Android / iOS
If you want to block a person on Instagram acting as a smartphone, to prevent this from seeing the names of people who have "liked" your posts, first start the social network app you downloaded on your device and log in to your account, if not yet You did it.
Now identify the user you want to block, using the search engine (the magnifying glass icon), then tap on his username, to view his profile.
Once this is done, to block it, tap onicon (...) located in the upper right corner and in the menu that is shown to you, press on the item Block.
If you have any doubts or problems, read my tutorial on how to block on Instagram.
PC
You can also block a user registered on Instagram by acting on the official Instagram website or using the application for Windows 10.
In the first case, log into your account Instagram, by connecting to the official website of the social network using a browser to browse the Internet (for example Google Chrome), then locate the user you want to block and click on his name, to see his profile.
Once this is done, press onicon (...) and, in the menu that is shown to you, click on the wording Block this user. Finally, confirm the operation by pressing the button Block.
If you have downloaded the application of Instagram to Windows 10 from Microsoft Store, start it and log in to your account, as you can use it to block a user quickly and easily.
In fact, all you have to do is locate the profile of the user in question through the search engine of the social network, press on button (...) and block your account by pressing the button Block.
In case you encounter any problems in carrying out this operation, please refer to my specific tutorial on the subject.
Archive posts
Archiving posts involves removing them from your feed and can be a useful solution for hiding likes from other users of Instagram. The archived posts will still be visible to you at any time, through the section archive.
Having said that, to do this you can only act through the app Instagram for Android, iOS, or Windows 10, as posts cannot be archived from the web.
In this regard, to start, start the application of the photographic social network on the device you are using, then log in to your account, if requested.
Then locate the post to be archived, press it, tap onicon (...) located in the upper right corner. Finally, click on the button Archive, to confirm your will to archive.
If you have any doubts or problems, learn more by reading my tutorial on archiving photos by Instagram.
How to hide the likes I put on Instagram
In case you wonder how to hide the likes put in the Instagram posts of others, you will be happy to know that the social network has removed the section followed in which it was possible to mutually see all the likes and comments of their followers.
That said, the likes you put on the posts of other users are currently only visible in correspondence with the same. In this regard, however, you can access the section Posts you like, to see all the posts you've liked on one screen.
To do this, go to the section Settings> Accounts> Posts you like. Once this is done, you can choose to remove the likes put on the photos, by tapping on theheart icon. Facile, see?
How to hide the number of likes on Instagram
You have come to this tutorial to find out how to hide the number of likes on Instagram, as you do not want to know how many people have "liked" the posts of others, which you see in the feed of the social photo network? Doing this is possible (at the time of writing, only from mobile).
To do this, access Instagram from its app for Android / iOS, tap the icon of thelittle man or thumbnail of your profile photo (bottom right) and press the icon ☰ located at the top right.
Then tap on the items Settings> Privacy> Post and finally move up ON the levetta relative to the dicitura Hide the number of likes and views. From now on, you will no longer be shown the number of likes and views of posts on your account.
How to hide likes on Instagram
