About Close Friends on Instagram
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In Instagram, there is a feature, called Close Friends, that enables you to allow only a particular group of your followers (like your family or close friends) to see your stories. Using this feature, you can publish a private story for a few specific people. This Instagram feature was added in 2018 to increase users ability to protect their privacy in Instagram.
To know how to use this interesting feature of Instagram, stay with us until the end of this article.
Steps to Set the Close Friends on Instagram
To create a list of people you want to add to your close friends on Instagram, follow the instructions below:
Step 1 Log in to Instagram and click on the three horizontal lines icon ( ) at the top of your profile
Step 2 From the menu, select Close Friends
Step 3 then you enter a page in which you see all your friends and you can choose anyone that you need to be added to the list of your close friends.
From now on, whenever you want to publish a story in Instagram, you will be asked if you want the story to be visible to all your followers or only to your close friends.
In this article, you learn how to keep your stories private by allowing only some specific people to see your Instagram stories and not all your followers. If you have any comments or suggestions, let us know in the comment section.