One method of overcoming social (media) anxiety is to hide likes on Instagram.
Instagram is undoubtedly one of the most popular social networking sites, and it frequently gets new features added.Instagram implemented a feature that allowed users to increase their like counts on the app a year ago.Users are unaware that it is achievable and only a few clicks away even now.
One strategy for overcoming social (media) anxiety is to hide likes on Instagram. By doing so, you may be able to concentrate more on the material you share on the network and less on how many people liked it.We’ll demonstrate how to hide the Instagram like count in this story.
On the Instagram platform, there are three alternative ways to hide likes: 1. Hide like count while posting, 2. Hide like count from an individual Post and 3. Hide like count from all posts.
How to disable like count on Instagram
Hide like count while posting
Step 1: Open the Instagram app on your device.
Step 2: Swipe from left to right to post an image.
Step 3: Now, select an image to post from the gallery and hit Next until you reach the last step of sharing.
Step 4: Here, tap on the ‘Advanced settings’ at the bottom.
Step 5: Turn on the ‘Hide Like and View Counts’ button.
Now, the post that your’re sharing won’t have like count.
Hike like count from an individual Post
Step 1: Open the Instagram app on your device.
Step 2: Tap on the profile icon on the right corner.
Step 3: Find the post from which you want to hide the like count and open it.
Step 4: Now, tap on the three dots on the top right side of the post.
Step 5: Tap on ‘Hide like count’.
The like counts for that specific post are no longer visible.It won’t be possible for anyone to see how many people liked that specific post.
You will still be able to see who liked the post, and you may view the like counts by tapping on the names of the most recent likers.But take aware that the count will only be visible to you.
Hide like count from all posts
Step 1: Open the Instagram app on your device.
Step 2: Tap on the profile icon on the right corner.
Step 3: Tap on the Hamburger icon on the top right corner (it looks like three horizontal lines).
Step 4: Open Settings.
Step 5: Tap on Privacy.
Step 6: Click on Posts.
Step 7: Turn on the ‘Hide Like and View Counts’ button.
Now, the likes and even the view counts on all of your posts will be hidden.
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