Did you recently save a picture on Instagram?
If you did, you might be wondering whether the person knows that you’ve saved their picture.
In this article, you’ll learn:
- Does someone know if you save their picture on Instagram?
- How to see if someone saved your post on Instagram
- Other frequently asked questions
After all, it can be quite awkward if someone actually knows that you saved their picture.
Instagram has a lot of privacy features in the app itself. However, there are certain privacy settings that you cannot control.
For instance, Instagram used to have a “Following Activity” tab where you can literally spy on your friends’ activities.
The tab used to show what posts your friends are interacting with.
People don’t use the tab frequently, so Instagram removed it in 2019 to minimalize the interface.
It’s a good thing that the tab is removed because it’s low-key encouraging stalking behavior.
That being said, let’s find out whether if someone knows if you save their picture on Instagram and whether it’s a privacy feature that you can control.
Table of Contents
- Does someone know if you save their picture on Instagram?
- How to see if someone saved your post on Instagram
- FAQ
- Conclusion
Does someone know if you save their picture on Instagram?
No, if you save someone’s picture on Instagram, they will not be able to know that you did it.
If you save someone’s picture, they will only be able to know the total number of saves their picture has if their account is a business profile.
If you saved someone’s picture on Instagram, they will not be notified of it.
They will only be able to know the total number of saves their post has, and not the people that saved it.
In other words, they will not be able to see the list of people who saved their picture(s).
Instead, there will be a “Saved” icon that indicates the total number of saves below it.
However, if the person’s profile is not a business one, they will not even be able to see how many saves their picture got.
Whenever you save someone’s picture, it will be added to your “Saved” tab.
Here’s a step-by-step guide on how you can access your saved posts:
- Go to your profile and tap on the menu at the top-right hand corner.
- Tap on “Saved”.
- In the “Saved” section, you can browse all the and posts that you’ve saved.
There isn’t a way where you can prevent others from saving your posts except by going private.
This is because Instagram does not have a feature where you can stop people from saving a post.
At the end of the day, if you happen to save someone’s post either by accident or deliberately, they won’t be notified of it.
So, you don’t have to worry about being called out for it.
How to see if someone saved your post on Instagram
To see if someone saved your post on Instagram, you need to have a business profile, then check the insights on your post.
The number below the “Saved” icon is the total number of saves your post has.
In order to find out whether someone saved your post on Instagram, you need to switch to a business account if you haven’t already.
With a business account, you’ll have access to Instagram Insights. With it, you’ll be able to see the total number of saves your post(s) has.
Here is a step-by-step guide on how to see if someone saved your post on Instagram:
Note: If your account is already a business profile, you can skip steps 1 to 3.
- Go to your profile and tap on the menu at the top-right hand corner.
- Tap on Settings, then tap on Account.
- Scroll down and tap on, “Switch to Business Account” to switch your account to a business one.
- Navigate to the post that you want to check.
- Tap on “View Insights”.
- The number under the “Saved” icon, shows the total number of saves your post has.
Unfortunately, the post insights only show the total number of saves your post has.
So, you won’t be able to know the specific people that saved your post.
Insights does not show the list of people who saved your post.
In other words, you won’t be able to know the specific people that saved your post.
The only way to find out the specific people that saved your post is to ask them from an Instagram story.
However, most people would not want to reveal themselves, so that might be redundant.
At the end of the day, Instagram is keeping the saving of posts anonymous. As such, it’s meant to stay that way.
FAQ
Can someone see if you save their Instagram post?
No, if you saved someone’s Instagram post, they will not be able to know that you saved it.
If their account is a business profile, they will only be able to see the total number of saves their post has, and not the people that saved it.
On the other hand, if they don’t have a business profile, they will not even be able to see the total number of saves their post has.
So, the next time you saved someone’s Instagram post, you don’t have to worry about them knowing.
This is because they will not be able to find out that you saved their post unless you tell them.
Does someone know if you save their picture on Instagram DM?
No, if you save someone’s picture on Instagram DM, they will not be able to know unless you screenshot it.
There are three options for sending a picture on Instagram—view once, allow replay, or keep in chat.
Whenever someone sends you a direct message of a picture or a video on Instagram, they are given three options.
The three options are—view once, allow replay, and keep in chat.
“View once” only allows the picture/video to be viewed once, “allow replay” allows the picture/video to be viewed twice, while “keep in chat” will keep the picture/video in chat.
If someone sent you a picture with the “view once” or the “allow replay” option, you cannot save the picture.
However, you can screenshot the picture, and if you do, the person will be notified of it.
On the other hand, if someone sent you a picture with the “keep in chat” option, you can save the picture to your gallery.
You can do that by holding on the photo for 3 seconds, and tapping on “Save”.
If you save the photo, the person will not be notified of it. To prove this claim, I tested it out using an alternate account.
Here are the steps that I took:
- Firstly, I sent a couple of pictures from my main account to my alternate account.
- The first picture was set to “view once”, and the second photo was set to “allow replay”.
- Then, I used my alternate account to screenshot both of the pictures, and a screenshot notification was sent to my main account.
- Lastly, I sent one more picture with the “keep in chat” option and saved it using my alternate account.
- Saving the picture did not send a notification to my main account.
From this experiment, you can see that a notification is sent only if you take a screenshot of a picture that is set to “view once” or “allow replay”.
When you screenshot a picture/photo, there will be a “bomb” icon beside it, and the person will be able to know the exact time that you took the screenshot.
On the contrary, saving a photo that is kept in chat will not notify the person.
Can someone tell when you save a photo on Instagram?
No, when you save someone’s photo on Instagram, they won’t be able to tell that you saved it.
When you save someone’s photo, the person will only be able to tell the total number of saves their post has.
However, they need to have a business profile in order to view the total number of saves on their post.
If they do not have a business profile, they won’t be able to know how many people saved their post(s).
Either way, they will not be able to tell the specific people that saved their post.
So, you don’t have to worry about people knowing that you’ve saved their post because they wouldn’t be able to.
Conclusion
In this article, you’ve learned whether someone knows if you saved their picture on Instagram and the answers to frequently asked questions.
To summarize, here are the main takeaways:
- The person will not know if you saved their post.
- If you screenshot a post in a direct message, the person will be notified of it.
- Saving a post in a direct message will not notify the person.
Instagram has a lot of privacy settings, but there are some beyond your control.
For instance, you cannot disable people from saving your post(s).
Neither will you know the list of people who’ve saved your post(s).
Ultimately, Instagram has the faculty over these features.
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