How to Add Other Accounts to Instagram in the Mobile Application?

If we have multiple accounts of Instagram or we share our device with another user, anyone would think it would be a problem to have to constantly switch between accounts on the device.

However, this will not really be a problem: since the application of Instagram allows us to log in with multiple accounts and switch between them with just one touch. So you don’t have to worry about using multiple accounts on one device.

How to log into another Instagram account?

You must take into account that this can only be done from a mobile device (either Android or iOS) and not from the web version of the application: version that it has quite a few limitations. The steps to log in with another account are as follows:

Android operating system

Enter the Instagram application, after that go to the profile page and click on your name. Then a drop-down menu will open in which we will see our profile and the option “Add account”.

We will choose this option and then we will see the main screen of the application in which we already we can log in with the data of the account that we want to use in the device in addition to the main one.

IOS devices

To do it from an iOS device you must follow the same steps as on an Android device: go to our profile and from there choose the option “Add account” and log in on the app’s home screen.

How can I switch from one account to another?

To change from one account to another you just have to go to your profile again and touch on your name: once there you will see all the accounts whose session was started on the device. With just one touch you can switch between one account and another.

Process to delete one of the additional accounts

To delete any of the accounts, you must go to your profile and enter the configuration section. After that, scroll to the end of the options and you will see among the options the one of log out of the accounts you’ve added.

What is the limit of accounts that I can have open?

The application allows up to a total of 5 accounts open at the same time on the same device. In the case of wanting to open more accounts, you will have to use an extra device for them. Thanks to this you can, for example, edit photos already published from several accounts or make any other change instantly in all accounts.

By adding more accounts on Instagram, do they link to each other?

No, to manage each of the accounts you must switch between them to use them and the information between some accounts and others will not be compromised or unwantedly linked. However, you can configure the application to receive notifications from all accounts.

Features like finding users or suggestions from acquaintances will remain independent between all accounts. Thus, Instagram guarantees the integrity of all accounts opened on the same device.

Is it possible to manage multiple Instagram accounts from PC?

In theory this is not possible. The option to open multiple accounts from Instagram is only available for applications and not for the web version of the platform. Although there are ways to use multiple Instagram accounts at the same time on a computer:

Using an emulator

If you use the BlueStacks emulator on your computer, you can use apps Android on your PC: including Instagram. That way you can use the application natively on your computer and take advantage of the option to log in with multiple accounts.

Using multiple users from the browser

In general, using a web browser on your computer, you will only be able to log into a single account at a fairly limited version of Instagram. Although there is a way to increase the number of accounts that we can use.

Thanks to browsers such as Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge, which allow multiple independent users From the browser, it is possible to open several accounts on the same PC using several users.

Of course the latter can be quite annoying so the most recommended in this type of case is use the mobile or emulate the Instagram application on your computer through BlueStacks.

This is all you need to know about how you can use multiple Instagram accounts both from your computer and from your mobile device Android or iOS. Since you will be using multiple accounts on the same device, it is recommended to use Instagram’s two-step authentication to protect your account.