How to Unhide and Hide Stories on Instagram for Specific Followers?

Among the most visual applications that exist today is Instagram. This social network, like other very popular ones, have the ability to create stories. Now, on Instagram it is also possible to hide them from specific followers, and then it will be shown how this can be done.

Where is the ‘Hide story to’ option located on Instagram?

Instagram allows you to do a lot of things with stories; for example activate some filters. However, in case you do not want a specific follower to see our stories, it is possible to hide them. This option can be found in two places within the application: from the same story or from the configuration.

The easiest way to access this option is by entering the story in question, and clicking on the three points found in the lower right corner. There you can clearly see the option to hide the story from a specific follower. However, it must be said that this method will only work with that story.

How do you access the history settings?

In order to access the general settings of Instagram stories, you have to log in to the app, go to the profile section and enter the menu option that is in the upper right corner. There you have to go to ‘Settings’, then ‘Privacy’ and finally ‘History’. From there you can see the general settings of the stories.

A lot of things can be done from the story setting. For example, you can schedule responses to stories, the content that is shared and of course the possibility of hiding or not hiding a story. To do the latter, simply select ‘Hide story from’ and choose the person in question.

How do you uncover the previously hidden story?

In order to unhide an Instagram story that had already been hidden from a specific person, you can do two things: the first is to do it from the story itself. For this you have to enter the story in question, click on the three points and access ‘Hide story to’, deselect the person and that’s it.

Now, as already said, this is a way to hide an Instagram story, and it is also the simplest and most recommended. However, there is another way that is also efficient, and which will be explained below.

Is there another way to unhide a story on Instagram?

The easiest way to unhide a story has already been mentioned. But now it will be said another way that, although it continues a slightly longer process, it also allows to obtain the same results. In fact, by following this method, it could even be possible to customize the stories and their settings much more.

From privacy in the profile

To be able to do this from the history configuration, a longer, but efficient process must be followed. First you have to go to the profile, then to the menu in the upper right corner, enter ‘Settings’, access ‘Privacy’, enter ‘History’ and finally ‘Hide history from’, select who we want to uncover and voila.

Now, another thing that is important to know about hiding and unhiding stories is if it is possible to do it before publishing it. If you still do not know if it is possible, keep reading, as below it will be explained briefly whether or not it is possible to hide a story to a specific follower, and how it is done.

How is a story hidden from a specific follower before posting?

To begin with, it is important to say that this is not possible: you cannot hide a story from a specific follower before posting… At least not for now. What could be done is to hide the story after it is published, or hide it before, but permanently. We all hope that one day it will be possible to do this before publishing.

Well, as you can see, Instagram Stories and its cool feature of hiding them from specific followers can actually do quite a bit of good. Also, as it is so simple to apply, this tutorial is highly recommended for anyone who wants to know better this great platform.