Things to know about Restrict Instagram

Instagram has released the Restrict feature. For those of you who don't know, here are a few things to know about the Restrict Instagram feature.

Bullying cases are not only happening in the real world, but in cyberspace. One of the platforms with many cases of bullying is Instagram.

Maybe some of you have experienced bullying cases on Instagram. Be it the evil commentaries of netizens, or the message of not being miserable from others.

Fortunately, Instagram has now provided the Restrict feature. This feature will limit the person commenting or malicious messages to you.

For those of you who don't know about the Restrict feature on Instagram, check out the following article.

Facts about Instagram Restrict

Restrict specific people's comments

Restrict work secretly to protect your account. This feature will keep an eye on people who are potentially repression to you.

Restrict will activity other users. You can restrict the comments of certain people, so they can't be seen by everyone.

For example, there are users who leave nasty comments to your posts. Then you activate Restrict, then only he and you can see the comment.

Someone else can't see the comment. Unless you turn on the ' View Comment ' option. Then the comment can be seen by everyone.

In addition, you will not receive comment notifications from the account. Wow, can to antidote netizen julid ya.

Left Restrict results in comments – (right) Restrict results in Direct messages

Restrict messages from specific people

Restrict not only works to restrict comments. This feature will also restrict the messages sent by the accounts you restrict.

Messages from them will go to message requests. So you won't receive notification messages from a restricted account.

You can still read their message. It's just that they don't know what the message is already read or not. They also don't know what you're active on Instagram or not.

How to use Restrict features on Instagram

There are several ways you can do to block unwanted comments. You can start from a live post, the Privacy tab, or directly on the person's profile.

By post

Restrict through posts

In a post, it's not uncommon for us to get spicy comments from others. If you're annoyed, then just limit the person.

Tap one of the comments that annoy you.

    Tap the ' ' Sign in the Top tab, to the left of the icon.

    Click the ' Restrict ' (the person's account name) menu.

    Then click on ' Restrict Account. '

    Two options will appear, namely ' Delete Comment ' and ' Ok. '

    Click ' Delete Comment ' to delete the person's comment.

    Tap ' Ok ' to restrict your account without deleting the comment.

Through the privacy Tab

Left Restrict via Privacy Tab – (right) Restrict from profile

Aside from posts, you can also restrict others through the Privacy tab. See the following ways:

Go to your Instagram profile.

    Tap the menu in the top right corner.

    Click the ' Settings ' menu.

    Then tap the ' Restricted Accounts > ' privacy menu.

    Tap the ' Continue ' button to go to the next stage.

    Look for the name of the person you want to restrict.

    Click the ' Restrict ' button next to the name.

    To cancel Restrict, click ' Cancel limit ' next to the name.

Through another person's profile

The last way to use Restrict is through someone else's Instagram profile. You simply open the profile of the person you want to restrict.

After that, click on the menu in the top right corner. Tap the ' Restrict ' menu and click the ' Restrict Account ' button. The account is now automatically signed in to the Restrict list.