Let’s jump into the details on how to unhide likes on Instagram for your posts and others’ posts. Content
Unhide Like and View Counts for Others’ Posts on Instagram
Hiding like and view count on Instagram is disabled by default. In case you accidentally enabled it, or you aren’t seeing likes on Instagram posts, let’s see how to unhide likes on Instagram, with Android and iPhone. To hide and unhide likes on Instagram for posts again, go to your profile screen in the Instagram app. Tap on the three-bar icon and select Settings from the menu. Tap on Privacy. Then go to Posts. If you don’t see the Posts option, make sure to update the app. Turn off the toggle next to Hide Like and View counts. Close the Instagram app and you shall see the likes and view count for all posts now. The posts you see must have the like counts enabled in the first place. That brings us to our next topic.
Unhide Likes on Instagram for Your Own Posts
If others cannot see the like and view count on your posts, you will need to unhide likes on Instagram for your individual posts. Do note that you can still see the number of likes on your posts without turning off this setting. This only hides the like count on your posts for others. So if you are okay with others seeing the likes on your posts, go to your Instagram profile and open the post on which people cannot see the likes or view count. Tap on the three-dot icon at the top of the post and select Unhide like count/Unhide view count from the menu. Similarly, repeat the steps for your other posts from which the like and view count is hidden. The above steps will help you unhide Instagram posts likes for your own posts.
Make Sure Like and View Count Is Enabled for New Posts
Due to some reasons, Instagram likes and view counts for your future posts might be disabled. To make sure others can see the like count for your new posts, you need to unhide likes on Instagram posts by creating a new post first On the caption writing screen, you will see Advanced settings. Tap on it. Here you will see the Hide like and view counts on this post setting. Make sure it is turned off. Now people can see likes on your Instagram posts. In case you forget to turn it off before posting, don’t worry. You can unhide likes on your posts after posting as shown in the second method above. That is tap on the three-dot icon of the post and select Unhide likes.
Bonus Tips: Instagram Privacy Settings
Similar to the ability to hide and unhide likes on Instagram, it offers you several other privacy settings. Here are some of them to manage your privacy on Instagram for the posts you share.
1. Restrict Comments
Apart from restricting likes, you can control comments as well. You can either allow comments from specific people only or block a set of people whose comments will not show up on your posts. To check and customize various settings related to Instagram comments, go to Instagram Settings > Privacy > Comments. You can also turn off comments completely for individual posts by tapping on its three-dot icon. Then go to Advanced settings and hit the toggle next to Turn off commenting.
2. Turn off Activity Status
When enabled, your followers and people with whom you have interacted on Instagram messages can see when you are online and your last activity status. To turn it off, go to Instagram Settings > Privacy > Activity Status. Turn off the toggle for Show activity status.
3. Remove Followers
Don’t like that someone is following you on Instagram? Want to remove them from your followers without any noise? You can do that too. Open your followers list by tapping on the Followers option on the profile screen. Find the person that you want to remove and hit the Remove button next to their name. We hope you were able to unhide likes on Instagram posts on Android and iPhone. Do note that hiding or unhiding like and view counts only works for posts in Feed. Other places such as the Reels tab remain unaffected by this setting. In other words, you cannot hide likes and view counts for Instagram Reels.
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