Since social media became popular, half of our conversations have become virtual. Also, it turned out that there is more than one way to let someone know something. As an example, before social media, if we need to tell someone with whom we spent the last evening we must conversate. But with the help of social media apps like Instagram, we can just tag someone, and others can learn it more easily. But do you know how to tag someone on Instagram?
In this article, we will dive into the details of tagging someone on Instagram. Let’s begin!
What Is Tagging Someone?
A tag is something like a label of yours and on social media, your label is most fully your username. So, tagging someone means mentioning that person’s username virtually. On Instagram, if you want to tag someone you need to put the “@” symbol in front of the username. But remember, you must not put spaces while writing a username after the @ symbol.
You can tag someone on any type of content while sharing. You can also tag someone on others’ posts. You can do it by leaving notes, or you can send a comment. As an example, if you want to tag the official Instagram account to one of your content or someone else’s, you need to type “@instagram” and done!
Where on Instagram Can You Use Tags?
Before going into the details of how to tag someone on Instagram, you need to know where on Instagram you can use tagging. Because for every different feature, there will be some minor differences. As we mentioned before, first of all, you can tag someone while sharing something. There are five possibilities for sharing something:
The first thing that comes to mind is sharing a post. Do you have a picture with your best friend, and you want to share that photo on Instagram? You can share your friend on your post so others can get to know who your friend is. Do you want to share that photo as a story? Again, you can easily tag your friend, too.
Rather than these, you can use the tagging feature while leaving a comment on a post. Or you can leave a note on that post and let only your audience see who you tagged as a note. Independently of a post, you can also share a note separately. So lastly, it is possible to share a note by using this way.
How to Tag Someone on Instagram
These things are all you need to know prior to learning how to tag someone on Instagram. Now we can get into the details of each way of tagging on Instagram.
First of all, let’s learn how to tag someone on a post:
After you open the Instagram app, you need to click on the plus sign at the middle bottom of the screen. After you choose the photo or photos you want to share, click on the “tag people” writing and the photo you are going to share will pop up. When you click somewhere in the photo, now you can type the username but this way, you don’t need to use @ symbol. Lastly, you need to click on “done.”
If you have forgotten to tag while sharing, or if you want to tag someone to a post you shared before, there is a way for these, too. You just need to go to that post and click on the three-dot icon in the top right. Then click on edit and tap on the post to tag. Again, you can just type the username.
If you want to tag someone on your story, it is as easy as the posts. After you take or upload from your gallery to your story on the top right corner of the screen, you can see a button with “Aa” on it. When you click on that, you are allowed to write anything you want in your story. Here, if you type the @ symbol before you write anything without space, it means you tag someone. Also, after typing the symbol, you can see that Instagram is already offering you some users to tag.
Without interacting with others’ sharing, the last way to tag someone is to use your own notes section. When you swipe your home page left, you will open up your direct messages section, and at the bottom of your messages, here is your notes section. On the left, you can see your profile photo with a text cloud on it. When you click on it again by using the @ symbol, you can tag someone.
Tagging Someone to Other User’s Posts
The last two ways of tagging someone on Instagram is by using other people’s posts. For the first way, you just need to go to the post you want to leave a comment on. When you click on the comment button right under the post, the comment section will pop up with a bar under it. You can click on that bar and by using the @ symbol, you can tag whom you want as a comment.
For the last way to tag someone, you again need to go to the post where you want to leave a tag. But this time, you will do this by leaving a note to it. You need to click on share and at the bottom left, you can see the proper button.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can everyone see who you tagged as a note?
No, it is up to you to set your audience for your notes. After finishing the tagging, you can see two options. So, you can either choose all your followers or close friends to see your note. This is valid for both types of notes.
Can I see who tagged me?
Yes. From your profile, you need to click on the tag symbol which is like a badge and done!