How to Find Someone on Instagram

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This Itechguide teaches you how to find someone on Instagram.

Step 1: Prep Your Account

To improve your ability to find people on Instagram, perform the following tasks.

Option 1: Link Your Instagram to Facebook Account

Linking your Instagram and Facebook accounts improves Instagram’s ability to recommend people you should follow. Here are the steps…

• Open Instagram App on your phone and login to your account.

• Then click your profile tab. If you have uploaded a profile picture, the tab will display the picture. Otherwise, it will display the default icon as shown in the image below…

• On the top right of your profile page, tap the 3 horizontal lines.

• Then tap Settings – the last item on the list…bottom right of the app.

• On the Settings page, scroll down and tap Account.

• Then click Linked Accounts.

• Finally, tap Facebook. Then follow the steps to login to and link your Facebook account to Instagram.

Option 2: Link Your Phone Contacts to Instagram

The final step to prep your account to find someone on Instagram is to link your contacts. Here are the steps…

• Tap your profile tab. Then tap the 3 lines on the top right of your profile.

• From the list of displayed options, tap Discover people.

• Beside Connect Contacts, tap Connect.

• Then, on the Find people to follow pop up, tap Get started.

• Finally, on the Allow Instagram to access your contacts, tap Allow.

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Step 2: Find Someone on Instagram

This section offers 2 options to find people on Instagram. Here they are…

Option 1: Find Someone from “Discover People”

• From your Instagram Profile, tap the 3 lines on the top right of the App.

• Then tap Discover people.

• Instagram will then offer you a list of people to follow.

Option 2: Find Someone with Instagram Search

• From the Instagram App, tap the search tab beneath the App. Search tab is next to the Home tab.

• Then, on top of the app, tap the search bar.

• Instagram will request access to your device’s location. You can allow or deny. It is completely optional.

• Instagram search offers 4 tabs – TOP, ACCOUNTS, TAGS and PLACES.

• To find someone by name or phone number, tap the ACCOUNTS tab. Then tap on Search account. Finally, type a name or phone number.

• Instagram search will return a list of accounts matching your search.

• To follow someone on the search result, tap the person’s name. Then tab Follow.

It is this easy to find someone on Instagram! I hope you found this Itechguide helpful!

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