How to restore your deleted Instagram posts and stories

Have you deleted an Instagram post or story by accident and want to restore it? In this brief tutorial, we will share the steps to recover your deleted Instagram posts & stories and also show you how to archive and unarchive posts to hide them from others.

Recently deleted posts in the Instagram app on iPhone

With social media, there are times when we post something, change our minds, and delete the post. But there can be times when you change your mind again, wishing you could put the post back.

Instagram allows you to see and restore your deleted posts and stories. You have 30 days from the time you delete the item to restore it. After that, it’s gone for good.

Recover your deleted Instagram posts and stories

1) Open the Instagram app and go to your profile page.

2) Tap the three-line hamburger menu icon from the top right and choose Your activity.

3) Tap Recently deleted.

See your Recently deleted Instagram posts and stories

4) You have tabs at the top for posts, video posts, and stories. Selecting one will show you the relevant media you’ve deleted in the last 30 days.

5) Tap a post or story you want to recover.

6) Now tap the three dots icon and choose Restore to get it back or Delete to permanently remove it now and not wait for it to be deleted automatically on the completion of 30 days.

Restore deleted Instagram post

After you restore a deleted Instagram post, it will take the same spot in your profile grid as earlier. This recovered post will have its original post date and not today’s date.

Archive a post instead of deleting

Most people delete an Instagram post because they no longer want it to be visible to other people.

However, you also have another option to achieve this objective, and that’s to archive a post. Once you do that, the post is not visible to anybody else but only to you.

Additionally, since this post is not deleted, you do not risk losing it permanently after 30 days, and it will stay archived forever for you to view periodically.

To achieve an Instagram post, touch and hold it, and tap Archive.

Archive a post on Instagram

To view your archived Instagram posts, tap the menu icon from your profile page and select Archive. Next, tap the drop-down menu from the top and choose from Stories archive, Posts archive, and Live archive.

View all your archived posts and stories on Instagram

To unarchive, touch and hold an archived Instagram post and tap Show on profile.

Tap Show on profile to unarchive an Instagram post

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