Instagram lets you hide your location so that you can share memorable moments without worrying about accidentally revealing your address or compromising your privacy.
Here’s what you need to know about how to hide your location in Instagram posts, including those you have already published…
How to Hide Your Location by Disabling Location Permissions on Instagram
The first quick way to prevent Instagram from showing your location to your followers is to turn off the location in location permissions.
Instagram notes that its default setting for location is off, but you may want to double-check these settings in case you’ve changed it or have given access in the past.
Depending on the type of device you have, iOS or Android, you will follow a slightly different process.
Here is a brief look at the process for each…
Disabling Location Services for Instagram on iPhone
Depending on the application, Apple allows its customers to disable location services entirely or control when an app can track your location.
Here’s how you can customize iPhone location tracking:
Go to your iPhone’s settings. Go to the Privacy settings. Tap on the Location Services. To turn off Location Services, move the toggle to the left. In the popup, tap Turn Off.
Turning off Location Services will turn off location tracking for all apps, including useful ones such as Maps, Find My, etc. Therefore, you will need to enable it again when using these apps in the future.
Disabling Location Permissions for Instagram on Android
With an Android device, you can disable location tracking from the app permissions to prevent Instagram from posting your location.
To do this, follow these steps:
Navigate to your phone’s settings. Go to App management > App list. From the list of apps, select Instagram Go to Permissions. If Location is in the list of Allowed permissions, tap it. Select the Deny checkbox. 3 Images Close
Once the permission is denied, Instagram will not track or use your location while posting anything on Instagram in the future.
Removing Location From Published Posts on Instagram
Let’s explore how you can remove the location from published posts on Instagram.
Disabling location permissions will not remove location data from all published posts. To do so, you must remove the location from each post individually.
Here’s how to remove the location from Instagram posts on Android:
Navigate to your published post in the Instagram app. Click on the three vertical dots next to your name and location. Click Edit. Tap on the location right below your Instagram username. Click the cross icon (X) at the top right of the Select a Location screen.
You can remove all your locations one-by-one by following the same steps.
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When it comes to removing location from Instagram posts, the process is almost the same on iPhone and Android. The only difference on the screen is that you won’t see the cross symbol—you’ll see a popup saying Remove Location instead.
Tap on it, and your location will be removed.
Make sure Instagram does not track your location by turning location off in the app permissions.
Remove Your Location From Instagram Posts
So now you know how you can stop Instagram from adding your location to your posts and how to remove the location information from already published posts.
However, keep in mind that if you turn off location tracking, you won’t be able to add geotags to any of your posts. When you’re done with your private family tour, make sure you turn on this feature.
