Mastering 'View Once' Photos On Instagram: A Step-by-Step Guide

28 OCTOBER 2023

By: JASMINE ANAND

Instagram offers a feature to send 'View Once' photos or videos in chats. Once viewed, they vanish unless replay permission is granted. Here's how.

Step 1: 

Log in to Instagram account on your device & tap on the 'messages' icon in the top right of feed.

Step 2: 

Tap a chat from your Chats list or start a new chat

Tap 'camera' icon in the bottom left. You can choose to take a photo or video or upload a picture or video from your device. One can customise your photo or video by adding text, a drawing or GIF.

Step 3:

Before sending a photo or video on Instagram, tap the icon to choose "View Once" for a one-time view, "Allow Replay" for a replay option, or "Keep in Chat" to maintain a preview image in the chat thread.

Step 4:

Tap Send in the bottom right. However, you can only send disappearing photos or videos to people who follow you or have already approved messages from you.

Step 5:
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