How to Find Out if Someone Has an Instagram Account

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This wikiHow teaches you how to find new people to follow on Instagram. If you know the name of an account you want to follow, you can easily search for it in Instagram's search tool. You can also use Instagram's Discover People tool to find suggestions for people to follow, including people from your Facebook account and personal contact list.

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   Open Instagram. Tap the orange, pink, and purple camera icon in your app list to launch Instagram. This will open your Instagram home page if you're logged in.

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   Tap the magnifying glass icon. It's the second icon at the bottom of the screen.

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   Tap the search bar. This is the grey field at the top of the screen with "Search" written in it. Your phone's keyboard should pop up.

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   Tap the Accounts tab. This limits your search to people on Instagram.

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   Type in a name or account name. As you type, results will appear below the search bar.

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   Tap the account you want to follow. This opens that user's profile. If the page is public, you'll see a grid of their posts. If not, you'll just see their profile image and bio.

   • If you don't see the account you want to follow, try scrolling down.

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   Tap the blue Follow button. It's near the top-left corner of the page. This will follow the account; you'll be able to find this account in your profile's Following section from now on.

   • If the account is protected, tapping Follow will send a request to the account owner. If they approve the request, you'll start following the account.

1. 1

   Open Instagram. Tap the orange, pink, and purple camera icon in your app list to launch Instagram. This will open your Instagram home page if you're logged in.

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   Tap your profile icon . It's the outline of a person at the bottom-right corner of the screen. This opens your profile.

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   Tap the ☰ menu. It's the three horizontal lines at the top-right corner. A menu will expand.

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   Tap +Discover People . It's the silhouette of a person with a + next to it. You'll find it toward the bottom of the menu. This displays a list of Instagram accounts you may want to follow.

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   Find a profile you want to follow. Scroll down through the suggested accounts until you find one you want to follow.

   • If you've synced your contacts with Instagram, you'll find some of your contacts that have Instagram accounts in this list. See the Syncing Phone or Tablet Contacts method to learn how to sync your contacts.
   • If you haven't linked your Instagram account to Facebook, you'll see "Facebook" with a blue Connect button near the top of the screen. If you'd like your Facebook friends who have Instagram accounts to appear in the Discover People list, tap Connect and follow the on-screen instructions to set this up.

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   Tap a profile. This opens the person's profile page so you can check it out. If the page is public, you'll see a grid of their posts. If not, you'll just see their profile image and bio.

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   Tap Follow to follow the account. It's a blue button near the top of the screen. This follows the account, meaning that you'll be able to find this account in your profile's Following section from now on.

   • If the account is protected, tapping Follow will send a request to the account owner. If they approve the request, you'll start following the account.
   • Tap the back button to return to the Discover People page where you can find more people to follow.

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   Open Instagram. Tap the orange, pink, and purple camera icon in your app list to launch Instagram. This will open your Instagram home page if you're logged in.

2. 2

   Tap your profile icon . It's the outline of a person at the bottom-right corner of the screen. This opens your profile.

3. 3

   Tap the ☰ menu. It's the three horizontal lines at the top-right corner. A menu will expand.

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   Tap Settings . It's the gear icon at the top of the menu.

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   Tap Account . It's toward the bottom of the menu.^[1]

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   Tap Contacts Syncing . It's near the middle of the menu.

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   Slide the "Connect Contacts" switch to On . This syncs your phone contacts with Instagram's servers. Once the sync is complete, you'll start seeing your contacts that have Instagram accounts in the Discover People list.

   • You can disconnect contact syncing at any time by sliding this switch back to the Off position.

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• Question

  How can I find someone's Instagram account if all I have is a photo of them?

  

  Use reverse image searchers like Google Image, TinEye, etc. You will only find the picture if it is on their account and their account is public.

• Question

  Can I find a person on Instagram without having an account?

  

  Yes. But if you're not logged in, you can't search unless you're already on an Instagram page. You can search for a profile within a search engine, and from there you can use the search bar at the top and search for any profile or tag. You can see the posts if they're not private, but can't click them or view comments unless you're logged in.

• Question

  How can I find an account using only photos?

  

  You can search by tags if they're unique enough, such as if the posts are tagged with the user's unique screen name.

• Question

  Where is the button to discover people on Instagram?

  

  It is the "Explore" (compass) button near your user dashboard. This will show you the content you might like, based on who you're following and what you're searching for. It will show you posts from users you don't follow but who follow users you follow and topics you're interested in.

• Question

  How can I find someone if I don't know their name, or have any contact info about them?

  

  You don't have to know any personally identifying information. Not everyone on Instagram uses their real name, many go by a pseudonym instead. If you know the person's username on other sites, you can type it in and it might show up if they used the same screen name there as well. If their username is unique enough, you can search it within the tags. If you know any of their friends on Instagram, search their following list for the username. If you can't find them no matter what, they might not have an account on Instagram at all or their account may be private with an unrelated name.

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The best way to find people on Instagram is to search for them by their usernames. If you know the username of a person you want to follow, tap the magnifying glass icon at the bottom of Instagram to open the Explore page. At the top, tap the search bar, and then the outline of a person—this tells Instagram to search for accounts, not hashtags or locations. Type the account name into the search bar, and then tap an account in the results. If the profile is public, tap Follow to immediately follow the account. If it's private, tap Follow to send a follow request, which the account owner will need to approve manually. To find someone new to follow, tap the profile icon at the bottom-right of Instagram to open your profile. Tap the menu at the top-right and select Discover People toward the bottom. Scroll through the suggestions, and then tap an account name to view the profile. If the profile is public, tapping Follow immediately follows the account. If it's private, the account owner will need to approve your request before you can see their posts.

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