How To Hide Likes On Instagram

How to Hide Likes on Someone Else’s Instagram Posts

If you want to hide the likes counter throughout Instagram for other’s posts, and reels as well, then here’s the process for you. The steps are identical no matter whether you are using Instagram on Android or iPhone. Moreover, to help curb your addiction to likes, we will also explain how to hide likes on Instagram website.

Method 1: Using Instagram App on Android and iPhone

You can hide likes easily when using the Instagram app on your iPhone or Android device. Here’s how:
That’s it! All Instagram posts appearing on your feed and explore page from now onwards will have the like count hidden for them. If you ever want to unhide these Instagram posts, just toggle this setting off.

Method 2: Hide Likes on Instagram Website

Instagram’s website also offers a way to hide the likes count for posts published by others on the platform. With that, you will have successfully hidden the like count for others’ Instagram posts.

How to Hide Likes on Your Existing Instagram Posts

Now, if you want to hide the like count for your existing posts on Instagram, you can do that as well. However, the biggest con of this method is that you have to individually hide the likes for every post that you have ever made on the platform. There is no way to do the same in batch. Like above, the steps are the same for both Android and iPhone.

Method 1: Using Instagram App on Android and iPhone

If you’re using the Instagram app on your phone, here’s how you can hide the likes count for each and every post you have uploaded on the platform.

Method 2: On Instagram Website

You can also hide the likes count for your existing posts using the Instagram website.
Now you will receive the “Like count hidden” prompt to indicate the success of this procedure. You can simply tap on Unhide like count and that should undo it to display likes on the posts again.

How to Hide Likes on Instagram Posts Before Publishing

The “hide like count” feature is not limited to the posts that you have already posted. You can also hide likes from an Instagram photo or reels before sharing them. To do so, you need to tweak a particular setting before you share a photo or video on Instagram. Follow these steps:
There you have it! By following these steps, you can successfully make a post on the platform with the view and likes count hidden.

What Happens When You Hide Likes Count on Instagram?

Maybe you are having second thoughts about hiding likes before publishing the post, or just curious about what happens when you do so. In that case, here’s a simple breakdown of what happens when you enable this option.

Hiding like counts will remove the number counter which appears next to the heart-shaped icon on a post or a reel. Even if you have disabled the option to hide the likes counter on your post, others can tap on “View likes” option to see who has liked the post and make out the number of likes. However, if you hide likes and share count for everyone, then not only Instagram will hide the likes count but also prevent you from seeing who has liked the post or reel individually. You cannot bulk hide likes on all your photos, instead you will have to do it manually. Instagram lets you re-enable the option to view like count anytime you want from the app or the post settings.

With that being said, these are the different steps that you can employ to hide the like counts for the various posts that you interact with on Instagram, as well as the ones you are going to make and have already made. So, go ahead and try it out yourself and share your experience in the comment section below. Meanwhile, you can also check out our other guides on how to view Instagram posts without an account and turn on Quiet Mode on Instagram.