You know when you have a juicy conversation between you and your crush — it goes down in the DMs, as they say — and you just can’t wait to show your friends? Well, wouldn’t it be nice to screenshot the Instagram conversation and send it in the group chat? We all know that feeling when you screengrab the content and then pause for a second because you’re overcome with the fear that your crush may get a notification. On Snapchat, for example, if you screenshot any photo, video, or conversation, the other user will get a notification. So can you screenshot your Instagram DMs without notifying the sender? Show
“If I’m talking to a guy I like on Instagram and want to share the convo, I am constantly worried that he’s going to get a notification that I screenshotted it,” Marissa, 22, tells Bustle. In most cases, Instagram won’t notify the sender if you screenshot a DM, so whoever you’re talking to won’t be alerted to the fact that you’re saving parts of your conversation for posterity. However, the exception to this rule is if you screenshot a photo, video, or message sent with Vanish Mode on Instagram. Similar to Snapchat, a “vanishing DM,” like the name suggests, is a message sent in the Instagram DMs that is no longer visible after the other user has seen it. If you screenshot the Vanishing DM, the other user will get a notification. Instagram rolled out Vanish Mode in September 2020 to allow users to have a conversation that disappears entirely after each message is seen. Messages where either you or your DM-recipient have toggled Vanish Mode on will say so at the bottom of the conversation thread. In order to turn on this feature, you have to go to your Instagram DMs and choose the chat you want to enable Vanish Mode on. Click on the chat and tap the info circle in the top right. Toggle on Vanish Mode; the background of the chat will turn black. (If you keep your phone in Dark Mode, the chat will look the same, but you won’t see a message history and the area where you type your message will have a dotted line around it.) The person on the other end of the DMs will see that Vanish Mode has been turned on in the same way — and so, will see if anything gets screengrabbed. But is the idea of avoiding the DM screenshot for fear of notifying the screenshotted really so horrible? “The idea that anything and everything you do online could be— and let’s face it, probably is — captured by someone, somewhere, and then stored for future use, has imbued our lives online with a latent sense of paranoia,” wrote Kaitlyn Tiffany for the Atlantic. “I feel that screenshotting DMs can feel like an invasion of privacy,” Katelin, 21, tells Bustle. “I think especially in apps where photos can be shared, it’s important to get those notifications,” she says. You can certainly screenshot any and all Instagram DMs, but the question is if the sender will be notified. The answer is pretty simple: it all comes down to Vanish Mode. So, next time you’re DMing your crush, keep an eye out for Vanish Mode, because if you screenshot that conversation, chances are, your cover will be blown. This article was originally published on July 28, 2021 In most situations, the other person won't know that you've taken a screenshot of an image, message, or anything else that they've shared on Instagram. There is one specific scenario involving direct messages, however, in which users do receive a screenshot notification. Does Instagram Send Notifications for Screenshots of Photo or Video Posts?No, it doesn't. Regular photo and video posts seen in the home feed, on user profiles, or when you get on the Instagram Explore page are safe from screenshot notifications. The same is true for screen recordings if you decide to record your device's screen while someone else's video post is playing. One alternative to taking a screenshot of posts is to use Instagram's built-in bookmarking feature to save Instagram photos. This feature lets you collect posts individual posts and revisit them later (without the original poster ever being notified). Just tap the bookmark icon beneath any post to save it. You can see all your saved posts by navigating to your profile and tapping Saved. If the original image gets deleted, however, your bookmark will fail. Does Instagram Send Notifications for Screenshots of Stories?No, it doesn't. Instagram did spend a few months testing a feature where users could see who was taking screenshots of their stories, but that feature has since been retired. The feature was noticed in February of 2018. By June, it was gone. Since then, Instagram users have been able to freely screenshot or screen grab other users' stories without anyone being notified of it. There's no guarantee that Instagram is done with story screenshot notifications for good. There is always the possibility that the testing could resume at any time without you even knowing it. Does Instagram Send Notifications for Screenshots of Direct Messages?Yes, it does notify in some cases. A disappearing photo or video message is one that you take using the camera through the Instagram app and then send as a direct message via Instagram Direct to a group or individual. According to Instagram's Help section, screenshot notifications are displayed if any of your recipients decide to take a screenshot of it. You're safe if you send anything else via direct message. Screenshots of other types of non-disappearing content that have been sent in direct messages (such as posts from feeds, text or hashtags) won't result in a notification. Does Instagram Send Notifications for Screenshots of User Profiles?No, it doesn't. You're safe to screenshot someone else's profile without them ever knowing about it. This might be helpful particularly if you want to quickly save their website or contact information shown in their bio without having to follow them. If you're worried about people taking screenshots of your Instagram content, you may want to consider making your Instagram account private. Your existing followers and any follow requests you approve could still take screenshots, but non-followers won't be able to see anything except your profile picture and name, preventing them from accessing and thus screenshotting any of your posts, stories, or bio information. Beware of Third-Party Apps That Claim to Notify You of Instagram ScreenshotsAny third-party apps that claim to send you screenshot notifications are probably extremely outdated or a total scam. Instagram puts strict limitations on what third-party apps do via the Instagram API for privacy and security reasons, meaning that no app you install can successfully tell you who's taking screenshots of your content. If you come across an app claiming to be able to tell you who's taking screenshots of your content, refrain from installing it. If it's a malicious app, you could end up compromising your Instagram account or infecting your device with viruses. If you already installed a third-party app that claimed to give you Instagram screenshot notifications and gave your account details to it, uninstall the app immediately from your iOS or Android device. Next, change your Instagram password just to be safe. If you have an Android, you may also want to consider installing a free Android antivirus app. FAQ
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