How to search for someone on Instagram

Instagram is one of the most popular social networks among lovers of photography and quality images, but at the same time it has become another tool to be in contact with our friends or to follow characters and accounts of our interest. Having someone on Instagram is very easy, we just have to find the user of our interest and follow him to be able to enjoy his publications, but how to find someone on Instagram ? If you do not know where to start in this .com article, we explain it in detail.

Steps to follow:

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Searching someone on Instagram is very easy and fast, so it will not take more than a few seconds to find that contact you want to follow. To begin, you must enter your Instagram account with your username and password.

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Once inside, you must click on the magnifying glass icon to start looking for the users or accounts you wish to follow.

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In the search you can choose between photos, ideal for those moments in which we want to explore specific images of our interest, or people, the right option when we are trying to find someone on Instagram.

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When choosing people you can access another search bar where you must type the full name of the person or account you are trying to locate. Because there are many people with the same first and last name or similar, the easiest way to find someone on Instagram is through your username so if you know do not hesitate to type it as we have done in the image below: all together and in lowercase.

If you do not know the username then type the name of the person you are looking for, trying to write it correctly, with all the accents, for greater accuracy. Once you have found the right person you can follow him.

Keep in mind that many people have their Instagram profile private so once you follow them the application will be pending until the other person approves, when you do you will receive a notification and you can access the profile of this user.

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Another way to find someone on Instagram is through other social networks or through synchronization with our contacts, an ideal option if we are new to Instagram and want to add our friends without the need to search for them one by one.

To do this, you must enter your Instagram account and then press the doll icon in the lower right corner. Once there press the three top points in Android or the nut in iPhone to access the menu of your profile.

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The first three alternatives within your profile allow you to find your friends through more automated means:

  • Search Facebook friends : allows you to locate your Facebook contacts with an Instagram account and follow those you want.
  • Search contacts : it is synchronized with those contacts that you have stored on your mobile indicating who has an Instagram account so you can follow them if you wish.
  • Invite friends : allows you to make a direct invitation through WhatsAap, by email, etc., to the contacts you want.

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Now that you know how to find someone on Instagram, you're probably interested in knowing other tricks of this social network, so we invite you to read our articles:

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  • How to block a user on Instagram
  • How to post Instagram photos on Facebook