How to Tag Someone on Instagram After Posting: You just came back from a massive party and it was a blast! You enjoyed your time there, made some new and cool friends. Obviously, you snapped loads and loads of pictures. You took special care to take photos of every kind possible. Selfies, group photos and, of course, those special ones with weird faces and gestures. When you came back home, you were extremely tired and exhausted but you were in a rush to post your pictures. You couldn’t wait to show everyone on social media simple glimpse of how amazing the party was.

How to Tag Someone on Instagram After Posting

You posted the photos and videos on Instagram with clever captions and descriptions. Hours later, you get a message from your new friend. You forgot to tag them. Now, you decide to tag them in your photos but really don’t know the nitty-gritty details. Hopefully, this small incident brought you over to this article, where you can learn exactly how you can appease your mildly annoyed friend. Let’s see how you can manage to tag someone on Instagram after posting photos or videos.

Before you start

Make sure you have the latest version of Instagram installed. If not, you can easily update it from your app store. Once you do that, open up the app by tapping on its icon.

Step 1:

For the first step, simply tap on your profile icon at the bottom right of the screen. This will open up your home screen for Instagram. In most cases, it will show the photos that you have posted immediately. However, there is a chance that you may see some other post on your Instagram feed.

Step 2:

The next step is very simple. You need to select the picture that you want to tag your friend in. Simply, tap on the photo.

Step 3:

Once you have tapped on the photo, you need to open up its options menu. This is easy. Simply tap on the options icon on the right side of the photo. The icon has three small dots lined up vertically. This will open up the options menu.

Step 4:

Now select the “Edit” option.

Step 5:

Now select the “tag people” option on the screen.

Step 6:

For step 6, type in the name of the person/account that you want to tag. Once you have typed their name and selected their username for Instagram, you can congratulate yourself! You have successfully tagged the person in question.

Step 7:

Step 7 is simply checking whether you have successfully tagged the person or not. If you look at the bottom left of the photo, you will see that you have tagged the person(s) that you wanted to tag.

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How to tag someone on Instagram after posting multiple pictures?

The procedure here is also quite simple. Select the mini gallery of pictures that you have posted on Instagram and select options for each individual photo that you want to edit. The procedure is same as tagging someone in just one photo. The main difference here is that you are swiping right and selecting the next photo you want to tag people in. Continue on tagging people individually until all your desired tags are done.

How to tag a photo on Instagram?

Simply tap the “+” icon at the bottom center of your Instagram home screen. This is icon allows you to make new posts on Instagram. Once you do that, tap the “Tag People” option. Finally, type in the names of the people you want to tag in your photo. When you are done tagging, you can simply post the photo and it will be shown on your Instagram feed.

How to tag someone on Instagram video after posting?

The procedure for this is almost identical to tagging someone on a photo that you posted. When you’re posting a video on your Instagram page, choose the “Tag People” option before sharing and tag people.

How to tag someone on Instagram comment?

This can be done in two steps.

Step 1:

On the Instagram post that you want to tag someone else in, simply tap on the comment icon. Once you have done that, it should lead you to the typing screen.

Step 2:

Now you need to write the relevant comment and use “@” to tag someone in the comment. When you type in “@”, Instagram automatically shows you all available tags in a drop down menu. All you need to do is choose the relevant tag option and press “post”. This will post the comment along with the tag.

How to tag someone else’s photo on Instagram?

There is no explicit option given in Instagram that allows you to tag on someone else’s photo. Only the person who has posted the photo or video has the option to tag people. However, what you can do is tag someone in the comments. This will send a notification to the person who has been tagged and they can view the relevant post on their Instagram feed. This is the best workaround for tagging on someone else’s photo.

Why can’t I tag someone on Instagram?

There can be multiple reasons as to why you cannot tag someone on Instagram. Perhaps the person who you want to tag has a private account. If that is so, you won’t be able to tag them until they make their account public. One other reason could be that they are not added to your friends list. You would need to follow them before you can tag them in your photo. Another reason could be that they have deactivated, or deleted their Instagram account.

In that case, you will be not be able to tag them indefinitely. You might want to reach out on any other platform. The third reason could be that your account has been restricted (blocked) by the person you want to tag. If someone has blocked your account, you can only interact with their account on a limited basis. Best idea would be to reach out to them on some other platform.

Hopefully, this guide was sufficient for all your Instagram tag related queries!