How to activate Instagram notifications

Instagram it is becoming your favorite social network, and it is also the one most used by most of your friends. Since you now use it daily, you would like to activate the reception of notifications, in order to stay up to date on the interactions that take place with you, as well as on the activities of the people you follow.

The problem is that you don’t have a lot of practicality with technology and, therefore, you would need a hand to understand how to activate Instagram notifications. If so, don’t worry, I’m here to help! In the next chapters of this tutorial I will explain how to achieve your intent both on Android and on iPhone and PC, so that you can receive notifications relating to interactions with your profile and the publication of posts and / or stories of others. .

If, therefore, you can’t wait to start, make yourself comfortable and just take a few minutes of free time to follow the procedures that I am about to illustrate: you will see that you will succeed in the intent that you have proposed easily and quickly. Have a good reading!

How to activate Instagram notifications of your profile

You will find explained below how to activate Instagram notifications for individual activities and sections related to your profile (for example how to activate Instagram notifications of messages) through the social network app, after which I will explain how to activate notifications for Instagram from the operating system settings (without this authorization, in fact, Instagram will not be able to send you notifications). It is all very simple.

How to activate Instagram notifications Android

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To activate Instagram notifications via the social network app for Android, start the latter and do it first access to your account (if necessary).

Once this is done, go to the menu Settings> Notifications and then, in the screen that is shown to you, presses on the wording Posts, stories and comments, so you can make sure you get notifications for the I like ei comments you receive from the people you follow, or from all accounts, by placing a check mark on the appropriate item.

You can also get notifications regarding other Instagram features, such as i private messages. In this case, press on the voice Direct and calls and choose whether to receive notifications regarding the requests for messages you hate groups, by placing a check mark on the item relating to the possibility of receiving notifications for everyone or only for the people you follow.

Other types of notifications that you can activate through the Instagram app are those relating to videos: by pressing on the item Live and IGTV videos you can get notifications when, for example, someone you follow has started one live on Instagram.

Finally, you can also turn on notifications via Email and SMS. In this specific case, in fact, all you have to do is move up ON the lever relating to the notification you want to activate (for example the email on Announcements of Instagram), to receive the notification via email or SMS.

In order for all notifications to work, you need to activate notifications for Instagram by acting on the settings of Android. To do this, start the app Settings located on the home screen and / or in the drawer of your device, then tap on the item Apps and notifications and presses on the voice Instagram.

Having done this, through the section Notifications, move up ON the lever All notifications on Instagram, to simultaneously activate the reception of all notifications, or individually activate the notification of your interest such as the one relating to the reception of direct messages (All Direct Notifications).

How to activate Instagram notifications on iOS

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Do you want activate notifications on Instagram from iPhone? Also in this case you can act through the panel Settings> Notifications of the Instagram app.

Therefore, carry out access to your account and enable notifications regarding, for example, i I like ei comments give her people you follow or from everyone, as well as those relating to the reception of direct messages (Direct and calls). The operations to be carried out in the Instagram app for iPhone they are the same ones that I have indicated to you in previous chapter dedicated to Android.

After doing this, also check that notifications are active via the menu Settings from iOS. To proceed, launch the app Settings through the Home screen or the App library and, in the screen that is shown to you, presses on the item Instagram.

Now, tap on the wording Notifications and move up ON the lever Allow notifications in order to make sure you receive the notifications previously set through the social network app.

How to activate Instagram notifications on iOS

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Would you activate notifications on Instagram from PC? You can do this quickly and easily, from official website of the social network or through the app for Windows 10 and later.

After making access to your account, press on yours profile picture and then click on the entry Settings.

Now, click on the entry Push notifications and activate the check mark in relation to the possibility of receiving notifications which, for example, concern i I like ei comments received from the people you follow or from everyone.

Through the notification settings menu you can also choose whether to receive notifications regarding private messages (Instagram direct requests), or even those relating to the publication of live video initiated by the people you follow.

If, on the other hand, you want to receive notifications via E-mail And SMS, click on the appropriate item and check the notification you want to receive, such as emails relating to Instagram news (E-mail about news).

Finally, make sure that the notifications for Instagram or for the browser you use are not locked in the operating system settings.

How to activate Instagram notifications of another account

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You would like to turn on Instagram notifications for a person you follow and, therefore, you wonder how to turn on Instagram notifications for stories and you would also like to know how to turn on Instagram notifications for posts? Then you should know that you can only do this via the Instagram app for smartphones and tablets.

To start, then, start the social network app and log in to your account, if you haven’t already. Now, through the search engine, locate the account of the person for whom you would like to activate notifications when new ones are published post and new ones stories. Go, therefore, to his profile and press the icon of bell located in the upper right corner.

Finally, in the menu that is shown to you, move up ON the lever relating to the possibility of receiving notifications for the publication of post and of stories, as well as in the eventuality, also those relating to the publication of new ones video, from Reel or the beginning of a direct.