How To Add Something To Your Highlights On Instagram Without Adding To Story | Phil Pallen | Summary and Q&A

TL;DR

Learn how to create an Instagram Highlight without sharing it as a story, a workaround that is more suitable for small accounts.

Key Insights

• 🏣 Creating an Instagram Highlight without posting a story is more suitable for smaller accounts.
• ⌛ Hiding the story from your audience for 24 hours is the current workaround suggested.
• 😚 Posting to Close Friends does not work for creating a Highlight visible to all followers.
• ⌛ Deleting the story before 24 hours will result in it not being saved as a Highlight.
• ❓ Integrating this strategy into your content and highlight creation can be beneficial.
• 🌥️ Manually hiding the story from all followers is not practical for larger accounts.
• 🏣 Instagram does not provide an easier method for adding a Highlight without posting a story.

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Questions & Answers

Q: Can I create an Instagram Highlight without sharing it as a story?

Yes, you can hide the story from your audience for 24 hours, and it will be saved as a Highlight without being posted.

Q: Is it practical for larger accounts?

It is not practical for larger accounts as manually hiding the story from all followers can be time-consuming.

Q: Can I use the Close Friends feature to create a Highlight?

No, posting to Close Friends does not work for creating a Highlight visible to everyone after 24 hours.

Q: Can I delete the story before 24 hours and still have it saved as a Highlight?

No, the story needs to be present for 24 hours to be saved as a Highlight in your archive.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• Instagram does not make it easy to add a Highlight without posting it as a story.

• The workaround involves hiding the story from your audience for 24 hours to save it as a Highlight.

• Posting to close friends or manually hiding the story from all your followers are not effective methods.