How to find someone on Instagram
Finding people on Instagram can be pretty easy. All you need to do is head over to the search bar and enter their name. However, what if your friend’s name is pretty common, or if you don’t even know their last name? If you don’t think you will find the user very easily, there are many other ways to connect with them.
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To find someone on Instagram, go to your Instagram profile and press the Menu button at the top. After that, press Discover Contacts if you have connected your Instagram account to your Facebook account.
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How to find someone on Instagram using search
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The simplest way to find somebody on Instagram is to use the search function. But you would need to know their name or Instagram username.
From the home screen, press the button in the bottom toolbar that looks like a magnifying glass to open the search menu. Enter the user’s username or name in the top search field.
How to find contacts on Instagram
Other methods to find people on Instagram require you to know them already. If the user is part of your contacts list on your smartphone, you can sync your contacts with Instagram.
To do this, start by going to your Instagram profile and pressing the Menu button; this exists in the top right corner and looks like three horizontal lines. From the pop-up menu, press Settings.
Within Settings, press Follow and invite friends.
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In Follow and invite friends, press the Follow contacts button. Allow the app to access your device’s contacts list to sync your contacts with Instagram.
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How to find Facebook friends on Instagram
Note that this method only works if you have your Facebook and Instagram accounts connected already. If this is the case for you, head over to your Instagram profile and press the Menu button in the top right corner.
From the subsequent pop-up menu, tap the option labeled Discover People. Then, within Discover People, you can press Connect to Facebook to see your Facebook contacts’ Instagram profiles appear in a list below.
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You can typically find larger Instagram accounts online. For example, businesses, celebrities, and professional athletes often have their Instagram accounts linked to their Google bios.
If you need a more specific link to someone’s Instagram, you may need to contact that person directly.
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