Instagram Tricks & Tips — 22nd Edition (2025)

Instagram is more than a scrolling feed. This illustrated guide looks at the settings, sharing tools and creative features that shape how people use the app, from Stories and Reels to notifications, filters and the web portal. Its practical, topic-by-topic approach makes it easy to find a particular feature and see how the edition explains it.

Make more sense of Instagram’s settings

Start with the controls that influence your day-to-day experience. The guide explores Story settings, privacy options and push notifications, helping readers understand where to look when they want to manage who can see content or how the app reports activity.

Stories, Reels and ways to share

Dedicated sections cover viewing and posting Stories, editing them, adding text and drawings, and using stickers and face filters. The contents also turn to live streaming, Boomerangs and making or watching Reels, giving readers a tour of Instagram’s varied formats for sharing photos and video.

Explore beyond the phone app

The publication also considers Instagram’s web portal and its use on Windows 10. Alongside those broader access points, it includes guides to finding content and following celebrities, as well as smaller app tasks such as viewing liked posts, clearing search history, rearranging filters and adding a fundraiser.

A practical reference for curious users

With a glossary and a sequence of short, focused topics, this edition suits readers who prefer to look up a feature as needed rather than work through one long tutorial. It covers both everyday controls and creative tools, making it useful for building familiarity with the app’s range of options.

Please note: Instagram changes over time, so some interface labels or instructions in this 2025 edition may differ from the current app.