How to Send Disappearing Photos or Videos on Instagram (Like Snapchat)

Following Snapchat popular disappearing photos or messages, Instagram has also introduced a similar function. It allows you to send photos or videos to someone on Instagram and once the photos or videos were viewed, it will disappear from the inbox. Unlike Snapchat, not all messages will disappear, it depends on the settings you have set for the messages to either disappear or remain. Here we show you simple steps on how to activate the disappearing settings.

WHY SEND DISAPPEARING PHOTOS OR VIDEOS?

1. FOR PRIVACY SECURITY – If you are worried about your embarrassing photos or videos of being misused or shared without your consent, it is best that you set it as a disappearing message to your friends on Instagram.
2. SAVING SPACE USAGE – For someone who does not have a lot of space in their phone, the disappearing photos or videos would help in easing the storage space in their Instagram app and directly the space usage in their phone.

So, if you are interested to learn how to use the disappearing photos or videos function, here are the steps:-

Step1

 Go to your Followers list by tapping “Followers” at your Instagram profile here

Step 2

Choose the person in your follower’s list where you want to send the disappearing photos or videos to

Step 3

 In their profile, tap “ Message” to open the DM screen.

Step 4

At the DM screen, tap at the camera icon here

Step 5

You can choose to take picture or videos by tapping the circle button here or tap the square button here to access your photo gallery in your phone

Step 6

Choose the photos or videos you want to send here

Step 7

Before sending the photos or videos, below here you can choose “Allow Replay” or

Step 8

Tap “View Once” if you want the photos or videos to quickly disappear once it was viewed

Step 9

You can also choose “ Keep in Chat” if you do not want the photos or videos to disappear once it was viewed.

So, there you have it- Simple steps on how you can use the disappearing function. Please leave us a comment below on how often you have used this function.

Please also read our previous article on How to Download All of Your Instagram Photos