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How To Know If Someone Hide Their Story From You On Instagram

✎ Key Takes:

» To confirm if someone hides his story on Instagram, you can also use the account of any mutual follower to find out if that user has uploaded any new story on Instagram that isn’t showing on your profile.
» If you find any such story that isn’t appearing on your account but is showing from the account of the mutual follower, you can be sure that the stories are hidden from you.

How To Know If Someone Hide Their Story From You On Instagram:

You can try the following methods below to know if someone is hiding their story from you on Instagram:

1. Asking Mutual Friend

You can use this method to find out if someone has hidden their story from you on Instagram.

🔴 Steps To Follow:

Step 1: First of all, identify a mutual friend who follows the user whose story you suspect is hidden.

Step 2: Then, just ask your mutual friend if they can see the story in question.

Step 3: After that, if your mutual friend can see the story and you can’t, the user has likely hidden it from you.

2. Directly Asking the User

You should use this method if you have a good relationship with the user and feel comfortable discussing it with them.

🔴 Steps To Follow:

Step 1: First of all, approach the user politely and respectfully.

Step 2: Then, express your curiosity and ask if they have hidden their stories from you.

Step 3: Next, engage in an open conversation and listen to their response.

Step 4: Now, based on their answer, you will know if they have intentionally hidden their stories from you or if there might be another reason for not seeing them.

What Happens When Someone Hides Story From You On Instagram:

You can find out if someone is hiding his Instagram story from you by using different techniques that are described below:

1. Suddenly Story will Disappear

You can easily find out if someone has masked you from viewing the Instagram story when you notice that suddenly their story isn’t appearing to you.

Instagram users are often very active when uploading their stories on Instagram, but if you can’t see any such active user’s story for several days, you should understand that there’s a pretty good chance that the user has restricted your account from viewing his or her Instagram story.

◘ Stories can be hidden from selective users by getting into the Privacy section of the Instagram application, from where users can click on Story, and then on the next page, under the heading of Hide story from, users can select the names of the users from whom his stories would be hidden.

instagram stories

Often when Instagram users upload their stories, for different privacy reasons, they hide their stories from some or a few users. If you can’t see someone’s story for days, it may be because he or she is uploading stories that are hidden from you & a few other users.

2. Seeing from Person’s other Followers

Another effective method that you can apply to find out if someone has hidden their story from you on Instagram is by checking the story of the particular user from a mutual follower’s profile.

You’ve to request any mutual follower to let you use his account to check for the person’s story. If you find that new story of that user, appearing on the account of this mutual follower but it’s not showing on your account, you can be sure that the user has hidden his Instagram stories from you.

◘ You’ve to find a person who’s also a follower of that Instagram user whose story you aren’t able to see. Therefore as the person is a mutual follower, you can ask him to check if that particular user has uploaded any story or not. If new stories appear in his profile but don’t appear in yours, it’s because your account is marked under the hidden list.

◘ Even if you have a second account from where you follow this particular user, you can log in to that account and check if the user has uploaded any new story on Instagram. If you find new stories appearing on your second account but not on your first account, it’s because the story is hidden from your first account. 

◘ Mutual followers can see the same Instagram stories as it appears to you. But when the story is hidden from your profile and you’re under the hidden list, you won’t be able to view it. However, the mutual followers can view the stories, if the user has not hidden them too.

followers instagram

Therefore, the quickest way you can use to find out if an Instagram story is hidden from you is by checking it from the profile of a mutual follower.

If you find new stories appearing on the profile of the mutual follower, but it’s not showing to you, you can be sure you’re hidden from it. But if you don’t see any new stories of that user, be clear that you’re not under the hidden list.

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