How to Display Tagged Photos on Your Instagram Profile

Are you trying to find Instagram photos you're tagged in? When someone tags you in a photo, the post instantly appears in the "Photos of You" section of your profile. If you've changed your settings to require approval for tags or hid a tagged photo, it only takes a few seconds to display these photos on your profile. This wikiHow guide will teach you easy ways to show tagged photos on your Instagram profile on your Android, iPhone, iPad, or computer, as well as how to unhide, approve, and control who can tag you in photos, with expert advice from Social Media Influencer Jenna Jean Davis.

How to See Tagged Photos on Instagram

Open Instagram and tap the profile icon in the bottom right corner. Tap the “Pictures of You” icon on the right side above the photo grid (it looks like a square chat bubble with an outline of a person inside it) to show your tagged photos.

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Viewing Tagged Photos

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Tap the profile photo at the bottom-right corner of Instagram. This takes you to your Instagram profile.
- If you're browsing Instagram on your computer, click Profile in the menu bar to the left.
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Tap the Pictures of You icon above your photo grid. This icon looks like a squared chat bubble with an outline of a person inside. This displays all Instagram posts you're tagged in. Photos you tagged will appear automatically by default. If you want to manually approve photos you've been tagged in, you can change your privacy settings.^{[1]
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- On a computer, click Tagged at the upper-right corner of your post grid.
- If you don't see a photo you're tagged in, you'll just need to approve or unhide it.

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Controlling Tagged Photo Privacy

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Tap the profile photo at the bottom-right corner of Instagram. This takes you to your Instagram profile.
- When people tag you in photo or video posts on Instagram, the tagged posts appear in the "Pictures of You" section of your profile automatically by default. If you'd rather be able to approve or deny tagged photos before they show up on your profile, this method will help you change your settings.
- If you're browsing Instagram on your computer, click Profile in the menu bar to the left.
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Tap the three-line menu icon ☰. You'll see it at the top-right corner of your profile.
- On a computer, click the icon that resembles a gear in the upper-right corner. Then click Settings and privacy.
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Tap Tags and mentions. It's below the "How others interact with you" header.
- On computer, it's in the menu to the left.
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Ensure people are allowed to tag you. Make sure you have the radio option next to "Allow tags from everyone" or "Allow tags from people you follow" selected.
- If you have "Don't allow tags" selected, people will not be able to tag you.
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Choose whether to add tagged photos to your profile automatically or manually. You can opt to approve photo tags before the photo appears in the "Pictures of You" section of your profile or add them automatically.^{[2]
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- Mobile app: Tap Manually Approve Tags, and then tap the switch to toggle manual approval on or off.
- Computer: Click Manually approve tags and then click the toggle switch next to "Tag options."

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Approving Tagged Photos

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Tap the profile photo at the bottom-right corner of Instagram. If you've changed your settings to require manual approval before adding tagged photos to your profile, this method will allow you to approve photos you've been tagged in.^{[3]
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- You'll need to use the Instagram app on your phone or tablet to approve tagged photos.
You'll see it at the top-right corner of your profile.^{[4]
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It's below the "How others interact with you" header.
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Ensure people are allowed to tag you. Make sure you have the radio option next to "Allow tags from everyone" or "Allow tags from people you follow" selected.
- If you have "Don't allow tags" selected, people will not be able to tag you.
It's below the toggle switch to approve tags manually.
All the tagged posts you haven't yet approved appear here.
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Tap Edit or Select in the upper-right corner. This allows you to select the posts you want to approve.
- Alternatively, you can tap a single post, tap the icon with three dots in the upper-right corner, and then tap Tag options. Tap Show on Profile.
This will place a checkmark in the upper-right corner of the selected posts.
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Tap Manage. It's at the bottom of the page. This displays a menu.
This approves the selected posts and displays them on your profile.
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Untag yourself from a photo. Jenna Jean Davis reminds us that it's also easy to untag yourself from a picture that you don't want to appear on your profile. "Go to the photo, click the three dots in the top-right corner, and then click Tag Options, Davis instructs. There, you will find two options. "Clicking Remove me from post will take the tag away completely. Or, you can click Hide from my profile so the photo won't show up on your Instagram profile."
- Untagging yourself is permanent—you can't retag yourself in the future.

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Unhiding Tagged Photos

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If you hid a tagged photo from your profile, you can restore it by making a quick settings change on the original post.
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Locate the photo. If the person shared the photo somewhat recently, you shouldn't have to scroll far to find the photo you were tagged in. But if it's been a while (and you've liked or commented on the post), use this trick to find the post quickly:^{[5]
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- Tap your profile photo at the bottom-right.
- Tap the three-line menu and select Your activity.
- Tap Interactions.
- Choose either Comments or Likes.
- Select Sort & filter.
- Select a date range to filter posts from a certain time period.
- Tap the post you want to show on your profile.
You'll see these dots above the post's top-right corner.
Options for showing the post on your profile will appear.
The selected post will now reappear at the top of the Pictures of You section of your profile.^{[6]
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Can I hide my tagged photos on Instagram?

Jenna Jean Davis
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Jenna Jean Davis is a Social Media Influencer & Marketer and the Founder and CEO of Jenna Jean Marketing LLC. With over five years of experience, she specializes in organic social media marketing, TikTok marketing, and Instagram marketing. Jenna is also an established TikTok creator. Jenna earned her BA in Journalism from the University of Utah.

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Go to the photo in question, tap the three dots in the top right corner and then tap on “Tag Options.” Select the option “Hide from my profile” and the photo will not show up on your Instagram profile under tagged photos, but you will still be tagged.

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