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When you're scrolling through your feed, you'll occasionally see posts that have "Sponsored" under the product's name in the upper left corner of the ad, but there are easier ways to find ads. This How.com.vn teaches you how to find ads on Instagram, specifically the ads you've interacted with in the past as well as all the ads being run by a specific profile.
Things You Should Know
- Find ads that you have previously interacted with by opening the Settings and selecting Ads > Ad Activity.
- Tap the ⋮ or ••• icons next to a page that posted an ad to learn more about that account.
- Select About This Account and then Active Ads to see all ads from this account.
Steps
Open Instagram. This app icon looks like a camera icon over a rainbow background that you can find on your Home screen, in the app drawer, or by searching.- You can also use a web browser and to go https://instagram.com.
Tap your profile iconor profile picture. This is generally in the bottom right corner of your screen.
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Tap ☰. You'll see this in the top right corner of your screen.
Tap Settings. You'll find this at the bottom of the menu.
Tap Ads. This is usually at the bottom of the screen, in the middle of the menu, below "Security."
Tap Ad Activity. This is usually the first listing in the menu.- When you tap this, you'll be taken to a page with all the ads you've tapped, including ads in Stories and your feed.[1]
Open Instagram. This app icon looks like a camera icon over a rainbow background that you can find on your Home screen, in the app drawer, or by searching.- You can also use a web browser and to go https://instagram.com.
Navigate to the profile with the ads you want to see. You can find this profile in your feed by tapping on the picture next to the ad or you can search for the profile by searching.
Tap ⋮ or ••• . You'll see either of these icons in the top right corner of your screen and will drop-down a menu.
Tap to select About This Account. This is usually the third option in the menu.- You'll see information about that account, such as when they joined, what country they are from, and former account names.
Tap Active Ads. This is the last option in the list and will bring you to a Facebook library of active ads.- The Facebook Ad Library shows all active ads on Instagram and other Facebook-owned platforms. Promotions that are no longer active, paused, or cancelled won’t be shown in the Facebook Ad Library, however.[2]
Expert Q&A
Tips
- If you want to report an ad from your feed, tap ••• or ⋮ in the top right corner of the post, then tap Report Ad.[3]Thanks
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1. Open Instagram.
2. Tap your profile icon or profile picture.
3. Tap the three-line menu icon.
4. Tap Settings.
5. Tap Ads.
6. Tap Ad Activity.
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