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If you found a funny meme or a great informational post on Instagram, the easiest way to share it with all of your friends is to repost it on your story. Reposting photos and videos to your story allows you to share media from other accounts with your followers for up to 24 hours. This How.com.vn article will teach you how to share any Instagram post to your own story.
Steps
Open the Instagram app. Tap to open the Instagram icon to enter the app on your Android, iPhone, or iPad.
Go to the post you want to share on your story. Find a post you would like to repost on your story by scrolling through your Instagram feed or searching for specific accounts or posts. You can repost content from your own account or other public accounts to your Instagram story.- You cannot repost content from a private Instagram account to your story.
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Tap the icon of the paper plane. Under the photo and above the caption, you will see a menu of icons including a heart, a speech bubble, a paper airplane, and the bookmark. Tap the paper airplane to pull up the menu.- In this menu, you can share a post by sending it to other individual accounts or a group of accounts.[1] Instagram organizes the list of suggested accounts based on your interactions with other users.
Choose Add post to your story. It's at the top of the menu. A copy of the post will pop up with a blank background.
Edit the post (optional). If you'd like, you can use the preview page to edit how the repost will appear on your Instagram story.- Change the size of the post by sliding in or out with two fingers.
- Tap on the post once to show the original caption.
- Add text, drawings, music, gifs, or stickers to your post with the options at the top of the screen.
Tap Your Story. This publishes the post to your Instagram story.[2]- You can see your Instagram story by tapping your profile photo either at the top of your home page or on your profile.
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Tips
- If you come across a post you want to share to your story later, you can save it by pressing the bookmark logo at the bottom of the post. Find your saved posts by going to your profile, tapping the icon of the three lines at the top right corner of your profile, and clicking the saved option from this menu.Thanks
- If you accidentally reposted the wrong photo or video, you can delete it from your story by pressing the symbol of the More option at the bottom of the screen. In this menu, tap the Delete option at the top of the list. Confirm that you want to delete this repost from your story, and it will be taken down.Thanks
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1. Go to the post you want to share.
2. Tap the paper airplane.
3. Tap Add post to your story.
4. Tap Your Story to share.
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