How To Add Favourites On Instagram (Android and ios)?

Wondering how to use the brand-new IG feed features and add favorites on Instagram?

Instagram has launched an amazing new feature with its latest update. IG Users may now organize their feeds on the photo and video-sharing app. Users can choose between three feed types:

• Algorithmically arranged (Home),
• Chronological (Following), and
• Favourites.

The Instagram Favourites feed allows users to choose which accounts they want to see first and only see posts from those accounts. It’s your personal feed where you only see content from the account you added to your list. Do you know what this means? Complete Control of who you interact with on your feed! You won’t randomly come across an account that makes you feel inadequate or see the fun reel of your school friend you have no idea why you connected on Instagram with in the first place. The Instagram Favorites feed can be your personal haven where you know you will only find what you want to see. Amazing, isn’t it?

But how to create a safe list of favorites on Instagram? In this article, we will walk you through the process of adding favorites on Instagram(Android and ios) and how to remove someone from Instagram favorites as well;

What is Instagram’s Favourites list Feature?

Instagram Favorite is the new feature that IG has introduced recently to allow users to customize their own feed. You can create a special Instagram Favorite feed that includes all the accounts you like interacting with. You can add up to 50 IG accounts in your IG Favourite Feed. You will also see your favorite accounts at the top of your home feed. While creating the Instagram favorite feed for the first time, you will find that IG has already added a few accounts to your favorite list based on your interaction with the IG accounts. You can remove IG’s recommended list and add your own choices to your Instagram Favourite feed.

How To Add Favorites On Instagram?

Now that you know there’s a favorite feed on Instagram where you can add accounts you wouldn’t like to miss any updates from. It’s time you learn how to add favorites to your new feed. There are different ways to add to favourites feed on Instagram. You can add accounts you are following to the new favorites feed on the favourites feed itself. You can also add an IG account to favourites from their profile page. Lastly, you can directly add a user from a post/reel on your feed. Let’s look at each way in detail:

How To Add Favorites From The Favorites feed?

Customize Instagram Favorite Feed (ios)

• Tap on Instagram 
• Select Favourites
• Tap on the three lines under favorites at the top right corner.

• Search the username of the IG accounts you want to add to your Favorites feed
• Tap on Add 
• Tap on Confirm Favorites

Create Instagram Favourite Android Feed

• Tap on Instagram 
• Select Favourites
• Tap on the three lines icon under favorite at the top right corner
• Search the username of the IG accounts you want to add to your Favorites feed
• Tap on Add 

How To Add An Instagram Account To Favorites From The User’s Profile?

There is another way to add an Instagram account to favorites. You can directly add the user to favorites from their profile page. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you add favorites on Instagram from the user’s profile. This way you don’t have to go to your favorites feed every time you want to add an Instagram account to favorites.

• Open Instagram
• Go to the profile you want to add in your favorites list
• Tap on the small tab saying “following”
• Tap on the star next to the option “Add to favorites”

Once you select the “Add to favorites” option the color of the star will change. From being na empty star it will transform into a gradient orange. This is the sign that you have successfully added this Instagram profile to your Favorites feed.

How To Add To Favorites From The Home Feed?

Nobody has the time to go to the favorites feed or the user’s profile everytime they want to add someone to the favorites feed on Instagram. That’s why this way is our favorite (haha, the wordplay wasn’t intentional) Using this method, you can easily add to favorites directly from the home feed. You don’t have to go anywhere. As soon as you like a post/reel in your feed and feel the need to make that account a part of your special favorites feed, you can do it. Then and there!

Steps to add a profile to favorites from the IG home feed: 

• Open Instagram.
• Find the post/reel you like on your home feed.
• Tap on the three dots next to the header.
• Select the option “Add to favorites.”

That’s it. You have added an account to favorites from the home feed. When you add the account to favorites, an orange star will appear next to the post’s header.

How To Add Favorites From Your Profile?

Another way you can include an account in your favorites list is from your profile.

Steps to add an account to favorites from your IG profile page:

• Open Instagram
• Go to your profile page
• Navigate to the three horizontal lines at the top right corner
• Go to favorites 

• Click on the plus sign at the top right corner
• Search for the username of the Instagram account you want to add to your favorites list
• Tap on the “Add” button next to their username.

Who To Add In Your Instagram Favorite Feed?

Now you know how to add favorites on Instagram, the obvious next question is who should you give the special privilege of being added to your new favorites feed.

• Accounts That Are Your Happy Place: Some IG accounts instantly lift your mood. Their content is a ray of positivity in your life. These accounts belong in your favorites list. Feeling a little low? Go to your Instagram Favorites feed; you will instantly find something to make you smile.

• Accounts whose content you don’t want to miss: There are some accounts that we follow to stay on top of our industry trends and news. On your old feed, the content from these important IG accounts used to get lost in the feed, but with Instagram favorites, that will no longer be the case. You can access the hot news quickly on your favorite feed making it easier to adapt and strategize faster.

How to Remove Someone From Favorites Feed On Instagram?

• Tap on Instagram on your home page
• Select Favourites

• Tap on the triple lines icon at the top right corner
• Find the account you want to remove from IG Favorites feed
• Tap on “Remove” 

Why is Instagram Favorites Not Showing and How to Fix it?

If you can’t find any of the features mentioned above in your IG app, go to your App Store (ios) or Play Store (Android) and update Instagram. Once you get the updated version, your Instagram Favourites not showing problem will be fixed.

Conclusion

The new Instagram favorites feature attempts to allow users to practice greater control over what content they consume from their feed. You can add and remove favorites with a single tap. You can add to favorites in 4 different ways and none of them takes more than 30 seconds. You can create a personalized feed of all the IG accounts that you absolutely love.

With the new features like favorites, pin the post and collab, Instagram is becoming an interesting space for creators!