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Add Instagram collaborators

Invite up to 3 Instagram accounts to share a feed post or Reel, so it shows on their profiles too.

For everyone

A collaborator post shows on the client's Instagram profile and on each collaborator's profile, with both names at the top. Instagram sends each collaborator an invite when the post goes out, and the post appears on their profile once they accept.

  1. Step 1: On a draft with Instagram on it, find the Instagram box under Platforms.

  2. Step 2: Check that Publish as is set to Feed post. Stories can't have collaborators.

  3. Step 3: Under Collaborators, type a username in the @username box. You can also paste a link to their Instagram profile.

  4. Step 4: Press Add, or press Enter. It saves straight away.

  5. Step 5: Add up to 3. To take one off, press the × next to their name.

    The Instagram box on a draft with Publish as set to Feed post and two collaborators, @summitoutdoor and @lumenskin, listed under Collaborators above the @username box and the Add button.
  • Each collaborator must be a public Instagram account.
  • The client's own account can't be a collaborator on its own post.
  • Usernames are up to 30 letters, numbers, periods and underscores, and can't start or end with a period.
  • With 3 added, lmnts says That's Instagram's limit of 3. Remove one to invite someone else.

What others see

Reviewers see the collaborators on the post's Instagram line, after Collaborators:. Once the post is published, the line reads Collaborator invites sent to the accounts you named, and They appear on their profiles once accepted. Each change to the list is recorded under Activity at the bottom of the post.