Ever since Meta-owned Facebook acquired Instagram, the two platforms have converged significantly. You can share your Instagram Reels to Facebook, where they can reach a new audience altogether. You can also log into Instagram using your Facebook profile. Accounts Center makes it easy to manage both accounts in one place. In this article, we show you how to stop Instagram from posting to Facebook.
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Table of Contents
Unlink your Instagram account from Facebook
Step 1: Launch the Instagram app on your phone and tap the profile icon at the bottom right corner of the screen.
Step 2: Tap the hamburger menu icon at the top right corner of the screen and select Settings and privacy.
Step 3: Tap on Accounts Center.
Step 4: Tap on Accounts.
Step 5: Select the Remove option for your Facebook profile.
Your Instagram account will be unlinked from your Facebook account.
Disable the option to automatically share Instagram posts on Facebook
Step 1: Launch the Instagram app on your phone and tap the profile icon at the bottom right corner of the screen.
Step 2: Tap the hamburger menu icon at the top right corner of the screen and select Settings and privacy.
Step 3: Tap on Accounts Center.
Step 4: Select Connected Experiences.
Step 5: Tap on Sharing across profiles.
Step 6: Under the Share From section, select your Instagram profile.
Step 7: Turn off the toggle switches for Your Instagram Story and Your Instagram Posts.
Stop an individual Instagram post from being shared on Facebook
When you’re about to make a post on Instagram, it asks you whether you want to share it on other social media platforms as well. Simply turn off the toggle switch for Facebook. Go to Advanced Settings and turn off the toggle switch for Share Your Posts to Facebook for good measure. You can also choose to restrict the post from being shared on other social media platforms from this window itself. Once that is taken care of, hit Share to post the media on Instagram.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
How do I unlink my Instagram account from Facebook?
Go to Profile Menu>Settings and Privacy>Accounts Center>Accounts and select the Remove option for your Facebook profile.
How do I stop my Instagram from posting to Facebook?
Go to Menu>Settings and Privacy>Accounts Center>Connected Experiences>Sharing Across Profiles>Instagram and turn off the toggle switch for Your Instagram Story and Your Instagram Posts.
How do I restrict an individual Instagram post from being shared on Facebook?
Simply turn off the toggle switch for Facebook in the sharing window of the post.
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Conclusion
These are the top 3 ways to stop Instagram from posting to Facebook. Unlinking your Instagram and Facebook profile is too harsh a measure simply to restrict posts from being shared. We’d suggest manually disabling the Share to Facebook option every time you post something on Instagram.
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