Instagram and Facebook are the leading social media websites/apps in the world. With users growing in these social media platforms day by day, it’s important to keep up the privacy. Some people want to keep their personal life limited to only a few people. Facebook and Instagram try hard to improve privacy related issues and listen to users to bring out new updates. Recently the company announced on their blog page that they announced an update for hiding the like count.
Here is a guide, which will help you on how to use this feature and hide ‘like counts’ in Facebook and Instagram posts.
1.On Instagram
Step 1 – Head to your profile and click on the three-line burger icon on the top right corner.
Step 2 – Tap on setting and then go to the Privacy tab.
Step 3 – Under posts, tap Hide Like and View Counts.
You can also head to your current post and hide your likes and views. It can be done by following these steps.
Step 1 – Head to the post you want to hide likes of.
Step 2 – Tap on the three dots of the post.
Step 3 – Select Hide Like Count.
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2.On Facebook.
This feature was rolled out recently on Facebook and is very easy to toggle on.
Step 1 – Tap on the 3 line burger icon on the top right corner of the screen.
Step 2 – Head to setting and Privacy tab.
Step 3 – Select the setting tab under its subcategory.
Step 4 – Under preferences tap on Reaction Preferences.
Step 5 – Select your preference accordingly.
This step by step guide will really help you to take care of your privacy if you wish and hide your like count. The post for Hiding the views is on the way and as soon as the update rolls out you will surely find it in Gadget Bridge.
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