How to Mention Someone on Instagram Story

There are two ways to mention someone on Instagram Story. One is by using the text option and the other is by using the Mention sticker. Both ways work for Instagram app on Android and iOS. Here’s how to mention someone on Instagram.

  1. Open Instagram app and tap on the Plus icon at the top left corner. Then select the Story option in the bottom bar.
  2. Here you can shoot the story with the camera or tap on the photos icon at the bottom left and select the photo or video from your device.
  3. Now before publishing the story on Instagram, tap on the text option (Aa icon) at the top. Then select the Mention.
  4. Type the username of the account that you want to mention and select the account from the suggestions.
  5. Now you can move the @name mention/tag text anywhere you want on the screen. You can use two fingers to resize or rotate the @name text.

How to Mention Someone on Instagram Stories with Stickers

Alternatively, you can also use the Mention sticker.

  1. Before publishing the story, tap on the Sticker icon at the top. Then select the Mention sticker from the stickers available.
  2. Just type the username of the account you want to mention and select the account from the suggestions.
  3. Finally, you can move the sticker to a desired location on the screen. You can also use two fingers to resize or rotate the Mention sticker.

How to Mention Someone on Instagram Story Without it Showing

If you want to mention someone in your Instagram Story but don’t want their name to be on top, there are a couple of ways to do that. After adding the Mention with either text or sticker, you can now move the mention to the extreme right or left on the screen until it is no longer visible anymore on the screen. This way, their name will not appear on the screen, but they will still get notified as if you have mentioned them. Alternatively, you can also mention them after publishing the story as shown below. Also Read: How to schedule Instagram Stories

How to Mention Someone on Instagram Story After Publishing

Instagram allows you to mention someone in your stories even after publishing them. Anyhow, this will only notify the user as if you have mentioned them, but will not show their username on top of the story itself.

  1. After publishing, tap on your story at the top left of the Instagram home page. Then tap on the More option at the bottom of the story.
  2. In the menu, select the Add mentions option. Now you can search and select the people you want to mention. Once done, tap on the Add option. That’s it, you have mentioned them. Though you cannot see their username on the Instagram story itself, they will get notified none the same. This is the only way to mention someone after publishing the story on Instagram. Also, this method does not work on stories that you have shared only with your Instagram’s Close friends list.

How to Mention Someone on Instagram Story Without Them Knowing

If you want to mention someone but you don’t want them to get notified, you can do that by adding their profile link to your Instagram story. That way, you can actually link them without sending a notification. If you are uploading a series of stories, this can come in handy so that your friends are not bombarded with notifications.

  1. First open their profile and tap on the three-dot icon in the top right-corner. Then select the Copy Profile URL option from the menu.
  2. Now start uploading the story but before publishing it, instead of adding Mention, tap on the sticker icon and select the Link sticker.
  3. Here paste the profile link you copied in step 1 above.
  4. Then tap on the Customise Sticker text option and add the name of the person you have linked to. Then tap on Done at the top right corner.
  5. Now you can move the link sticker anywhere on the screen. You can also use two fingers to resize and rotate it according to your needs before publishing. This way, you can link their account using their name, but they will not get any mention notifications.

Mention Someone on Instagram Story

With the above-mentioned ways, you can add mentions to the Instagram stories in different ways whether it’s just a text mention or sticker mention, with or without letting the user know. Even if you add the story to Instagram highlights, these settings and the mentions stay that way. If you are getting a lot of spam replies from Instagram stories, here’s how to stop the replies from Instagram Stories.