How to add Story Highlights on your Instagram profile in 7 simple steps

You can add highlights on your Instagram profile as an expressive way to curate content from your Instagram stories.
If you would like to add an extra layer of storytelling to your Instagram page, follow these seven easy steps to add Story Highlights to your profile.
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Adding highlights to your Instagram is a wonderful way to seamlessly curate your most precious memories for a quick dose of nostalgia.

Instagram Story Highlights also help new followers distill the essence from your stories, allowing them to catch up on what they’ve missed when you were making stories on the go.

A highlight is relatively simple to create. Here are the seven steps to add vignettes to your Instagram page.

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How to add highlights on Instagram

1. Open Instagram on your iPhone or Android phone. If the app was closed, you’ll be taken to the home screen, which displays your timeline.

2. Go to your profile by tapping the thumbnail of your profile picture in the bottom right corner.

3. There will be a section below your profile bio called "Story Highlights," with several blank circles. Tap the circle with the plus sign above "New." 1 How to add highlights on Instagram.PNG

Foto: As a relatively new Instagram account, I haven't added any highlights yet. That will soon change.sourceEmma Whitman/Business Insider

4. Select the stories (however many or few) you want to compile for a highlight. All of your old, un deleted stories will be available for selection.

5. Tap "Next" after you have decided on the story or stories to be used as highlights. 2 How to add highlights on Instagram.PNG

Foto: Select images and videos you think would package well together for your first highlight reel. I picked out photos from bar hopping in New Orleans, for a unified theme.sourceEmma Witman/Business Insider

6. Name your Story Highlight. Instagram allows 15 characters. You can also change the cover photo, which will appear in your profile.

7. Tap "Add" to add it to your highlights. 3 How to add highlights on Instagram.PNG

Foto: Edit your cover and tap "Add" to add a highlight to your profile.sourceEmma Witman/Business Insider

If a particular Story Highlight has an ongoing theme, you can always add more stories to that Highlight in the future. To do this, tap and hold the highlight, select "Edit Highlight," and select previous stories from the "Archive" tab on the following screen to add subsequent stories to the same highlight.