To share a story on Instagram, you have several options depending on whether you want to share your own story, repost someone else's story, or share a feed post to your story. Here is a concise guide:
How to Share Your Own Story
- Open Instagram and swipe right from your feed or tap the camera icon at the top left to open the story creation screen.
- Capture a photo or video, or select one from your gallery.
- Customize your story with text, stickers, GIFs, or drawings.
- Tap "Your Story" at the bottom to share it with all your followers or select "Close Friends" to share only with your close friends list
How to Share Someone Else's Post to Your Story
- Find the post you want to share (it must be from a public account).
- Tap the paper airplane icon below the post.
- Select "Add post to your story."
- Customize the story draft with text, stickers, or drawings.
- Tap "Your Story" to share it. The original poster's username and a link to the post will be included automatically
How to Share Someone Else's Story to Your Story
- You can only share someone else's story to your own story if they have tagged you in it and their account is public.
- When tagged, you will receive a notification. Tap "Add to your story" in the message.
- Edit and post the story as usual
How to Share a Story via Direct Message
- Tap on the story you want to share.
- Tap the paper airplane icon or the three dots and select "Share to..."
- Choose the people or group chats to send the story privately
Additional Tips
- You can repost your own past stories to your feed by going to your Stories Archive, selecting the story, tapping the three dots, and choosing "Share as post"
- To allow others to share your stories, enable "Allow sharing to story" and "Allow sharing to messages" in your Instagram Privacy > Story settings
This covers the main ways to share stories on Instagram, whether your own or others'. All these actions are done within the Instagram mobile app, as story sharing features are not available on the desktop version
