Hey everyone, I'm Marina from Yes to Tech, and welcome back to my channel.
Want to use Instagram on your laptop like you do on your mobile device?
In this video, I'll show you how to use Instagram on your PC like you do on your phone.
By the end of this video, you'll know exactly how to use Instagram on your laptop and how
to use Instagram on your desktop so that you can easily manage your Instagram likes and
comments without getting sore thumbs.
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To use Instagram on your laptop like you do on your mobile device, head over to Instagram.com
and log into your Instagram account.
Once you're logged in, you'll be directed to your Instagram homepage which looks just
like the Instagram homepage on your phone: Instagram stories are up top, and if you scroll
down on your homepage, you'll be able to see your Instagram feed.
Just like on your mobile device, you can click on an Instagram story to view it, click on
top of a playing Instagram story to pause and restart it, and click on the arrows on
either side of said Instagram story to move forward or backwards, you can reply to an
Instagram story, as well as share that Instagram story with other Instagram profiles or pages.
To head back to your Instagram homepage, just click on the X on the top, right-hand side.
The same goes for the Instagram posts in your feed.
You can like an Instagram post on your laptop just like you do on your phone, comment on
an Instagram post, share it via a direct message to other Instagram profiles or pages, share
it to Facebook, share it to Messenger, share it to Twitter, share it via email, and copy
the Instagram post link, as well as save the Instagram post by bookmarking it.
If you click on the three little dots on the top, right-hand side of an Instagram post,
just like on your phone, you can report the Instagram post as inappropriate, you can unfollow
this particular Instagram profile or page, go to the post, share the post, copy and embed
the link.
Just like when you use Instagram on your phone, you can search for Instagram accounts, tags
and places using the search bar up top on your laptop.
I use this feature all the time to figure out which hashtags to use in my Instagram
posts.
I just search for # and a particular term, and then Instagram automatically suggests
other relevant hashtags.
When searching for a particular Instagram account, such as Jasmine Star's account, you
can see her entire Instagram profile on your laptop just like you would on your phone.
On the top left you can see her profile picture with her recent stories, and if we move over
to the right we can see her handle, message her, follow or unfollow her, view related
Instagram profiles, as well as view her Instagram profile stats, her Instagram bio and her link.
If we move down on her Instagram profile, we can view her Instagram story highlights,
and her Instagram posts, IGTV, and which posts she was tagged in.
Just like on your Instagram homepage, you can click on any Instagram post to like, comment,
share and save it.
When you click on the paper plane icon up top, you'll access your Instagram direct messages
on your PC, which makes it easy to view, respond and start a new message, without getting sore
thumbs.
When you click on the compass icon up top, you'll access the Instagram explore feature
on your computer, which helps you find and interact with new Instagram accounts.
When you click on the heart icon up top, you can view your Instagram notifications on your
laptop like on your mobile device, which makes it easier to view who has followed you on
Instagram, follow them back, see who liked your posts, as well as who commented on your
Instagram posts.
When you click on your profile picture up top, you can view your Instagram profile just
like on your mobile device, and a great feature that Instagram on laptop has is that you can
upload new IGTV videos directly from your Instagram account, see which Instagram posts
you've saved, access your Instagram settings, in addition to log out of your Instagram account,
all from your laptop.
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