If you’ve ever deleted a post or story on Instagram, there’s a good chance that you didn’t realize that it was gone for good. If you’re like most people, you probably just forgot about it and went on with your day. But if you’re like me, then you probably also noticed that the post or story wasn’t in your account anymore. If this is the case for you, then there’s a good chance that it was deleted by Instagram because they don’t allow users to delete their posts or stories. But if this is the case for you and you don’t know how to get your post or story back, then here are some tips to help you get it back:

  1. Contact Instagram and ask them to help you get your post or story back. They may be able to help out if they have knowledge about the situation.
  2. Use an app like iCloud or Google Drive to store all of your posts and stories so that they can be restored when needed. This will make it easier for you to find and access them when needed.
  3. Try contacting Instagram support through their website or phone line. They may be able to help out with getting your post or story back online as well as provide other support services related to Instagram.

First, open the Instagram app on your iPhone or Android device. Next, tap your display picture icon found in the bottom-right corner to visit your profile page.

Select the three-line button in the top-right corner and select “Settings” from the following list of options.

Head into the “Account” menu.

Choose the “Recently Deleted” option located toward the bottom of the list.

Here, you’ll find all the posts, reels, stories, and IGTV videos you’ve deleted in the last 30 days.

In the “Recently Deleted” section, stories will remain for 24 hours if they’re not in your “Archive.” Every other kind of deleted post, such as reels and pictures, will be automatically dropped from the trash folder 30 days later.

You can either restore them or permanently erase them from your account. To do that, tap the content you’d like to restore or delete forever.

From there, select the three-dot “More” button present in the bottom-right corner.

You can pick between restoring the deleted content or deleting it forever.

Select “Restore,” and in the pop-up, tap “Restore” again to add it back to your profile. It will be sorted as per its original date and won’t show up at the top of your feed.

Similarly, you can pick “Delete” to erase it from your Instagram data.

If you’re simply looking for a way to clean up your profile by getting rid of, for instance, all embarrassing old posts, but you don’t want to delete them forever, you can move them to the “Archive” folder instead.

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