When it comes to sharing captured moments, Instagram is the best social media platform to do so. You can share pictures on your timeline or your Instagram story.
You can upload a maximum of 10 pictures on your Instagram timeline or feed while you can share a maximum of 100 pictures on your Insta-story.
Furthermore, media shared via Instagram stories disappear after 24 hours. In contrast, the pictures you share on Instagram’s timeline remain there till it is deleted or archived.
There are various ways to share multiple pictures on Instagram which we shall discuss below;
How to share multiple pictures on your Instagram timeline or Feed
Method 1
- Launch the Instagram application on your preferred device.
- Click on the “+”icon at the top right corner of your screen.
- A pop-up menu appears.
- Click on “post” or “story” depending on the desired lifetime of the post.
- Click on the “Select multiple “icon.
- Select the pictures you intend to share in the order you wish (maximum of 10). Also, you can easily unselect a picture by simply tapping on it.
- Click on the blue ”arrow” icon at the top of the screen to proceed to the editing page. This page allows users to crop, adjust saturation of pictures, contrast, etc.
- you can edit each picture individually or collectively by adding the same effects to the very picture. To choose a single filter for every picture, tap on your intended filter without selecting a picture. If you want to edit a picture individually, just click on one of the pictures, edit, and click the ”mark” icon to complete the procedure.
- When you’re done editing, click the check icon .A caption for the post, location, friends/ families who appear in shared can be tagged.
- Click on the mark icon and you have successful posted on your timeline.
Method 2
- Launch the Instagram application on your android or iPhone.
- Swipe left, just below the camera button, you will see some options. Search for post and click on it.
- Click on the “Select multiple “icon.
- Select the pictures intend to share in the order you wish.
- Click on the blue arrow icon at the top of the screen to proceed to the editing page.
- you can edit each picture individually or collectively by adding the same effects to the very picture. To choose a single filter for every picture, tap on your intended filter without selecting a picture. If you want to edit a picture individually, just click on one, edit, and click the mark icon to complete the procedure.
- When you’re done editing, click the check icon .A caption for the post, location, friends/ families who appear in shared can be tagged.
- Click on the mark icon and you have successful posted on your timeline.
On your profile grid, your followers will see an icon on the upper right side of the uploaded post to let them know it is a post with multiple pictures. They just need to swipe left on the picture to see more.
How to share multiple pictures on your Instagram story
Method 1
- Open your Instagram app.
- Click on the “+”icon at the top right corner of your screen.
- A pop-up menu appears.
- Click on “story”.
- Select the first picture you wish to add.
- Click on the Select multiple icon.
- Click on next after you are done selecting all the pictures you want to post. You can edit the picture and also add filters to them by clicking on the picture and selecting any filter of your choice. you can also place stickers on the picture or write text on the picture
- Click on next. An options menu is going to come up
- Click on your story, there will be other options like close friends, clicking that will only share your post to people which you have marked as your close friends on Instagram. Clicking on your story will allow everyone you are following to see your story
- click on done and you have successfully posted on your Instagram story
Method 2
- Open your gallery
- Go to the folder you want to upload the pictures from and select the pictures you want to upload
- Click on the share icon, a list of apps you can share the pictures to will come up. Click on Instagram
- The Instagram app will be open and you can edit the pictures you have selected from there
- After you are done editing click on next an options menu is going to come up
- click on your story, by clicking on your story it will allow everyone you are following to see your story
- click on done and you have successfully posted on your Instagram story
Summary: How to share multiple pictures on Instagram
In short, there are 2 major ways to share your pictures on Instagram. You can either choose to share them on your timeline or story.
Also, You can upload a maximum of 10 pictures on your Instagram timeline or feed while you can share a maximum of 100 pictures on your Insta-story
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