Instagram now lets you reshare Stories even if you are not tagged: here’s how it works

Instagram has added a new feature to the app which allows users to reshare any story from a public account on their story, even if they are not tagged in it. The company confirmed the update via a post on a Threads and noted that creators can also opt out of the feature by going to their privacy settings.

The feature appears to be aimed at friends who may have forgotten to tag someone in a picture, creating friction in the sharing process, where the original poster previously had to tag other people before they could reshare it on their Stories. Moreover, if you came across a funny or emotional Story from a public account, the only way to reshare it until now was by taking screenshots, but you can now simply reshare the Story directly.

The new feature also resembles the repost reels featre that the social media giant had announed earlier in the year that allowed users to share public Reels and feed posts directly to their own feeds while automatically giving credit to the original creator.

Tap on the story from a public account

You should now see a share option, just adjacent to message box. Tap on it and click on "Add to your story" button.

The story will now be shown on your account with attribution automatically shown to the original poster, similar to how Instagram shows for Reels.

The update is being rolled out to all users globally on both iOS and Android. We can already see the new feature in action on our Instagram app, and if you haven't received the feature, it might be only a matter of time till it reaches you.

All public accounts, however, will have to make the changes to their privacy settings immediately if they don't want their Instagram stories to be shared like reels on the platform.

Tap on Privacy and select Story

Toggle off the switch that reads "Allow Sharing to Story."

Your followers will no longer get the option of resharing your stories.