How to delete your highlights on Instagram individually or by collection

January 2024 ยท 4 minute read

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Whether it's an individual photo or the entire collection, it's easy to delete your Instagram highlights.

Highlights are a great way to organize your temporary stories so they are always visible on your account profile page. However, you may wish to update them as time goes on. To do so, first tap to view a highlight collection and then choose "More" options to delete an individual post or edit the collection.

In the edit page, you can uncheck multiple photos or videos you've uploaded to your curated highlights. If you uncheck all of them, you'll be prompted with a message confirming you wish to delete the whole thing.

Here's how to delete a highlight on Instagram. 

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How to delete a highlight on Instagram individually or by collection

1. Head to your profile page in the Instagram app and tap on the highlight you'd like to delete. Highlights are found in the space below your follower numbers and bio.

2. Tap through until you find the highlight photo or video you'd like to remove.

Find your Instagram highlight. Marissa Perino/Business Insider

3. Tap the three dots for the "More" option in the bottom right hand corner.

4. Tap "Remove from Highlight" to remove just that one item.

Tap "Remove from Highlight." Marissa Perino/Business Insider

5. This will open a pop-up. Tap the red "Remove" option to remove that item.

Tap "Remove." Marissa Perino/Business Insider

6. From the "More" menu, you can also tap "Edit Highlight" to make additional changes. 

7. This will open a details page where you can view all of the stories you've selected for the highlight. (If you tap the "Stories" tab you can see others to add.)

Select the stories you want to keep. Marissa Perino/Business Insider

8. Uncheck the selected items you wish to remove. This will change the blue check marks to empty circles.

Deselect the posts you want to delete. Marissa Perino/Business Insider

9. Tap "Done" to complete the process of deleting multiple highlight stories at once.

10. Uncheck all of the selected items if you wish to remove the entire highlight. When you tap "Done," it will prompt a pop-up confirming you wish to delete. Tap the red "Delete" option to complete the process.

You can delete the entire highlight. Marissa Perino/Business Insider
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Marissa Perino Marissa Perino is a former editorial intern covering executive lifestyle. She previously worked at Cold Lips in London and Creative Nonfiction in Pittsburgh. She studied journalism and communications at the University of Pittsburgh, along with creative writing. Find her on Twitter: @mlperino. Read more Read less

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