Changes
415 times Instagram's guidance changed, newest first. Each shows what was said before, and what replaced it.
3 of 415 changes about Photo tagging. Show all
2026
Photo taggingSep 2026
Users can now add photos and videos they are tagged in to their main profile grid, rather than displaying them only in the tagged section.
Before
Introducing Instagram Photos of You“Photos are memories of the people, places and moments that mean the most to us. We have always sought to give you simple and expressive ways to bring the stories behind your photos to life. Your captions and hashtags capture the “what?””
After
Starting to roll out today, you can now add posts you’re tagged in to your grid.“Small update: You can now add any photo or video that you're tagged to to your profile grid. So you can go to your profile and then to your tag tab, and if you long press any photo or video that you're tagged in, there'll be an option which is add to grid.”
2024
Photo taggingOct 2024
Instagram now restricts suspected scam accounts from seeing people’s tagged photos or other accounts tagged in their photos.
Before
Introducing Instagram Photos of You“Photos are memories of the people, places and moments that mean the most to us. We have always sought to give you simple and expressive ways to bring the stories behind your photos to life. Your captions and hashtags capture the “what?””
After
Our New Education Campaign to Help Protect Teens From Sextortion Scams“misrepresent where they live to trick teens into trusting them. To help prevent this, we’re testing new safety notices in Instagram DM and Messenger to let teens know when they’re chatting with someone who may be in a different country.”
2022
Photo taggingApr 2022
Enhanced people tags now display the tagged account’s self-selected profile category, adding context and credit beyond the account link.
Before
Introducing Instagram Photos of You“Photos are memories of the people, places and moments that mean the most to us. We have always sought to give you simple and expressive ways to bring the stories behind your photos to life. Your captions and hashtags capture the “what?””
After
New Features“second is enhanced people tags. So you've always been able to tag accounts on Instagram and photos and videos for a long time now, but now you can actually select the category for yourself. So if you go into profile edit profile, and that category will show up when you are tagging a photo or a video.”