How to Edit Comments on Instagram

Instagram allows people to share videos and photos and share their comments and thoughts. Sometimes we make a typo while writing a comment or just want to edit our comment. When you want to edit your comment, do you need to delete and repost it? Of course not. Instagram introduced a comment editing feature a while ago. Now, we’re gonna explain to you how to edit comments on Instagram.

How to Edit Your Comments on Instagram?

Editing a posted comment was thought to be impossible on Instagram until the near future, but it’s easier than anything now. Here are the steps: 

1. Open the Instagram app.
2. Go to the comment on the post you want to edit.
3. Tap the three dots button at the top right.
4. Tap on Edit.
5. After editing your comment, click on the checkmark.

Editing your comment is this easy. You can see “Edited” notation below the edited comments.

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How to Delete a Comment on Instagram?

Instagram also allows us to delete comments. In other people’s posts, we can only delete our comments. But, we can delete people’s comments and our comments in our posts. Well, how to delete a comment on Instagram? It’s easy too.

1. Open the Instagram app.
2. Tap the speech bubble icon below the post to open comments.
3. Tap & hold the comment that you want to delete.
4. Hit the trash icon that appears at the top right corner, and it will be deleted.
5. If you want to recover the deleted comment, click “Undo” that appears at the bottom after you delete it, but note that it appears for a limited time.
6. You can post a new comment if you wish.

Filter Out the Comments on Instagram

Tired of negative comments? You are now in control of the comments. Instagram has provided a great feature to get rid of unwanted comments below the posts. With this feature, you can automatically filter out and block the comments and words you choose. Let’s show you how to filter out comments on your Instagram posts.

1. Open your Instagram profile.
2. Hit the ellipsis button at the top right.
3. Go to Settings and click on Privacy.
4. Tap on Comments. You will see the comment controls.
5. In the “Block Comments From” section, find and select the people you want to block from posting comments.
6. Go back to the comment controls page.
7. Activate the “Manual Filter” option at the bottom.
8. Now, type the words you want to filter out, separated by commas.

These users will not be able to comment on your posts anymore. What’s more, the words and phrases you filter out will be blocked by Instagram and won’t appear in your posts.

How to Limit Comments on Instagram?

You may have seen the text “Comments on this post have been limited” below some posts. Instagram allowed its users to limit the comments they could receive on their posts. It has already become a popular feature among users. How is this feature used?

To limit comments on Instagram;

1. Open your Instagram profile.
2. Hit the ellipsis button at the top right.
3. Go to Settings and click on Notifications.
4. Tap the “Posts, Stories, Comments”
5. At the bottom of the Notifications page, in the Comments section, choose the limitation type. “Off, People You Follow or Everyone.”

Very simple in a few steps; according to your choice, only people you follow can comment on your post. Or nobody can. Now, you know how to limit your comments.

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Conclusion on How to Edit Comments on Instagram 

We can now edit our previous comments on Instagram. Also, we can remove negative and unwanted comments from our profile and take control. Instagram continues to produce new features to ensure the satisfaction of its users. If our article was helpful, we suggest you check out our other blog posts.