Instagram is hugely popular and so much fun – everyone likes to check out their friends’ photostreams and post their own stories. In fact, the Stories feature (the ability for users to create a daily slideshow of images that you can use to tell others about your day before it disappears after 24 hours) has been a huge hit. Now with over 400 million daily users, Instagram Stories clearly has more than a few fans.
However, the Stories functionality in the Instagram app isn’t always easy to grasp. It’s less than intuitive and sometimes a little confusing. To help with that, we’ve written this set of tips and tricks along with step-by-step guides to help you enjoy using Instagram Stories to the fullest.
In this issue of the Tips & Tricks series, we take a look at How to Go Back.
Instagram Stories: How to Get Back
This is a very basic function, but one that is not intuitively obvious to many people. If you’re frustrated trying to get back to the screen you just came from, then we’re here to save the day. Fortunately, it’s simple enough to do.
First, you must have selected someone’s story to view. Their first post will jump to your screen after you select them. Moving on to the next post is easy enough and pretty intuitive – just tap the right side of your cell screen, just like you do when browsing your photo gallery.
To go back, simply reverse it. Tap the left side of your screen and you’ll be back the way you came. For each left tap, you go back one step. It’s not that hard, huh?
Do you see the space to the left of Kim Kardashian in the photo below? To go back, just tap left and you will be taken back one post.
Added Bonus
But here at TechJunkie we love to go the extra mile to really help our readers, so here’s a tip that will save you a lot of time.
If you want to go back to the beginning of someone’s story, swipe your cell screen to the right and you will be back to the beginning of the story. This is not a huge surprise as the feature works the same as most camera rolls.
This additional information is very helpful when you realize you’ve spent hours scrolling through Rihanna’s photos and want to go right back to the start!
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