Cease Instagram Map from routinely sharing your dwell location

Instagram has advanced considerably over the previous decade. It started as a easy platform for importing and sharing photographs with family and friends, however now it presents many extra options, together with Tales, Instagram Reels, and live-streaming. To place it into perspective, when Instagram first launched, direct messaging (DMs) wasn’t even accessible but — and now it is one of the used options on the app.

Immediately, Instagram is doing what it does finest — copying one other Snapchat function. The primary time was with Tales in 2016, and now it is focusing on Snapchat’s different standard function: Snap Map.

That is proper, Instagram has launched its personal maps function known as Instagram Map. This lets you share your location with all your mates or a choose few. So, in case you belief a sure group of pals or members of the family, you possibly can select to share your location solely with them, somewhat than all of your followers — similar to Snap Map.

Instagram Map could be accessed within the direct message part by tapping the brand new “Map” choice, positioned close to the highest of the web page the place your mates’ notes seem. As with Snap Maps, you possibly can discover the map to see the place your mates or creators you observe are posting content material from. For instance, in case you observe a creator in New York, you possibly can see their location on the map and look at any Tales they’ve posted by tapping on it.

Instagram states that “sharing is off except you choose in” for Instagram Map. Nevertheless, some customers on Threads have raised issues about their location being turned on routinely. Here is tips on how to repair that and handle your location settings for Instagram Map.

The way to flip off your location for Instagram Map

Instagram offers a couple of completely different location-sharing choices

If you wish to be certain your location is turned off for Instagram Map, the method is comparatively simple, fortunately.

The primary time you open Instagram Map, you have to be greeted with a pop-up labeled “Who can see your location” providing 4 location-sharing choices: Associates, Shut Associates, Solely these buddys, or No One (as proven within the picture above).

Associates will share your location with followers you observe again. Shut Associates will solely share your location with all of the individuals you’ve got chosen as Shut Associates on Instagram, and Solely these pals will allow you to select precisely the individuals you need to share it with.

For those who’re like me and did not get this pop-up the primary time you opened Instagram Map, then you definately’ll want to move over to the settings menu to search out it and switch it off if you want. Simply observe these steps:

1. Go to your profile web page on Instagram.

2. Faucet the three horizontal traces within the prime proper to open settings.

3. Scroll down and choose Story, dwell and placement.

4. Choose Location sharing.

5. Select your most popular location-sharing setting.

6. Deciding on Nobody will stop your location from being shared in any respect.

Even in case you disable location sharing, you possibly can nonetheless entry the Instagram Map; your mates simply will not see your location on it. For those who allow location sharing, Instagram updates your location solely when the app is open or working within the background. You may also choose out of sharing your location at sure locations or if you’re with particular individuals. In contrast to Snap Map, which presents real-time location updates or updates solely when the app is energetic, Instagram Map doesn’t have real-time monitoring. Nevertheless, real-time location sharing is accessible by way of Instagram DMs.