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How to Remove Instagram Search History in iPhone, Android

by Fahad Saleem

Instagram is one of the most popular social media apps around the world, having more than 600 million monthly active users. Instagram search is a unique feature which lets you search images, certain hashtags, videos and people. But where there’s a search feature, there is always a need to delete the search history. Frankly, I incessantly use Instagram search feature to search people, posts, hashtags and content which I would never like others to know [;)]. Thousands of users want to know how to remove Instagram search history from iPhone and Android. The good news is that it is perfectly easy. Let’s see how to do it.

Remove Instagram Search History in iPhone

Launch Instagram app in your iPhone and tap on your profile picture, which is located at the low right corner of your screen.

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image: iGeeksBlog

Now tap the Settings icon (the cogwheel). You will get an options list. Here you can find people, edit account and a lot more but the task at hand is the remove search history in Instagram. For that, swipe all the way to the end downwards and you will see an option to clear the search history. That’s what we were looking for.

 

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image: iGeeksBlog

Just tap it and confirm the selection.

That’s it. This is how to remove Instagram search history in iPhone. No more embarrassment in front of others. You can search anything you want and then clear the search history to start afresh.

Remove Instagram Search History in Android

In order to remove Instagram search history in Android, the steps are almost the same.

Launch Instagram app in your device and tap on the profile picture.

Tap on the settings icon (three dots) and swipe downwards until you see clear search history button.

 

Image: RickSays

Image: RickSays

Image: RickSays

Image: RickSays

If you are using an older version, after launching Instagram app, you will see the options button on the top right corner. Just tap it and tap on the clear search history.

All the Instagram search history will be deleted.

This was how to remove Instagram search history in iPhone and Android. In case of any confusion, shoot your comments down there and I will get back to you.

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