You might have faced awkward situations where a relative or acquaintance replies to a story meant for your close friends. If you have someone like that in your contacts or followers list whom you can’t really unfollow or block, hiding your stories from them is a potential option. For those wondering how to hide stories, here’s how you can do it on popular social media and instant messaging platforms namely Instagram, WhatsApp, and Snapchat.
- Hide Story on Instagram
- Hide Status on WhatsApp
- Hide Story on Snapchat
Hide Story on Instagram
- To hide stories from certain people on Instagram, you should first access Settings. To do so, tap on the hamburger menu on your profile page and tap on Settings.
If you haven’t switched to Signal or moved to Telegram due to WhatsApp’s privacy policy update, here’s how you can hide statuses from certain people on the Facebook-owned platform.
- Open WhatsApp and switch to the Status tab. Now, tap on the vertical three dots menu in the top right corner and choose ‘Status Privacy.’
Hide Snapchat Story
- Coming to Snapchat, open your Profile page by tapping on your avatar in the top-left corner and press the horizontal three dots next to ‘Add to My Story.’ From the pop-up that appears now, choose ‘Story Settings.’
Stop Certain People from Seeing Your Stories
So, that’s how you can block your stories from people who don’t respect your boundaries. If you found this helpful, check out our new guide on how you can send disappearing messages on WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, and Instagram.
