Social Media > Instagram How to See Previously Liked Posts on Instagram It's not as intuitive as you think By Elise Moreau Elise Moreau Facebook Twitter Freelance Contributor University of Ontario George Brown College Elise Moreau is a writer that has covered social media, texting, messaging, and streaming for Lifewire. Her work has appeared on Techvibes, SlashGear, Lifehack and others. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on December 27, 2021 Reviewed by Christine Baker Reviewed by Christine Baker Christine Baker is a marketing consultant with experience working for a variety of clients. Her expertise includes social media, web development, and graphic design. lifewire's editorial guidelines Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Instagram The Ultimate Guide to Instagram What to Know In Instagram, tap your profile icon and then tap the hamburger menu (three horizontal lines).Select Settings > Account > Posts You've Liked.You can only view the 300 most recent posts (photos and videos) that you've liked. Most top social networks make it easy for users to find which posts they've liked. Instagram doesn't. On Instagram, it feels like when you press the heart button on a photo or video post, it's lost forever—unless you copy the post URL and send it to yourself. Your previously liked posts aren't lost, however, and there's a hidden place within the mobile app where you can find them. Where to Look for Your Most Recently Liked Instagram Posts To find your recently liked posts on Instagram, follow these steps: Sign in to your Instagram account and tap the profile icon from the menu. Use the hamburger menu button to select Settings. Choose Account from the list. Tap Posts You've Liked. Being able to access posts you've previously liked is good for a lot of things. Go back to view what you've already liked so you can: Find new accounts to follow from posts you've liked on the Explore tab. Read a post's long caption that you didn't have time to read when you liked it.Read more comments that are added to follow along with a discussion on a particular post as additional people see it in their feeds.Leave a comment of your own on a post that you liked but didn't have time to type something out at the moment.Revisit useful information that you want to check out in detail later—like a product, a service, a contest, a workout routine, a recipe, a makeup tutorial or something else. What you like on Instagram isn't just a friendly gesture to let the poster know that you approve of their post. It's an incredibly helpful way to bookmark things that are interesting and valuable enough to look at again. How to Get Your Instagram Posts to Show Up on the Instagram Explore Page Limitations to Revisiting Liked Posts According to Instagram's Help page, you'll only be able to see the 300 most recent posts (photos and videos) that you've liked. That's still a lot, but if you're an Instagram power user who likes hundreds of posts a day, or if you feel the need to look for something you liked several weeks ago, you may be out of luck. Liked posts are only displayed if you liked them using the Instagram mobile app or on the web. However, you can only see liked posts in the app. It's unclear if any posts you liked through a third-party app for Instagram like Iconosquare show up, but if it doesn't work for Instagram's own web platform, it's likely that it won't work for third-party apps either. Finally, if you commented on a photo or video but didn't also like it, there's no way to find it again if you lose it. You'll only be able to see posts you've liked by tapping the heart button (or double-tapping the post) in the "Posts You've Liked" section of your profile settings—not posts you've commented on only. So if you want to be able to revisit a post later, make sure you hit that heart button, even if your main intention is to leave a comment. 4 Great Tools to Track Instagram Comments FAQ How do you remove posts you liked on Instagram? If you no longer want to "like" a post, simply open that post and tap the heart icon to unlike it. This removes it from the Posts You've Liked list. How do you see posts others have liked on Instagram? Instagram used to let you view another user's activity, but stopped that practice in 2019, as it was a privacy issue. The only way to see what people like in the app is to select a specific post and tap where it says "X likes" to see all the people that liked that post. How do you hide likes on Instagram? If you don't want to see the total number of likes and views on posts from other accounts, go to Settings > Privacy > Posts and flip the Hide Like and View Counts toggle to On. 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