Do you see if I take a screenshot on Instagram to Stories or photos?

Many wonder if, making one screenshot su Instagram, the user receives a notification. The answer varies based on where you screenshot. For example, you can take a screen snapshot of a photo you see posted in a user's feed/profile, a story, a direct message/chat. Read on to find out when one is invited screenshot notification on Instagram.

In the next paragraph we will analyze all the possible screenshots that you may think of taking while browsing Instagram and in cases in which it should NOT be done. And while we're on the subject, we recommend our article: screenshot notifications on WhatsApp.

1. Screenshots of photos and videos: go ahead
2. Screenshots to stories: green light
3. Screenshots to direct: attention
   1. How do you take a screenshot from your phone

Screenshots of photos and videos: go ahead

Are you on a user's profile and would you like to take a screenshot of a published post? Go smoothly: all the screenshots you take of photos and videos uploaded by users to Instagram NO will be notified.

How to see who saves your photos on Instagram

The snapshot of the screen (precisely the screenshot), will be saved on the photo roll of your phone: just go to the gallery to view it.

Obviously this "no notification" allows you to save the contents published by other users, who can do the same with yours! Privacy can therefore easily be violated. 

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Screenshots to stories: green light

In 2018 it was a period (very bad for the "snitches" of the web) in which Instagram sent notification of the screenshot if someone photographed the Stories. Now this does NOT happen anymore: on Instagram they have been Turn off notifications for Stories screenshots. So if you take a screenshot of the IG Stories, the notification will NOT be sent.

The function that sent you a notification in the event of a screenshot of your Stories was introduced on February 8, 2018. At the time, after the first screenshot – and related warning message (image below) – each screen snapshot was notified.

The next time you take a screenshot, the person who posted the story will be able to see it.

Since May 2018 notifications have been ELIMINATED. You will therefore be able "freely" (always respecting the privacy of others, especially if they are private profiles) to take screenshots without the person who published the Story knowing about it.

The same goes for the Stories published in evidence (the so-called "dots" highlights that you find in the profiles): no screenshot will be notified.

Screenshots to direct: attention

If you take a screenshot of the chat - the messages exchanged in Direct with a person - no one will know. But ATTENTION: in the direct if you send a "timed" photo or video, the user who sent you the content will know if you received it, if you opened it and if you took a screenshot.

As shown in the image below, the "screenshot taken" notification relates to a screenshot taken of a received photo that the user sent us by clicking on the blue icon at the bottom left. ALL THE SCREENSHOTS THAT ARE TAKEN WITH "Timed" PHOTOS AND VIDEOS (which do not remain visible in the chat but which disappear after being viewed) ARE NOTIFIED.

screenshot notification: ONLY for direct

How do you take a screenshot from your phone

In this article we talked about screenshots… but do you know how to take them from your phone? Here is a short guide on how to take pictures of your smartphone screen.

Come fare screenshot su iPhone

To take a screenshot with the iPhone you simply have to press simultaneously – and for a short time –  the home button and the power button. An audible click will notify you that the screenshot has taken place (if you have the audio deactivated you will notice a short flash).

Come fare screenshot su Android

The procedure for taking a screenshot is standard for almost all Android devices and consists of the following key combination: Volume down + Power button.