To temporarily remove an Instagram Highlight from your profile, you need to "remove" it. While you can't truly "temporarily delete" it in the sense of a timed removal, you can remove it from your profile page, making it invisible to others. The stories included in the highlight remain in your archive.
Here’s how to remove a highlight from your Instagram profile:
Steps to Remove an Instagram Highlight
Removing a highlight is a simple process directly from your profile page. Follow these steps:
- Open the Instagram app: Launch the Instagram application on your mobile device.
- Go to your profile: Navigate to your profile page by tapping your profile picture icon, usually in the bottom-right corner.
- Select the highlight: On your profile, find the row of highlights and tap on the specific Instagram highlight you wish to hide or remove.
- Access options: Once the highlight is open, look for and tap the three dots (often labeled "More" or similar) usually found in the bottom-right corner. This will open a menu tab.
- Choose "Remove Highlight": From the options presented in the menu, select "Remove Highlight".
This action removes the highlight circle and its content from appearing on your profile page. The individual stories that were part of the highlight are not deleted and will remain available in your Instagram Stories Archive.
What Happens When You "Remove" a Highlight?
Understanding what happens when you choose to "Remove Highlight" is key:
- Removed from Profile: The highlight circle disappears from your profile page, so visitors can no longer see or tap it.
- Stories Remain in Archive: The individual stories that comprised the highlight are not deleted from your account. They are still accessible to you in your Stories Archive (if you have archiving enabled, which is the default setting).
- Can Be Re-Added: Because the stories are in your archive, you can create a new highlight using those same stories again in the future if you choose.
Think of "removing a highlight" as taking it down from display on your profile, rather than permanently deleting the content.
Alternative: Editing the Highlight
Instead of removing the entire highlight, you could also consider editing it if you only want to remove specific stories temporarily or change the title/cover.
- Open the highlight.
- Tap the three dots for more options.
- Select "Edit Highlight".
- From here, you can deselect specific stories to remove them from the highlight without deleting them from your archive.
This method allows for more granular control if you don't want to remove the entire highlight.
Removing a highlight from your profile is the method to make it temporarily invisible to viewers while keeping the original stories safely stored in your archive.
