Cease Instagram Map from routinely sharing your reside location

Instagram has developed considerably over the previous decade. It started as a easy platform for importing and sharing pictures with family and friends, however now it provides many extra options, together with Tales, Instagram Reels, and live-streaming. To place it into perspective, when Instagram first launched, direct messaging (DMs) wasn’t even accessible but — and now it is one of the used options on the app.

As we speak, Instagram is doing what it does finest — copying one other Snapchat function. The primary time was with Tales in 2016, and now it is focusing on Snapchat’s different well-liked function: Snap Map.

That is proper, Instagram has launched its personal maps function referred to as Instagram Map. This lets you share your location with all your pals or a choose few. So, for those who belief a sure group of buddies or relations, you possibly can select to share your location solely with them, somewhat than all of your followers — similar to Snap Map.

Instagram Map will be accessed within the direct message part by tapping the brand new “Map” possibility, positioned close to the highest of the web page the place your pals’ notes seem. As with Snap Maps, you possibly can discover the map to see the place your pals or creators you comply with are posting content material from. For instance, for those who comply with a creator in New York, you possibly can see their location on the map and look at any Tales they’ve posted by tapping on it.

Instagram states that “sharing is off until you choose in” for Instagram Map. Nonetheless, some customers on Threads have raised issues about their location being turned on routinely. Here is the best way to repair that and handle your location settings for Instagram Map.

flip off your location for Instagram Map

Instagram gives just a few totally different location-sharing choices

If you wish to ensure your location is turned off for Instagram Map, the method is comparatively easy, fortunately.

The primary time you open Instagram Map, you need to be greeted with a pop-up labeled “Who can see your location” providing 4 location-sharing choices: Pals, Shut Pals, Solely these buddys, or No One (as proven within the picture above).

Pals will share your location with followers you comply with again. Shut Pals will solely share your location with all of the individuals you have chosen as Shut Pals on Instagram, and Solely these buddies will allow you to select precisely the individuals you need to share it with.

For those who’re like me and did not get this pop-up the primary time you opened Instagram Map, then you definitely’ll want to go over to the settings menu to search out it and switch it off if you want. Simply comply with these steps:

1. Go to your profile web page on Instagram.

2. Faucet the three horizontal traces within the prime proper to open settings.

3. Scroll down and choose Story, reside and site.

4. Choose Location sharing.

5. Select your most popular location-sharing setting.

6. Deciding on Nobody will forestall your location from being shared in any respect.

Even for those who disable location sharing, you possibly can nonetheless entry the Instagram Map; your pals simply will not see your location on it. For those who allow location sharing, Instagram updates your location solely when the app is open or working within the background. You can too choose out of sharing your location at sure locations or while you’re with particular individuals. In contrast to Snap Map, which provides real-time location updates or updates solely when the app is lively, Instagram Map doesn’t have real-time monitoring. Nonetheless, real-time location sharing is obtainable by means of Instagram DMs.