Many Instagram users want the feature of unread messages on Instagram, like Whatsapp. But Instagram offers this feature only for business and creators’ accounts and not for users of personal and private Instagram accounts. If you want to use this feature, you must switch your personal account to a business one.
Users can use mute message notifications on Instagram DM for personal and private accounts, but this option will not unread messages on Instagram. But mutes the pop-up message notification and will appear in the inbox.
How to Mark Messages as Unread on Instagram?
It would be best if you had a business or creator Instagram account to mark messages as unread. Or you need to switch your personal account to a business account to complete this action.
Follow the below steps to mark messages as unread on Instagram,
- Open “Instagram” on your phone.
- Go to your “business account” or switch your account to a business account.
- Go to DMs, and a three-dotted menu appears in the top right corner.
- Click the “select chats” option.
- Select the chat to make messages unread.
- After selecting, click “more” and select “mark as unread” from the menu.
Or, you can complete this action by pressing the particular chat for a few seconds, and a few options will appear; from that, select “mark as unread.”
How To Unread Messages On Instagram Android
To unread Instagram messages on an Android device, first, you need to switch your Instagram personal account to an Instagram business account. Then, you can complete this action in two ways,
Method 1:
- Go to the DMs of your Instagram business account
- Select the specific chat,
- And long press it for a few seconds; a few menus will appear.
- From that, choose “mark as unread.”
Method 2:
- Log in to your Instagram account.
- Go to your “business account” or switch your account to a business account.
- Go to DMs, and a three-dotted menu appears in the top right corner.
- Click the “select chats” option.
- Select the chat to make messages unread.
- After selecting, click “more” and select “mark as unread” from the menu.
How To Unread Messages On Instagram On Iphone?
Instagram on iPhone doesn’t have many differences compared to Android. The user interface, menus, and some buttons on iPhone may differ, but they’re similar in features. Only a business account and a creator’s account have the “mark as unread” feature on the iPhone. You can follow the steps I mentioned earlier in (How to Unread Messages on Instagram Android). Or, long-press the specific chat and select the “mark as unread” option on iPhone.
How To Unread Messages On Instagram On Pcs?
Instagram doesn’t have any features related to making messages unread on Instagram. Instagram updates only limited features on computers. But you can use the “Restrict Account” feature to Unread messages on Instagram on the computer. Because most users use Instagram on their mobile phones, they mainly concentrate on Mobile users and provide plenty of features with regular updates.
How to Find Unread Messages On Instagram?
The unread messages will not appear at the top of the DMs. All the unread messages will be available on the “Message Request box” in the top right corner of DMs. There you can find all the unread messages on Instagram.
Why Can’t I Unread Messages On Instagram?
Businesses and creators’ Instagram accounts can have this feature. A personal user cannot use this feature because this isn’t available for users with a professional account. To use the “Unread Messages” feature, you need to switch to a business account or a creator’s account. So this is why everyone can’t’ unread messages on Instagram.
How To Unread Messages On Instagram With A Personal Account?
Instagram is not offering “Unread Message” options to personal account users. But most Instagram users have personal accounts and not business accounts.
People who do Business, Big Brands, Companies, and Startups will maintain an Instagram business account. Individuals use personal accounts to connect with friends and watch videos, stories, and reels.
But business accounts came to Instagram to promote their products or services, and create brand awareness among the users through stories, reels, and IGTV. Brands use IGTV primarily because it is a long-form video format that helps to videos more clearly and elaborately. So, the businesses consider several factors while creating IGTV content, such as delivering quality video, duration, the best time to post, etc. More audience attention on the content will enhance IGTV likes from real users with increase in brand popularity. Since your videos reach wider audiences, there are higher chances to get more responses through direct messages. As a brand, one cannot reply to plenty of messages at a time. In that case, it is better to unread messages to reply to them later.
Personal account users have no built-in feature for unread messages on Instagram; instead, you can use the “Restrict Account” feature, which replaces the “Unread message” feature.
Steps to be followed for enabling the “Restrict Account” feature on Instagram,
- Open the “Instagram” app on your phone.
- Go to your profile by clicking the profile picture icon at the bottom of the Interface.
- Click the three-lined menu on the top.
- Select “settings” from the menu.
- Choose “Privacy,” scroll down to the end, and you’ll find “Restrict Account.”
Another way to unread messages of unknown users is to click the three-dotted icon, and select “Restrict.”
After applying this feature, the particular user’s messages will not appear on the top of the chats. Still, the messages will appear only on “Message Request.” which is similar to the “Unread Messages” feature.
Conclusion
I hope the above article will help you learn about “Instagram Unread Messages,” but the only drawback is that only business Account users can use it. Personal account users need to switch to a business account to enable the “Instagram Unread Messages” feature, but it is impossible every time. In future updates, let’s hope Instagram will also bring this feature to all types of account users.
