Can You Tell If Someone Screenshots Your Instagram DM?

Can you tell if someone takes a screenshot of your Instagram DM (Direct Message)?

Does Instagram notify you if someone else takes a screenshot of your Instagram DM?

If you’re sending a message, you might want to know if the other person took a screenshot of the message.

This is because you might be sending something sensitive and you don’t want others to save it.

In this article, you’ll find out if Instagram notifies you when someone takes a screenshot of your direct message.

You can use the information in this article to make an informed decision before sending a direct message.

Table of contents

1. Does Instagram notify when you take a DM screenshot?
2. Can you tell if someone takes a screenshot of your Instagram DM?
3. How to take screenshots of Instagram DMs that they don’t know
4. Does Instagram notify when you save a DM photo?
5. Conclusion

Does Instagram notify when you take a DM screenshot?

No, Instagram will not notify others when you take a screenshot of DM.

Instagram won’t notify others when you screenshot your chats with them.

However, Instagram will notify others if you take a screenshot of an image they send you with the option to “View Once” or “Allow Playback”.

Unlike Snapchat, Instagram won’t notify the person when you screenshot chatting with them.

However, Instagram will notify the person if you’ve taken a screenshot of a photo they sent you with the option to “View Once” or “Allow Playback”.

In other words, if the person sends you a photo with the option to “View Once” or “Allow Playback,” Instagram will notify them if you take a screenshot of that photo.

But if they send you a photo with a “Save in chat” option, Instagram won’t notify them if you take a screenshot of that photo.

Here is a table to aid your understanding.

From the table, you can see that Instagram only notifies others if you take a screenshot of their image with the option to “View Once” or “Allow Playback”.

On the other hand, if you take a screenshot of a chat message or a photo saved in a chat, Instagram will not notify the person about it.

Keep these points in mind the next time you want to take a screenshot of DM on Instagram.

Can you tell if someone takes a screenshot of your Instagram DM?

No, you won’t be able to tell if someone took a screenshot of your Instagram DM or not.

You won’t be able to tell if someone screenshots your direct messages.

You will only be able to tell if someone takes a screenshot of an image you sent that is set to “View Once” or “Allow Playback”.

When someone screenshots your direct message, you won’t be notified about it.

However, you will be notified if someone takes a screenshot of an image you sent them set to “View Once” or “Allow Playback”.

On the other hand, if you’ve sent a photo from your gallery or it’s set to “Save in chat,” you won’t be notified if the person takes a screenshot of that image.

So the next time you send a direct message on Instagram, remember that you won’t be notified if someone takes a screenshot of that message.

Similarly, you won’t be notified if the person takes a screenshot of a photo you’ve sent from your gallery or the photo is set to “Save in chat”.

How to take screenshots of Instagram DMs that they don’t know

To take a screenshot on Instagram without the person knowing, you need to turn on airplane mode.

To take a screenshot of an image set to “View Once” or “Allow Playback” on Instagram without the person knowing, you need to enable airplane mode.

If you don’t turn on airplane mode, the person will be able to tell if you took a screenshot of their image if the mode is set to “View Once” or “Allow Playback”.

Here’s how you can turn on airplane mode on your iPhone:

1. Go to your home screen.
2. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen.
3. Tap the “Airplane” icon to turn on airplane mode.

Here’s how you can enable airplane mode on your Android device:

1. Go to your home screen.
2. Swipe down from the bottom of the screen twice.
3. Tap the “Airplane” icon to turn on airplane mode.

By enabling airplane mode, your mobile data will be disabled.

This means that Instagram won’t be able to notify others that you’ve taken a screenshot of their image.

Your Wi-Fi will also turn off automatically, so you don’t have to worry about Instagram sending screenshot notifications to others.

Does Instagram notify when you save a DM photo?

No, Instagram will not notify others when you save a DM photo.

Instagram won’t notify others when you save a photo they’ve sent you.

To save a photo in your direct message, long-press it, then tap “Save” to save it to your gallery.

Saving a photo someone sent you in your direct message won’t notify them.

This is because Instagram doesn’t have a photo save detection/notification feature.

However, Instagram will be able to detect and report a screenshot of a photo.

You won’t be able to long press and save photos that are set to “View Once” or “Allow Playback”.

So, if you took a screenshot of a photo set to “View Once” or “Allow Playback,” the person will be notified of the photo.

How to know if someone screenshot your Instagram DM

You’ll be able to tell if someone screenshots your Instagram DM if there’s a “windmill” icon next to it.

When someone takes a screenshot of your image set to “View Once” or “Allow Playback”, there will be a “windmill” icon next to the photo notification.

If there’s a “windmill” icon next to your photo message, that person took a screenshot of that message.

At the end of 2018, Instagram released an update letting people know if you’ve taken a screenshot of them in your direct message.

So, if someone takes a screenshot of your image that you have set to “View Once” or “Allow Playback,” Instagram will notify you about it.

When someone takes a screenshot of your image that you have set to “View Once” or “Allow Playback”, there will be a “windmill” icon next to the photo notification.

Instagram will also notify you from an in-app notification if you’re using the app while the person takes a screenshot of your image.

On top of that, you can long-press the photo message and tap “Details” to see when the screenshot was taken.

Conclusion

As of late 2018, Instagram will let people know if you’ve taken a screenshot of their image set to “View Once” or “Playback Only”.

The person will be notified of your screenshot if it’s not from their library or isn’t set to ‘Save in chat’.

You can also long-press your photo message to see the exact time the message was screened, sent, and viewed.

With this in mind, be sure to think twice before taking a screenshot of someone in your direct message.

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Author: Lim How Wei is the founder of Followchain. Follow him on Instagram.

Categories: Social Media
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