If you've scheduled your Instagram Stories in Later and it's time to publish, this guide will help!
Stories are published though notification publishing. This means at your Stories scheduled time, we'll send a notification to your mobile device. Open the notification and follow the steps below to set your Story live.
Important: Stories can not be Auto Published due to Instagram limitations.
Select your device for steps to publish Instagram Stories. Publishing on iOS
- Open the notification on your mobile device.
- Tap Open in Instagram.
- Tap the photo in the bottom left to open your Camera Roll.
- If your Story has multiple media items, tap Select Multiple in the top right corner.
- Select all the media items before the blue stop marker and then tap Next.
- Paste your copied caption or add more text to each Story slide.
- Tap Next and Share your story!
Publishing on Android
Single Media Item
- Open the notification on your mobile device.
- Tap Open in Instagram.
- When prompted to Share to, select Stories.
- Paste your caption, if you have one.
- Tap Send to and then Share beside Your story.
Multiple Media Items
- Open the notification on your mobile device.
- Tap Add to Story on Instagram.
- Swipe up to open your camera roll.
- Tap the multiple photo icon on the top right.
- Select all the media items before the blue stop marker and then tap Next.
- Paste your copied caption or add more text to each Story slide.
- Tap Send to and then Share beside Your story.
Note: If you’re having trouble receiving mobile notifications, check out our troubleshooting guide.
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