Search Instagram Posts by Profile – Later

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Get Started with Search by Profile
Collect Media from Instagram Profiles
Find Media Collected from Search by Profile in Your Library

Use Later’s Search by Profile feature to collect media from Instagram business and creator profiles. Search by Instagram username or profile URL to find images and videos to add to your Media Library.

Important:

Search by Profile is only available on Later’s new Starter, Growth, and Advanced plans
Search by Profile is available for Instagram business and creator profiles only
This feature is not supported through our iOS and Android mobile apps
Due to limitations from Instagram, we can only pull images and videos from Instagram business and creator profiles—not personal profiles
Search by Profile results will not show IGTV or Instagram Reels
You must credit the profile you collected media from when reposting their content
Remember to abide by Instagram’s Community Guidelines

Get Started with Search by Profile

In Later on the web, make sure you’re in the Access Group you want to collect media for.
Go to Collect Media > Search > Profile.
Click Get Started, agree to the Guidelines, and click Agree & Continue.

Collect Media from Instagram Profiles

In Search by Profile, enter an Instagram username or profile URL.
Select media you want to save and then Add to Library.

Important: If you search an Instagram personal profile, no results will be shown due to Instagram limitations.

Note: The username, caption, and hashtags from the original post will be added to your Media Notes so you can credit the profile you collected from. Due to Instagram limitations, @mentions of other users won’t include the “@” in the caption, so remember to add it if you need to credit the original content creator.

Find Media Collected from Search by Profile in Your Library

Go to your side library.
Select Show Filters at the top.
Under System Labels select the profile search label.
Media collected from Search by Profile will be shown.

When you’re ready to repost, select a media item and schedule it.

Reminder: Always ask for permission to repost content that you don’t own.

Important: When reposting, you must credit the profile you collected the media from. If that profile reposted the media from someone else, make sure to also credit the original content creator. Example: Photo credit: @burrardbeauty via @latermedia.

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Collect Media from Instagram Profiles

Find Media Collected from Search by Profile in Your Library