How to manage multiple Instagram Accounts?
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During recent conversations I’ve had with various managers in charge of their different Local Instagramers Groups around the world, our friend Amy from @IgersOKC (check out the Oklahoma City group here) talked about multiple account management, she wondered if there was some kink of App out there that could help users to manage different accounts on the same iPhone.
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As you already know, the Instagram App only allow you to have a single account, nick and one email address, this makes multiple account management on a single device a real head ache.
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There is no way to switch between different accounts aside from logging in and out from your different accounts! That’s enough to make anyone with a couple of accounts go mad!
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As multiple accounts become more and more common (personal accounts, company accounts, local Igers Groups, etc.)  What would be the best solution be?
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Kim haverman from @IgersDelft (Netherlands) aka @kimergy was commenting the possibility of using the popular DropBox App to share pics between two accounts.
It’s not the definite solution but using the Dropbox-app allow’s him to save and share his pictures between two different accounts.
It’s not the perfect solution but it does make thins easer.
Michelle With AppleNews aka @muenchner_kindl our “Instagramers App Cool Hunter” may have a more practical solution.
She suggest’s the use of the Fotogramme iPhone app which is an Instagram client and support multiple Instagram accounts …
This Iphone App allows you to get profile information, view pics, like, comment other Instagramers pics, follow, block users and search hashtag and users. The only thing that is not available for the moment is the possibility to upload a photos (like all third parties Instagram Api’s), nevertheless,  Fotogramme seems to offer the best solution to multiple Instagram account management on an Iphone.
Michelle and all Instagramers are impatiently awaiting the day when this new feature is added on the Instagram App.
Thanks for this new brilliant tip Michelle.
@philgonzalez
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Thank you Phil … always very welcome !!!
Thank you Phil … always very welcome
Superbe! Merci bien pour ce article!
Moi aussi j’espère que bientĂ´t on pourras “switche” entre deux compte –
Parce que quand je change le User chez moi (les comptes Igers et le mien) perdent tout les informations et les hashtag dĂ©jĂ configure! BientĂ´t il auras cette applications – c’est pratique quand tu peux switcher entre les comptes, comme dans les autres APP.
Fotogramme j’ai dĂ©jĂ
Il y un App pour Android Smartphone “Retrollect” Android & iPhone Instagram Photos – RETROLLECT APP – Instagram Bilder – avec le nouveau Retrollect App pour Android & iPhone vous pouvez maintenant voir Instagram – des plus amples info sur ce App, quand je suis de retour
Imagine that using something like http://ifttt.com might work? Although am unsure if it can post to Instagram…
Thanks for the tip. I hope Instagram resolves this to make it easier for content managers soon!
I am still confused… So, IS there a way to create/have multiple IG accounts if you only have ONE iDevice (only one iPhone, iPod touch or iPad)??? It sounds like, from this article, that you are only talking about solutions for managing multiple accounts, but how to you get more than one account in the first place? And then how do you upload photos to your second account?
The other issue this brings up is, as having multiple IG accounts gets easier in the future, I worry that people will abuse this ability. For example, people will get 2nd (or 3rd or 4th) accounts for the wrong reasons. Like, in order to have fake personalities, give themselves lots of “Likes”/Follows, or we’ll just end up with many people having seperate accounts for each type of photo they post (which isn’t automatically bad in & of itself but could get taken too far). What do people think?
Hi BatFish,
- Have mutltiple account is important when ou have to lead different personnalities. Your personal one, your work, your company image, whatever or simply if you want to have an account dedicated to Black and white and another to colors.. It´s free and there is no problem of fake.. really, will you lose your time to gie yourself, one like or two? Its no worth at all.
- Create another account is no complicated. You just have to use different mails to create each one.
Phil.
Why doesn’t instagram just make it as simple as twitter does? As Part of Twitter’s interface they simply let you choose which account you want to manage with an ACCOUNTS button on the top right of the Header.
Instagram could incorporate the same simple solution on their main header as well adding an account button feature! Add it to the top right just beside the fancy white instagram logo they have with the navy blue background at the top.
Seems like it could be easily used without the hastle of another application to handle the multiple account issues….
PEACE OUT
Thanks for your comment! I thinkg IG team is working yet on it as lot of people sent their queries around that. We will push this matter too!
We set up 3 separate instagram accounts and linked all three to the one Flickr account.
Easy!
Oh, and we followed eachothers instagram accounts so that our pics were shared…
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Thank you for this information! I am one of the many that have multiple accounts to try different types of photography and meet varieties of people w/ similar interest! I’m definitely going to try the Fotogramme app! <3
How do I log out of instagram on my iPod touch?
Haha neverminddd
yes, you probably found out
its easy!
nice solution! btw, anyone know how to delete instagrma photo? pls hit me..thank you
Simply clicking on the three small spots below the pic.
Hi,
I’m waiting for this ability to use several accounts within IG. Here is what I’d like to do. If there is a way to achieve this without having different accounts please let me know
My IG account is private. I use it to post some pics of my daughters. And I do not want these pics to be public. But I also would like to publish other pics with a specific hashtage (like plane by example).
Is there a way to have some photos private (by default) and some public?
Thanks for your thoughts.
sth
Hi Sth,
There is no possibility at the moment (apart from the one we explain here) to manage multiple accounts. Probably IG will add on a next version release? About pics. You have to chose between public profile or private but cannot filter by pic. Thanks!
Or if you’re on an apple device go on safari and go to instagrams website and save th link to your home screen on 1 account and on the app use the other account.
Still nothing to support this, a shame.
I’m having a bit of a problem and can’t seem to figure out how to solve it or where else to turn to
One of my friends logged onto her instagran account through
My iPhone and logged out as soon as she was done
The problem was is that even though I looked back onto
My account I’m still getting updates from her account
How do I fix this? It’s really annoying
Help me please!
Hi Amy!
I had this problem once, and the way I solved it is log off of your account again then log back on. It refreshes your IG and it should go back to normal!