How to Hide “Seen” from Someone’s Instagram Story

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The original poster of an Instagram story will see a list of everyone who viewed it. This wikiHow will teach you how to hide your "Seen by" activity on an Instagram story using the mobile app. If you've viewed a story that you don't want the original poster to know about, you can block that person for as long as the story is visible on their profile page (24 hours). If that person happens to be a friend that you're following, blocking them will also unfriend and unfollow them, so you'll need to redo that after blocking them for 24 hours.[1]
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Open Instagram. This app looks like a multi-colored orange, pink, and purple camera icon that you can find on one of your Home screens, in the app drawer, or by searching.

Navigate to the profile of the story you viewed. This story might also be in your Story Feed on your Home screen. Tap on the profile of that story to continue.

Tap the three-dot menu icon. It's in the top right corner of their profile page.

Tap Block. Tap Block again to confirm your action. Keep this person blocked for 24 hours, or until the story disappears from their profile. If you unblock them too early, they will see that you viewed their story. To unblock this person, go to Settings > Privacy > Blocked Accounts, tap their profile and the three-dot menu, and finally tap Unblock. If you are friends or follow them, you'll need to re-friend or re-follow them.