Secretly Save Posts and Create Collections of Your Favorites Right on Instagram!

Hi #crochetersofinstagram ! Until recently I did not know I was able to save posts on Instagram for later – I know, I know, I’m a little behind on Instagram – something about my big fingers and those small keys on my mobile device which make sharing a bit difficult for me but I am working on it AND I just learned something new! Today I learned I could save any post, or video into a collection – right on Instagram.

You can read the official version from Instagram here: How do I create a collection for posts I save on Instagram?

But if you’d like the photo tutorial version, here is the Oombawka Design version 😉 and if you are on Instagram please Follow Me HERE.

All of my Instagram Images will become bigger if you click on them in this post!

First, just in case you didn’t know (like me!) when you tap the

button under an image, it will save it to your Instagram “Saved Collection”.

You can view everything you may have inadvertently saved here by going to your profile and clicking the (1 in the image below)

in the bottom right corner and then clicking the little bookmark-like

(2 in the image below) button.

This (above) is what mine looks like (apparently I’ve clicked that button a few times!).

You can click on any of those images and add it to a collection (or create a new collection for it!).

PS: When you save posts to your account (or collections) the person who posted it is not notified – it is done secretly 🙂

So here’s what we have in my ‘saved’ posts section (and I thought I didn’t know how to save, eh?):

How You Can Create a Collection of Your Favorite Posts on Instagram

To create Collections is actually SUPER easy. There are a couple ways to do this. Like I explained above when you tap the

button under the image it will ‘save’ the post for you – but instead, hold that

down for a second and it will ask you if you want to save it to a collection (instead of just into the ‘saved section’ ALL). A little overlay screen comes up at the bottom like this:

You can then choose to add it to one of your existing collections OR click the

 and make a brand-new collection for it!

To view your collections it is the same process as seeing your saved posts – click the

 in the bottom right corner and then clicking the little bookmark-like

button. Then when you are on that screen click the tab for titled COLLECTIONS.