Instagram lets users add tagged posts to their profile grid

Instagram is rolling out a small but useful new feature that gives users more control over what appears on their profiles: starting today, users can add posts they’re tagged in directly to their main profile grid.

It’s not a groundbreaking update, but it addresses a common annoyance — coming home from a party, concert, vacation, or night out with friends, then scrolling through the shared album only to find someone else already posted one of the best group photos and tagged you in it. Until now, posting the same photo yourself felt redundant; Instagram says this feature solves that.

Users can add a tagged post to their grid from the DM notification they receive when tagged, directly from the post itself, or through their Tagged tab, and can remove it from their profile later if they change their mind. The original post stays exactly where it is — adding it to a grid doesn’t delete or duplicate it, and removing it from a profile doesn’t remove it from the Tagged tab.

Instagram says the feature could also help with creator collaborations, letting creators showcase posts they’re tagged in without republishing the same content or using the “Invite collaborators” option. It could also help brand campaigns featuring multiple creators who want to highlight content they were all tagged in on their own profiles.

The update is part of a broader push from Instagram to give users more control over how their profiles look. Back in June, the company introduced a “Reorder your grid” feature that lets users rearrange content on their profile grid. Instagram has also added tools to make creating and managing content easier, including “First Draft,” an editing feature that automatically trims selected video clips and removes pauses to pull together the best moments into an initial cut, and a newly launched “Replace Audio” tool that lets users update the music on an existing post at any time.

Why it matters

As short-form and group content sprawls across DMs and shared albums, Instagram is quietly turning tagging into a lightweight curation and reposting tool — a small change that could reduce how much content per event ends up duplicated across a friend group’s grids.