How to Manage Multiple Instagram Accounts

Wondering how to manage multiple Instagram accounts. Great news. Instagram has a feature built exactly for this purpose. Users can take advantage of Instagram’s multiple accounts login feature. This allows a user to switch between up to 5 Instagram accounts via the native mobile app. Let’s walk through the process below.  

How to Add/Remove Another Account

Without further ado, here are the steps to guide you to add an Instagram account: 

1. Open your Instagram app and go to your profile page
2. Go to the options menu on the upper right corner and click ‘Settings’
3. Scroll down to the bottom and select ‘Add Account’, fill up the login details and switch login.

How to Remove Accounts from Login

Removing account is almost the same as adding. Just go to the profile page, click menu options and select ‘Settings’. Then scroll down and click ‘Log out of (your IG username). A question will pop-up asking if you want Instagram to remember your login info. Click ‘Remember’ if you don’t want to type the login details the next time you visit the account, or ‘Not Now’ if you want to Instagram erase the login details of the account. 

Or you may also add account through…

1. Open your Instagram account and go to the profile page
2. Click your username on top of the page and select ‘Add Account’, then type in the login info of the account you want to add. 

How to Switch Between Instagram Accounts

Switching between accounts is very easy. Once you open the Instagram account, go to your profile page and click your username on top of the screen, a list of your added accounts will show. Just click the account you want to switch and whoop! You’re now on the profile page of the newly switched account. 

Using Apps to Manage Multiple Instagram Accounts

Managing multiple Instagram accounts at once can be incredibly challenging when not using the proper tools. Admittedly, since Instagram has enabled the multiple accounts login feature this process has become simpler. However, logging into an app is certainly not the only task associated with managing multiple accounts. Aside from the average user a digital marketer or social media manager may need to manage many accounts. Fortunately, there are several paid third-party applications that are approved by Instagram which allow you to easily manage multiple accounts. Some of these third-party solutions include:

• Hootsuite
• Sproutsocial
• Laterapp
• Buffer
• AgoraPulse

Hootsuite for Managing Multiple Instagram Accounts

Using Hootsuite for your Instagram accounts makes life easier. Hootsuite includes some powerful features like reporting, team management, social listening and more. 

SproutSocial for Managing Multiple Instagram Accounts

Is an all-in-one management tool for your social media accounts. For brands that own 2 or more Instagram accounts, this is a great platform to manage these accounts. Aside from scheduling post on multiple accounts, you can also directly monitor the accounts and reply to comments or messages from a single inbox.  

Later For Managing Multiple Instagram Accounts

Later can be used to manage multiple Instagram accounts. The platform has many features to successfully manage multiple Instagram accounts including taggable content libraries,  hashtag recommendations, and calendars for each feed.

Buffer for Managing Multiple Instagram Accounts

Buffer is taking an interesting approach to account management. The company has 3 primary products including Publish, Reply, and Analyze. This means that each product focuses on specific management actions. For example, Publish focuses on publishing content while Analyze focuses on analytics.

AgoraPulse for Managing Multiple Instagram Accounts

Agorapulse includes many interesting management features. Some standout features include inbox management and team management. Agorapulse was built for teams, the management tool is especially useful for a distributed workforce.

Note: You can find other approved management and community-related tools using Facebook’s Partner Directory

We hope this blog will help you with your #Instajourney. Let us know if you have a favorite Instagram management tool for multiple accounts.