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This wikiHow teaches you how to find your past bios on Instagram using a computer, phone, or tablet. A bio is the text area underneath your username where you can share a brief description about yourself.
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Open Instagram on your Android, iPhone, or iPad. It's the orange, purple, and yellow icon with a white camera, and you'll usually find it on your home screen, in the app drawer, or by searching.
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Tap on theprofile icon. It's the outline of a person's head and shoulders in the bottom-right corner.Advertisement
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Tap the ☰ menu. It's the three horizontal lines at the top-right corner.
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Tap Settings on the menu.
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Tap Security . It's the 5th option down.
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Tap Access Data . It's the 1st option under Data and History.
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Tap View All under "Former bio texts." This is the 3rd option in the "Profile Info" section.
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View your former bios. To see additional bios, tap View More .
- If you want to reuse one of your old bios, follow these steps:
- Tap and hold the text to select the bio, and then tap Copy .
- Return to your profile and tap Edit profile .
- Tap and hold in the "Bio" field and select Paste when it appears.
- If you want to reuse one of your old bios, follow these steps:
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Click the profile icon. It's the outline of a head and shoulders in the top-right corner.
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Click on cog wheel icon. It's near the top to the right of the "Edit Profile" button.
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Click Privacy and Security . It's the 5th option down on the pop-up menu.
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Click View Account Data . It's the blue link under Account Data .
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Click View All under "Former bio texts." This is the 3rd option in the "Profile Info" section.
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Scroll down to view your former bios. If you want to reuse one of the bios that appear on this screen, follow these steps:
- Highlight the bio text.
- Right-click the highlighted area and select Copy .
- Return to your profile and click Edit Profile .
- Right-click the "Bio" field and select Paste .
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- You can also view old links in past bios. Follow the same steps, but instead select View All under "Former links in bio".Thanks
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