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A quick guide to understanding the green circle around your friends' Instagram Stories
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Are you curious about the green ring around your friend's profile picture on Instagram? If you're seeing a green circle on a person's Stories and Reels, this means you're on that person's Close Friends list. This is an exclusive list created by users to help show posts to specific friends rather than their entire friend list. This wikiHow article will explain what the green outline means on Instagram and how to create your own Close Friends list on iPhone, iPad, and Android.
Things You Should Know
- The green circle on Instagram means you're on that user's Close Friends list. You can be added or removed at any time.
- To create your own Close Friends list, tap your profile picture → ☰ → "Close Friends".
- Tap the circle next to each user you want to add, and then tap "Done".
Steps
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Creating a Close Friends List
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Open the Instagram app. If you want to add people to your own Close Friends list, you can do so easily using the Instagram mobile app.
- Instagram is available for iOS in the App Store and for Android in the Google Play Store .
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Tap your profile picture. You can find this in the bottom-right corner.
- On some devices, this may look like a person icon.
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Tap ☰ . This will be at the top-right corner. A pop-up menu will open.
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Tap Close Friends . You can find this at the bottom, above Favorites .
- A list of suggested users will appear.
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Tap the circle next to users you want to add. Use the search bar to find a specific user or scroll through the list of suggested users. A blue checkmark will appear when selected. Tap as many users as you want to add.
- You don't have to be Instagram friends to add a user to your Close Friends list.
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Tap Done . The user(s) will be added to your Close Friends list. When you create a note, reel , or story, you can change the audience to Close Friends only.
- Users won't be notified if they're added to or removed from a Close Friends list. They'll only see a green star icon or a green ring around your profile photo when you post. [1] X Research source
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