Guide to End-to-end Encryption on Instagram: Key Facts

During the texting process with the other person, there will be private and sensitive personal information that you need to send and share. End-to-end encryption on Instagram will ensure those message contents cannot be read. Below are instructions for enabling end-to-end encryption on Instagram.

How to Enable End-to-end Encryption on Instagram

Step 1:

First, open the Instagram application and then click on the messaging icon . Then you click on your Instagram account to text and proceed to encrypt the chat.

Step 2:

Next in the Instagram messaging interface, click on their Instagram account name . Switch to the new interface, users click on Privacy & safety to adjust.

Step 3:

An interface with options for privacy in this chat appears, click Use end-to-end encryption . Note, not all Instagram accounts can use the encryption feature. Then the option to use this encryption feature will be blurred and cannot be used.

As a result, the chat on Instagram has been end-to-end encrypted as shown below. You send messages on Instagram as usual.

We'll see that when you enable end-to-end encryption on Instagram, it creates a conversation separate from the conversation you previously messaged with them.

Instructions for Creating End-to-end Encrypted Messages on Instagram

Step 1:

Also at the interface on the Instagram application, click on the messaging icon . Then switch to the messaging interface, click on the pen icon to create a new message.

Step 2:

You will now see the End-to-End Encryption Features option . We will slide the lock button to the right to activate this encryption feature.

Step 3:

Next, the user clicks on the Instagram account they want to message , and can create a group on Instagram if desired. Then click Create chat below.

The results of an end-to-end encrypted chat group on Instagram have been created.