How to change someone's role on Instagram

Is this your situation?

The short answer

Before you start

• Confirm the access is shared access, not a Page role. Check the kind of access you gave before deciding how to change it.Verify: Check the About this account section for a shared-account indicator.
• Confirm you are the account owner. Shared access may be revoked by the owner of the shared account.Verify: Check Settings for an option to manage people with access.
• Confirm the person has accepted the invite. A shared access invitation expires after 7 days.Verify: Check your sent invites for pending status.

How Instagram handles this

• Shared access allows an account owner to invite people they trust to access their Instagram account.
• A person given shared access is acting on behalf of the owner, but not as the owner.
• Shared access may be revoked by the owner of the shared account.
• Once a user leaves a shared account, they lose all access to the account.

Step by step

1. Open the shared account settings. Go to your account settings to review who has shared access.Confirm: Check the list of people with shared access.
2. Identify the person's access. Find the person whose access you want to end.Confirm: Check that their name appears in the shared access list.
3. Revoke their shared access. Shared access may be revoked by the owner of the shared account.Confirm: Check that the name no longer appears in the shared access list.
4. Understand the effect of revoking access. Once a user leaves a shared account, they lose all access to the account.Confirm: Check that the person can no longer switch into the shared account.
5. Re-invite if access is needed later. To regain access to an account after leaving it, a user must be invited again.Confirm: Check your notifications for the invite response.
6. Note the invite expiry window. A shared access invitation expires after 7 days.Confirm: Check the invite status before the 7-day window ends.
7. Watch for an automatic block trigger. If an account owner blocks someone they've shared access with, that person automatically loses access to the shared account.Confirm: Check that the blocked person no longer appears in the list.

Common mistakes

• Expecting a downgrade option. Shared access may be revoked by the owner of the shared account.Why it happens: The reader expects role tiers similar to other platforms.
• Blocking someone to end access. If an account owner blocks someone they've shared access with, that person automatically loses access to the shared account.Why it happens: Blocking is treated as a faster path than revoking directly.Already happened: If access has already been lost this way, review who controls the account.
• Not knowing the invite can expire. A shared access invitation expires after 7 days.Why it happens: The reader assumes access stays pending indefinitely.

Roles at a glance

Keeping track of who has access