How to give Instagram access without sharing your password

Is this your situation?

The short answer

Before you start

• Confirm eligibility Shared access may not be available to everyone.Verify: Check whether the shared access option appears in your settings.
• Decide who to trust Shared access invites people you trust to access your account.Verify: Check that the person is someone you want acting on your account.
• Check teen account status Shared access is not available to teen accounts.Verify: Check whether the account is a teen account.
• Weigh Page roles instead Editing Page roles is one way to give posting or boosting permission.Verify: Check if a connected Page fits this route.

How Instagram handles this

• Shared access allows an account owner to invite people they trust to access their Instagram account.
• People given shared access act with the owner's consent, but not as the owner.
• An account owner can see and download any activity taken by someone they've shared access with.
• Adding people to your advertising account does not give them permission to log in as you.

Step by step

1. Send the invite Invite someone you trust to share access to your Instagram account.Where: Notifications → InviteConfirm: You entered the name of the person you want to invite.
2. Wait for a response After being invited to an account, the invited person receives a notification on the Instagram app.Where: Notifications → Invite responseConfirm: Check your notifications for a response from the invited person.
3. Invitee accepts The invited person taps the notification to accept or decline.Where: Notifications → Sent inviteConfirm: Check that the person can now switch to the shared account.
4. Confirm the acceptance Once accepted, declined, or allowed to expire, the person who sent the invite receives a notification.Where: Notifications → Invite outcomeConfirm: Check your notifications for confirmation of the invite's outcome.
5. Let them switch accounts The invited person can switch between their profile and the shared account.Where: Profile → Profile switcherConfirm: Check that the shared account appears in their profile switcher.
6. Review activity You can see and download any activity taken by someone with shared access.Where: Settings → Activity logConfirm: Check the activity log for actions taken by the invited person.
7. Set invite permissions You can choose who is allowed to invite you to share an account.Where: Settings → Shared access → Invite permissionsConfirm: Check the invite permissions list for your current setting.
8. Revoke if needed Shared access may be revoked by the owner of the shared account.Where: Settings → Shared access listConfirm: Check the shared access list to confirm the person is removed.

Common mistakes

• Expecting content access A person with shared access does not have access to the content itself, such as pictures or reels.Why it happens: You assume shared access works like having the content in your own account.
• Invite left unanswered A shared access invitation expires after 7 days.Why it happens: You sent the invite and did not follow up before it expired.Already happened: Review who has access to confirm the current status.
• Blocking breaks access If an account owner blocks someone they've shared access with, that person automatically loses access.Why it happens: You blocked the person for an unrelated reason and did not expect it to end access.

Roles at a glance

Keeping track of who has access