How to Share Someone Else’s Story on Instagram (and When You Can’t)

Last Updated: June 28, 2021

This wikiHow will teach you how to share someone else's story on Instagram using the mobile app. You can only republish a story to your profile if you are tagged in it or you can send it to a friend if it's set as public.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Re-Sharing a Story to Your Profile

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Open Instagram. This app looks like a multi-colored orange, pink, and purple camera icon that you can find on one of your Home screens, in the app drawer, or by searching.
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Tap the message icon. It looks like a lightning bolt in a speech bubble in the top right corner of your app.
- It'll have a notification badge if you've been tagged in a story that you haven't viewed yet.
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Tap the notification that you've been tagged in a story. It'll open up the video so you can view it before you share it to your story.
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Tap Add to Your Story. You'll be able to add edits to the video before publishing it.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Sending a Story to a Friend

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Open Instagram. This app looks like a multi-colored orange, pink, and purple camera icon that you can find on one of your Home screens, in the app drawer, or by searching.
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Navigate to the story you want to share. You can tap the story from the top of your feed. If the story isn't set to public, then you won't have the option to share it.
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Tap
. This paper airplane icon will be to the right of the comment box.
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Tap Send next to the people you want to share the story with. They will get the story in their direct messages inbox. ^{[1]
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