{"id":19882,"date":"2022-07-18T05:41:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T05:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=19882"},"modified":"2022-07-18T05:41:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T05:41:05","slug":"can-you-add-to-instagram-highlights-without-adding-to-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/can-you-add-to-instagram-highlights-without-adding-to-story","title":{"rendered":"Can You Add to Instagram Highlights Without Adding to Story?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69efef010cf92\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69efef010cf92\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69efef010cf92\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/can-you-add-to-instagram-highlights-without-adding-to-story\/#Can_You_Add_to_Instagram_Highlights_Without_Adding_to_Story\" title=\"Can You Add to Instagram Highlights Without Adding to Story?\">Can You Add to Instagram Highlights Without Adding to Story?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/can-you-add-to-instagram-highlights-without-adding-to-story\/#Can_you_add_stories_to_Instagram_highlights_without_adding_to_story\" title=\"Can you add stories to Instagram highlights without adding to story?\">Can you add stories to Instagram highlights without adding to story?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/can-you-add-to-instagram-highlights-without-adding-to-story\/#How_to_change_the_cover_photo_of_a_story_in_a_highlight_without_publishing_it_in_a_story\" title=\"How to change the cover photo of a story in a highlight without publishing it in a story\">How to change the cover photo of a story in a highlight without publishing it in a story<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/can-you-add-to-instagram-highlights-without-adding-to-story\/#How_to_change_the_cover_photo_of_a_photo_in_a_highlight_without_publishing_it_in_a_story\" title=\"How to change the cover photo of a photo in a highlight without publishing it in a story\">How to change the cover photo of a photo in a highlight without publishing it in a story<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_You_Add_to_Instagram_Highlights_Without_Adding_to_Story\"><\/span>Can You Add to Instagram Highlights Without Adding to Story?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Can you add to Instagram highlights without adding to story\" style=\"max-height:318px; height:auto; max-width:44% width:auto; margin:0px 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/E41qaHO.jpg\" align=\"right\"> <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wondered if you can add stories to Instagram highlights without publishing them to your story, you have come to the right place. In this article, you&#8217;ll discover how to change the cover photo of a story in a highlight without publishing it to your story. Once you&#8217;ve done that, you can continue editing the photo and change its cover. Now that you know how to change the cover photo of a story in a highlight, you&#8217;re ready to publish it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_you_add_stories_to_Instagram_highlights_without_adding_to_story\"><\/span>Can you add stories to Instagram highlights without adding to story?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wanted to upload a story to Instagram but you don&#8217;t want to post it, you can still add it to your Highlights. However, before you can add it to your Highlights, you have to keep it live for at least 24 hours. If you delete the story before you upload it to Highlights, it will be removed from the app. If you don&#8217;t want the story to disappear, you can add it to your Highlights and save it later.<\/p>\n<p>Instagram highlights can include a variety of photos and videos, and are similar to folders on a computer. These folders can be renamed, and you can also change the background image. Then, you can access your highlights by tapping on your profile icon or on &#8216;Edit Profile&#8217;. Once you&#8217;ve uploaded your story, it must be watched by at least one person. After that, it will be added to your Highlights.<\/p>\n<p>Adding stories to your Highlights section is easy, but if you don&#8217;t want people to view your story, you need to post it to your profile. Then, you can choose to block all of your followers from viewing your story so that they won&#8217;t see your story before they watch your highlights. Depending on the settings on your profile, you can also add stories to your highlights without adding them to story.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_change_the_cover_photo_of_a_story_in_a_highlight_without_publishing_it_in_a_story\"><\/span>How to change the cover photo of a story in a highlight without publishing it in a story<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In order to change the cover photo on an Instagram highlight without publishing it in a new story, you&#8217;ll need to log in to your account and go to the &#8220;Highlights&#8221; section. Once there, select the cover you want and click the &#8220;Cover&#8221; tab. From here, you can choose a different image. To change your cover photo, navigate to the story in question and tap &#8220;Edit Cover.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After choosing the cover photo, you can add the image to the Highlight. If you do not want to publish it in a story, you can choose to use an image from your camera roll and upload it directly to Highlights. It will then stay on the Story for 24 hours. By default, you will be prompted to change the cover photo if you change it later in the story.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve already published a story, you can edit it. To change the cover photo of an Instagram highlight, tap the profile icon in the lower-right corner of the page. You can also delete a story by clicking on its title. You can also change the cover photo of a story by clicking on its title in the Highlight. After you&#8217;ve made changes, click the &#8220;Publish&#8221; button to update the new cover photo.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_change_the_cover_photo_of_a_photo_in_a_highlight_without_publishing_it_in_a_story\"><\/span>How to change the cover photo of a photo in a highlight without publishing it in a story<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In order to make the cover of an Instagram highlight look different than the original one, users must first create a new Highlight or edit an existing one. Then, they can upload a new cover photo or select an existing one from their gallery. Then, they have to adjust the image to fit the circle and tap the Done option. In the same way, they can edit an existing highlight.<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve saved your new Highlight, you can re-upload it to change the cover image. After 24 hours, the new cover will show up. You can even brand your Instagram story highlights with your new branding. 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