{"id":4707,"date":"2022-07-10T15:18:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T15:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=4707"},"modified":"2022-07-10T15:18:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T15:18:02","slug":"how-to-view-instagram-stories-without-them-knowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-view-instagram-stories-without-them-knowing","title":{"rendered":"How to View Instagram Stories Without Them Knowing"},"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-69ebf6d3a7654\" 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-69ebf6d3a7654\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ebf6d3a7654\" ><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\/how-to-view-instagram-stories-without-them-knowing\/#How_to_View_Instagram_Stories_Without_Them_Knowing\" title=\"How to View Instagram Stories Without Them Knowing\">How to View Instagram Stories Without Them Knowing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-view-instagram-stories-without-them-knowing\/#Using_third-party_apps\" title=\"Using third-party apps\">Using third-party apps<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-view-instagram-stories-without-them-knowing\/#Using_a_website\" title=\"Using a website\">Using a website<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-view-instagram-stories-without-them-knowing\/#View-Block_trick\" title=\"View-Block trick\">View-Block trick<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-view-instagram-stories-without-them-knowing\/#Using_Insta-Stories_Online\" title=\"Using Insta-Stories Online\">Using Insta-Stories Online<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-view-instagram-stories-without-them-knowing\/#Not_letting_the_poster_know_youve_viewed_their_story\" title=\"Not letting the poster know you&#8217;ve viewed their story\">Not letting the poster know you&#8217;ve viewed their story<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_View_Instagram_Stories_Without_Them_Knowing\"><\/span>How to View Instagram Stories Without Them Knowing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/yl38bOR.png\" alt=\"how to view instagram stories without them knowing\">  <\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re looking to see a friend&#8217;s stories, or want to view your own without them knowing it, this article has three ways to do so. Using a third-party app or website, and the &#8216;View-Block&#8217; trick are all viable options. Here&#8217;s how to view Instagram stories without your friend&#8217;s knowledge! Using these techniques will keep your privacy.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_third-party_apps\"><\/span>Using third-party apps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been tasked with viewing someone&#8217;s Instagram story, there are a few ways to do it without them knowing. One method involves half-swiping. This means that you swipe right from the story you&#8217;re on to the next without letting go of the previous story. If you do this right, Instagram won&#8217;t register the story&#8217;s view.<\/p>\n<p>While you can view Instagram stories anonymously with airplane mode, you can&#8217;t guarantee that the user won&#8217;t notice. Third-party apps and sites that promise to keep your activity anonymous may be unreliable or unsafe, but they might work for some people. Unless you&#8217;re worried about privacy, anonymous Instagram story viewing is generally a good idea. However, if you&#8217;re worried about privacy, you&#8217;ll need to find an application that can protect your personal information.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_a_website\"><\/span>Using a website<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Using a website to view Instagram stories without the user knowing is one way to get access to Instagram stories. Instagram stories are only viewable by public accounts and can only be viewed within 24 hours after they&#8217;re posted. If you want to see what your friends are posting, however, you&#8217;ll need to have their account URL or username. Luckily, this is not difficult, even if you have no idea what to look for!<\/p>\n<p>There are many reasons why you might want to view Instagram stories without the person you&#8217;re trying to spy on. Obviously, stalking is never acceptable and respecting the privacy of others is essential. However, it&#8217;s perfectly legal to spy on competitors, and using a website to view Instagram stories without them knowing is one of the best ways to spy on them. By using a website to view Instagram stories without them knowing, you can observe how competitors are using digital marketing strategies.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"View-Block_trick\"><\/span>View-Block trick<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>How to watch someone&#8217;s Instagram stories without them knowing? The trick is called the &#8220;View-Block trick&#8221;. This method involves blocking the user&#8217;s profile and watching their story. You can also do it anonymously by changing your privacy settings. If you are concerned about being detected, you can test the method by blocking a friend. You will need to wait for 24 hours for the stories to expire before you can unblock them. You won&#8217;t be able to see the views from your secondary profile, but you can still add your friends to it.<\/p>\n<p>If you accidentally view someone&#8217;s story, they won&#8217;t notice. The View-Block trick is available on many different platforms, including Instagram. However, you must be careful when using it. It can have some unintended consequences. You may end up being shown as the person who accidentally viewed the story. In this case, you should wait at least 24 hours and unblock the person&#8217;s account after completing the procedure.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_Insta-Stories_Online\"><\/span>Using Insta-Stories Online<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>How to view Instagram stories without them knowing? There are a couple of ways to view a person&#8217;s Instagram stories without them knowing. You can use a third-party tool to view the stories of people you follow. This is particularly useful if you want to read a person&#8217;s stories but are blocked by them. In the following paragraphs, we&#8217;ll outline the most common ways to view Instagram stories without them knowing.<\/p>\n<p>Create a separate account that is anonymous. Instagram does not care if you create multiple accounts. You can use a different email address to access the anonymous account. You can also skip creating a profile, but make sure to add your basic information to keep track of the accounts. Once you&#8217;re done, you can begin to view stories anonymously. The story teller will only know your user name. This method may seem inconvenient, but it works.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Not_letting_the_poster_know_youve_viewed_their_story\"><\/span>Not letting the poster know you&#8217;ve viewed their story<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are some ways to view Instagram stories without letting the poster on your timeline know that you&#8217;ve viewed it. One of these is to half-swipe the story. This means that you swipe right from the previous story without letting go of the previous story. This way, Instagram won&#8217;t register your presence in the viewer&#8217;s list. Then, you can continue watching the story without having anyone know.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to view someone&#8217;s story is to DM them and let them know that you&#8217;ve viewed their story. The only downside to this is that you&#8217;ll never know who&#8217;s viewed your story, so asking them to let you do it is a bit risky. Instead, you should do this if you know them well. After all, they wouldn&#8217;t know that you&#8217;ve been spying on them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to View Instagram Stories Without Them Knowing Whether you&#8217;re looking to see a friend&#8217;s stories, or want to view your own without them knowing it, this article has three ways to do so. Using a third-party app or website, and the &#8216;View-Block&#8217; trick are all viable options. 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