Active Instagram users may be very familiar with the Stories. Instagram Stories allows you to share photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours from your profile. This article will discuss Instagram Stories and how to view Instagram Stories after 24 hours of posting.
What are Instagram Stories?
Stories are basically WhatsApp Status type features allowing you to share photos, videos, and other content with your followers on Instagram.
The only difference between regular and story posts is that the content shared on stories is set to auto-disappear after 24 hours.
It’s a great feature to utilize if you want to share content with your followers for a limited time. It is also a perfect way for brands to experiment with different types of content because, unlike regular post feeds, stories disappear after 24 hours of sharing.
Can You Find or Recover Deleted Stories?
Since Stories posts are designed to auto-disappear, can deleted or expired stories be found on Instagram?
Yes! It’s possible to find deleted stories on Instagram. You also have an option to find and recover deleted Stories on Instagram after 24 hours. So, let’s get started with the workarounds to find deleted stories on Instagram.
Find Deleted Stories on the Instagram App
The Instagram mobile app has a recently deleted folder that keeps all your deleted posts and Stories. When the Stories move to the Recently Deleted folder of Instagram, you have 30 days to view and recover them. Here’s what you need to do.
1. Open the Instagram app on your Android or iPhone.
2. Tap on your Profile Picture displayed at the bottom right.
3. On the profile screen, tap the Hamburger menu at the top right.
4. From the menu that appears, select Your Activity.
5. On the Your Activity screen, scroll down and tap on the Recently Deleted.
6. This folder will have all stories you’ve deleted within 30 days.
7. To recover the Story, tap on it and then on the three dots at the bottom right.
8. On the menu that appears, select Restore.
9. On the Restore Story confirmation prompt, tap the Restore button.
Please note that the contents in the Recently Deleted folder will be automatically deleted 30 days later. The same folder also stores the deleted Stories for 30 days.
However, the condition on Instagram Story is that you can only repost the story if it’s recovered within 24 hours of adding it. If you don’t see the content you’d like to restore in Recently deleted, the content may be older than 30 days or 24 hours for Stories.
Find Deleted Stories on Instagram from the Archive Folder
The Archive folder of Instagram also stores all your posted stories. However, you can only find your deleted stories if you enable the ‘Save Story to archive’ option. Here’s what you need to do.
1. Open the Instagram app on your Android or iPhone.
2. Tap on your Profile Picture displayed at the bottom right.
3. On the profile screen, tap the Hamburger menu at the top right.
4. On the menu that appears, select Archived.
5. Switch to the Stories archive to view your deleted Instagram Stories.
How to Recover Deleted Instagram Photos & Videos?
While it’s easy to view and recover deleted Instagram Stories, what if you can also recover deleted photos and videos?
The steps to recover deleted Instagram Photos & Videos are the same, but you must depend only on the mobile app.
For a step-by-step guide, follow our article – How to recover deleted Instagram Photos & Videos. If you don’t find your content in the Recently Deleted folder, chances are than the 30 days have passed.
Other Ways to View Deleted Stories on Instagram?
Other than these two, there are no other options to view the deleted Stories on Instagram.
However, several apps, especially Instagram Mods, claim to show you deleted story posts. It’s best to avoid such things, as after 30 days, the content is also deleted from Instagram’s servers.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Yes, you can check the deleted stories on Instagram from the ‘Recently Deleted’ folder. The Recently Deleted folder saves posts & stories deleted within 30 days.
Technically, there’s no option to see someone’s deleted Instagram Story. However, if the person has shared the story on other social networking sites, you can find them using #hashtags or searching for keywords.
Yes, there’s an option to find the old Instagram Stories. To do so, you need to open the Archive folder and check the Stories Archive.
You can open the Story you’ve posted and tap the eye button to check the viewers. However, you can’t access the list of viewers of a deleted or restored story.
This guide is about viewing deleted stories on the Instagram mobile app. We have also shared the steps to recover deleted stories. If you need more help on this topic or cannot recover the stories, let us know in the comments below.