How to look someone up on instagram without an account

Instagram is public. Anyone can view Instagram profiles, posts, and stories without an account unless the profile is set to private. When you go to the Instagram home page or mobile app, in most cases, it will ask you to log in. Keep reading to learn how to view and search on Instagram without logging in. 

Remove Instagram Login Reminder Popup

Instead of visiting the Instagram home page, you can go to an Instagram user profile page. If you don’t know the URL of a specific user profile, you can search for it on Google. In this way, you can directly visit someone’s profile without an account. 

After scrolling through some Instagram posts or stories, Instagram will pop up a  login reminder asking you to log in or create an account, and you can no longer scroll to view more content. Luckily, you can Install this Tampermonkey script to block this Instagram login popup.

If you have never heard of Tampermonkey scripts, you can check this post to learn how to use them. Basically, Tampermonkey is a web browser extension available for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox that allows you to run custom scripts. 

That is to say, you need to first install this extension on your browser and add the Remove Instagram Login Reminder Popup script. 

However, you might still get redirected to the login page if you use a VPN or your IP has been blocked by Instagram. In that case, you should turn off the VPN, try a different connection, or you can try to refresh your IP from the modem/router’s settings.

Alternatively, you can also use a third-party service to search and view Instagram profiles, posts, and stories without logging in.  

View Public Instagram Profiles without Account

Actually, a few online Instagram viewers allow you to view any Instagram public content without an account anonymously. ImgInn is the one that I recommend the most. Imginn allows you to search Instagram without an account for profiles and stories. In addition, you can use Imginn to download Instagram stories, posts, and HD profile pictures. 

Imginn is entirely free to use and you can refer to the steps below to see how it works. 

Step 1. Launch your Web browser on your PC, Mac, iPhone, or Android device. Then visit the ImgInn website. 

Step 2. On the ImgInn home page, you can Input the Instagram profile name in the search box to start searching the profile. If you want to view someone’s story instead, you can also click the Story icon above the search box. 

Step 3. Then ImgInn will bring you all the Instagram profiles related to the search query that you imputed. You can just click on the Profile to view all of his or her posts and stories.  

As you can see from the screenshot, it is similar to the original Instagram profile page. All the posts are available to view. ImgInn also provides a Download All button that allows you to download all Instagram photos and videos in one go. You need to scroll down enough to load all the posts that you want to download. 

From here, you can also click on Stories to view all the stories by this Instagram user if there is one. If you use Firefox, you can get the Instaview add-on which will automatically redirect all Instagram links to use Imginn for viewing Instagram content without registering an account.

View Instagram Stories without Account on iOS

I personally prefer using my iPhone to view Instagram, so I have created this shortcut for viewing any public Instagram story without an account. In case you don’t know, Shortcuts is a free app for automation provided by Apple. Since iOS 13, Apple has made it a stock app.

If your device is running iOS 13 or a later version, you can simply get this Instagram Story Viewer shortcut (also working for iOS 15) by opening the link in Safari. Then you can tap to run this shortcut. You will be asked to input the Instagram profile link or username to view the available story. It will automatically get your clipboard as the input.

In a few seconds, it will present you with the Instagram story image or video. This way, you can view Instagram stories anonymously. You can tap the Share button in the top right corner to save it to your Camera Roll or Files app.

I recently updated this shortcut on my Mac in 2022, so you can also run it on macOS Monterey. If needed, I can also update this shortcut to be able to view Instagram posts without an account.

Can You View Private Instagram without an Account?

After some research, I’ve found some online Instagram private viewer that claims to view private Instagram posts without following. Moreover, I also see some people use the Instagram ++ app for iPhone or Android to do the same. 

I have tried all the possible methods I can find to no valid. I have downloaded several Instagram ++ IPA files and install IPA on my iPhone with Sideloadly. I end up with countless surveys and tasks before I can view any private Instagram content. 

Conclusion

That’s how you can view Instagram without an account. It is convenient to just go to the Instagram profile page directly and view some most recent posts without logging in. The Instagram posts that you can view without an account are limited. If you want to view more or search Instagram without an account, I recommended using the third-party service ImgInn. 

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