How to prevent Instagram photos from appearing on Google Search
What's the story
Instagram, one of the most popular photo and video-sharing platforms, has a feature that lets content from public accounts get indexed by search engines like Google.
This essentially means that your photos and videos could show up in Google Search results.
If you want to prevent this, you can do that by making slight changes under Instagram settings.
Privacy concerns
The risk of public accounts
The feature enabling Instagram content to be indexed by search engines, can easily expose your personal moments to a wider audience than you may have intended.
This could result in your content being misused or used for fraudulent purposes.
However, Instagram does offer a built-in option for those who want to keep their photos and videos from appearing in search engine results.
User control
Steps to disable search engine visibility
To keep their content private, users can do the following:
Open Instagram app and log into your account.
Now, head over to your profile page and tap the three-dot menu (or hamburger icon) at the top corner of your profile screen.
From there, head into 'Privacy Settings' and tap on the 'Account Privacy' option on the list of settings.
Finally, find the toggle for 'Allow Public Photos and Videos to Appear in Search Engine Results' and turn off this option.