How to add story cover on instagram

Are you looking for ways to add Instagram Highlight Covers to your profile without adding it to Story?

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How do you make a story cover on Instagram?
How do I change the cover of a story?
How do you add highlights on Instagram 2022?
Can you add a highlight on Instagram without posting?

Or simply want to hide your Highlight cover icon from your followers?

Here’s a cool #InstaHack on how you can add a Highlight Cover to your Instagram without putting it up as our Story.

Are you using Instagram for your business?

If not, no worries.. there’s still time to jump on the bandwagon.

Check out this article, I’m going to show you exactly how, step by step!
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For more information on how to Edit an Instagram Post After You’ve Posted, visit this article with all the latest tips.

How to Use Instagram Stories Highlights to Wow Your Followers

Instagram Stories are a fun, free, and engaging way to connect with followers, drive traffic, boost engagement, show your real personality and establish your brand in action.

500+ million people watch Instagram Stories every day, so if you’re not taking advantage of that as a brand then you’re missing out.

To make your Instagram profile stand out from the crowd, you can now save, categorize your Instagram Stories into albums with Instagram Highlights.

As you may already know, Instagram Stories will only live for 24 hours. After this, the posted content will disappear forever from your Stories. Some of your followers may miss it while you have to keep posting new Stories to engage and delight your audience.

That’s why you need to incorporate Instagram Highlight into your Instagram Story strategy.

Instagram Highlight is a collection of IG Stories. This feature allows you to highlight your favorite Insta Stories and they will appear on your Instagram Profile (between your Instagram bio and feed), for as long as you want.

Plus, adding your own custom covers to your IG Highlights is a great way to create a cohesive Instagram aesthetic for your brand as well as help new visitors to discover what your company is all about.

Here’s the thing:

If you’ve been active on it for a while now, you’ve probably noticed there’s a big limitation when it comes to adding Story to Highlight.

You have to post your image to Story first, which will remain live for 24-hour, before you can save it to Instagram Highlights.

Luckily, there’s a quick workaround to the issue.

Follow the steps below, I will show you how to add Instagram Highlights directly from your phone camera roll, WITHOUT actually posting it in your Story or anyone seeing it.

You can use it for both your personal and business account.

Let’s get started.

How to Add a Cover Image to Instagram Highlights (without posting to your story)

Tap on one of your Instagram Highlights.
Next, select “Edit Highlight”.
Click “Edit Cover” to add a new cover icon directly to Highlight without needing to share it in your Instagram Story.
Swipe left and tap on the “Image” icon.
Choose and upload a new highlight cover directly from your camera roll.
Click “Done”. That’s it, your cover will appear on your Instagram account but not in your Instagram Story.

Over to You

Do you have any problem or question following this tutorial to add images to your Highlights without sharing them to your Story? Tell me in the comment!

Want to create your own Highlight cover icon but don’t know where to start, visit this article with all my tips.

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How do you make a story cover on Instagram?

Instead, you can just edit the highlight directly:.

Go to your Instagram profile..

Tap the highlight whose cover you'd like to change..

Tap More in the bottom right corner..

Tap Edit Highlight..

Tap Edit Cover..

Choose the image icon to access your phone's photo library..

Choose your beautiful cover..

How do I change the cover of a story?

Go to your Instagram account and tap on the Highlight cover you want to change. Tap “More” at the bottom right corner of your screen. Tap “Edit Highlight”, follow by “Edit Cover”.

How do you add highlights on Instagram 2022?

Open the Story on your smartphone. Tap the Highlight button at the bottom of the screen. Choose the Highlight you want to save the Story to—either a new or existing one. Hit Save and preview the new Highlight on your Instagram profile.

Can you add a highlight on Instagram without posting?

To create a new Highlight, just head to your main profile. Underneath your bio, you should see a 'plus' sign in a circle, under 'Story Highlights'. Select the plus sign and you will be able to create a new Highlight!