Presentation is everything and, when it comes to a list of hashtags in the main comment of a post, there’s a whole lot of unattractive going on there. You may have seen people put them as the first comment instead of in the bulk of the caption, but that’s not much better. Instead of letting your hashtags hang out, hide them behind a simple set of keystrokes and dots. Here’s how to do it on an iPhone!
9 Steps to Hide Hashtags on Instagram Posts
1. Open up your Notes app and start a new note.
2. Enter the following sequence: period, enter, period, enter, period, enter, period, enter, period, enter
3. Type in your hashtags.
4. Select all and copy.
5. Open the Instagram app.
6. Post your amazing new picture and caption.
7. After it’s posted, click on the comment button.
8. Paste the periods and hashtags into the comment.
9. Post the comment and ta da!
After you get more than one comment, when you click on the comment section it will show the hashtags. After you get 4-5 comments, it won’t really matter, because Instagram will show the last comments made – not the first one with all the dots and hashtags. Either way, it looks much neater and much less…hashtaggy. 😉
Focused Hashtags
If you’re not getting the results you want with your Instagram pictures, some of it could be due to a lack of targeted hashtags. The narrower your niche, the better your odds of ranking higher in the hashtags and being seen by more of the people you want to reach. Since, IG wants you to pay to play like it’s Big Brother Facebook, reach and interactions have dropped drastically. If you need help researching hashtags for your post, check out the Hashtag Research Package to help boost your reach and followers.
Remember, whatever you post and however you grow your audience, authentic building and interactions are much more profitable long term than follow/unfollow tactics and buying likes. Slow, steady, consistent, and authentic is key. Happy posting!
Instagram Issues – Updated 2.5.17
Instagram has been acting up since their last update and in addition to logging people out every single time they leave the app, it’s also been messing up the dotted hashtag comments. So, if you try the technique above and it’s not rendering properly, give it until the next update, because it’s more than likely an IG glitch.
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*gasp* Why have I never thought to type the hashtags in my notes app before? Thanks for the tip!
lol! Don’t worry, Nicole, I was the exact same way! It’s such a little trick, but it saves SO much time! =) Thanks so much for being here!
Yes! This is such a great way to do it. For a while I didn’t know how people were doing it, but I made the switch a little less than a year ago! I know this post will help a lot of people 🙂
Awesome! I’m glad it’s worked for you too, Kristin! Thanks so much for being here! xoxo
Wow, what a trick! Thanks for sharing, I must try it next time I post on Instagram!
You’re welcome, Hanka! I hope it helps!
Thanks for explaining this! I’ve seen people place hashtags in all sorts of places but this makes absolute perfect sense!
So glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for being here, Kimberly! =)
I love doing this! So much neater. 🙂
Isn’t it though? It’s just so tidy looking compared to a big chunk of them! =)
I JUST learned this trick after months of wondering how people did that. haha.It’s been working great!
That’s awesome! So glad it’s working well for you!!
Love this trick. And lovely blog ♥
Aw, thanks so much, Shiara!! =)
I always hide my hashtags. I think it looks so much neater. I schedule my Instagram posts with Later, so I don’t use the Notes app. But I use the same setup. Thanks for sharing this valuable tip!
That’s awesome! Great tip about using Later too! Thanks, Rose!
This is brilliant and I can’t believe I hadn’t already figured this out. Will be implementing now!
Yay! Glad it will be helpful for you, Laura! =)
I do this all the time! Glad i’m not the only one!
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That’s awesome, Claudia! It looks so much neater, doesn’t it?!
I had no clue about this! You are a lifesaver Brandi. Keeping it tidy from now on
lol! So glad it’s helpful for you, Shoshana! Thanks so much for being here! =)
So smart and so useful thanks for sharing. I need to get more detailed with the hashtags that I use.
It can be tricky for sure, but hashtags are key! Hope it helps!
I’ve seen people do this lately but had no idea why. Ha! Thanks for explaining!
You’re welcome! Thanks so much for being here!
So handy! It took me some time to figure this out on my own, so it’s great that you’re sharing to save people the trouble!
Aw, thanks, Vy! I hope it helps someone!
Yay!! You’re full of tips & tricks. I’ll have to implement this for my future posts. xoxo
Ha! Thanks, Krista! Hope it’s helpful for you!
Great tip! Hadn’t though of hiding them before but going to give it a try.
Excellent! Hope it helps! =)
i never thought of this before!!!! I’ve seen a few posts using this method and i didn’t understand it…. i will use this from now on!! Thank you!!
You’re welcome! Thanks for stopping by, Crystal!
I do this too. Looks a lot better that way 🙂
It really does! Thanks for stopping by, Nadine!
These are great tips! I use evernote app to save my hashtagas so I might have to add in the periods and spaces
Oh, nice tip on the Evernote hack there, Hannah! Thanks so much!
I see people doing this all the time and this post totally explains it! Thank you for sharing. I’ll start using it on my Instagram from now on.
Great! So glad it was helpful for you!
I don’t have an iphone but I like to put my hashtags underneath my own caption like, in their own space. I’m going to have to try this with evernote or something!
Awesome! I hope it works well for you!
do you have to use the comments section? ive seen others use the bullets in their caption but when i try it looks good until i publish. then the bullets are reformatted and i look dumb. how are those using the bullets and hashtags in caption, is there a way ?!
Hi! Thanks so much for stopping by and so sorry for the late reply! You can absolutely use the main caption section in much the same way. It’s a matter of preference I think. IG may or may not give higher value to things in the caption vs the comments – honestly, it’s a bit of a guessing game and, like it’s sister company – Facebook, just requires a lot of testing. Authenticity is what matters most, so if you like having the hashtags in your captions, do that. By the way, I checked out your website and IG feed and they’re fabulous! The photos from Greece are fantastic! =) ~Brandi