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Add or Remove an Instagram Collaborator

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Answer

Instagram says the original author can add or remove a collaborator. Open the original post from the author account, use its collaboration controls when available, and have the invited account accept the request.

Guide steps4 steps
  1. Use the original author account
  2. Open collaboration controls
  3. Confirm the invitation
  4. Verify the result
  5. If it still does not work

Use the original author account

Open the post from the account that created it; that account remains the post's primary author.

Open collaboration controls

Use the post's available edit or collaboration control to add or remove the collaborator.

Confirm the invitation

Have the invited account accept the request and verify the post appears on both profiles.

Open Instagram collab-post guidance

Verify the result

Have the invited account accept, then verify both profile names appear on the post and that likes, comments, audience, and ownership match expectations.

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If it does not work

  • If Invite collaborator is unavailable, confirm the original-author account, post type, app version, and account eligibility. Do not delete and repost until the existing post and engagement are backed up.
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