Social Media · Instagram on iPhone & Android

Remove a song from an Instagram post

Source-checked 7 August 2026About 5 minutes

Answer

Instagram's current editing help does not provide a music-removal control for a published feed post. Keep a copy of the original photo or video and caption, delete the post, then publish it again without selecting Add music.

Keep the original

Confirm that the original photo or video is saved on the phone, and copy the caption if you want to reuse it.

Delete the published post

Open the post, select the options menu, choose Delete, and confirm.

Create the post again

Start a new feed post with the original media and caption. Do not select Add music before sharing it.

Confirm the replacement post

Open the newly published post and confirm it contains the intended media and caption without the song. The deleted original remains in Recently deleted for 30 days unless you remove it permanently.

If it does not work

If Instagram does not offer an audio edit for the published post, preserve the original media and caption before deleting anything. The supportable fallback is to remove and repost without the song where appropriate; do not use an unofficial editor or account tool that requests Instagram credentials.

Sources and verification

Checked against official documentation on 7 August 2026. Scope: Instagram feed posts on iPhone and Android.

Meta documents adding music before sharing and editing captions or locations afterward, but not removing selected music from an existing feed post.