{"id":63205,"date":"2026-09-18T08:09:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folnova.com\/turn-off-suggested-posts-on-instagram\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T09:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:30:46","slug":"turn-off-suggested-posts-on-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/folnova.com\/en-us\/turn-off-suggested-posts-on-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"How to turn off suggested posts on Instagram: what you can do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You cannot permanently turn off suggested posts everywhere on Instagram with one setting. You can reject individual recommendations, use the Following view or check whether you can temporarily pause recommendations. First open the options for a suggested post to see which choices are available. Note: pausing suggested posts does not turn off ads.<\/p>\n<p>Below, you can read which choice fits what you want to see and what you can do if an option is missing.<\/p>\n<nav aria-label=\"Table of contents\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#verschil\">The difference between suggested posts, ads and Reels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#pauzeren\">Pause suggested posts on Instagram for 30 days<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#niet-geinteresseerd\">Reduce Instagram recommendations with Not interested<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#volgend\">View Instagram posts from followed accounts through Following<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#resetten\">Reset Instagram recommendations or filter words<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#komen-terug\">Suggested Instagram posts keep coming back: what can you do?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<h2 id=\"verschil\">The difference between suggested posts, ads and Reels<\/h2>\n<p>First check what type of post you are seeing. A video from an unknown account is not always an ad. And a Reel is a short video, not another word for a recommendation.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>What do you see?<\/th>\n<th>What is it?<\/th>\n<th>What should you look for?<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Suggested post<\/td>\n<td>A recommendation from Instagram, often from an account you do not follow.<\/td>\n<td>View the recommendation options for the post.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ad<\/td>\n<td>A post that has been paid for, identifiable by a label such as Sponsored.<\/td>\n<td>The options for ads are slightly different from those for suggested posts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Reel<\/td>\n<td>A short video from a followed account, an unknown account or an advertiser.<\/td>\n<td>Check who the video comes from and where you are viewing it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Following<\/td>\n<td>A separate view with posts from accounts you follow.<\/td>\n<td>This is not your regular home screen with posts, also known as your feed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Do you mainly want to see photos and posts from people you know? Then look under Following. Are you repeatedly seeing cooking videos you are not interested in? View the options for that recommendation.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"pauzeren\">Pause suggested posts on Instagram for 30 days<\/h2>\n<p>In 2022, Meta described in its <a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2022\/08\/testing-ways-to-control-what-you-see-on-instagram\/\">explanation of recommendations<\/a> a 30 day pause and the Not interested choice to receive fewer similar recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>The pause button may now be in a different place or may be missing. Therefore, check in your own app what is possible:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Find a suggested post in your regular feed.<\/strong> Check that it is not an ad.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Open the options for the post.<\/strong> See whether you can hide or pause recommendations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Read what the option does.<\/strong> Does it say that you are pausing suggested posts for 30 days? Choose that option if you want to.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Check the confirmation.<\/strong> Hiding one post is not the same as temporarily pausing suggested posts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Do you not see an option to pause? Then go through these points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you looking in the regular feed, or are you in Reels or Explore?<\/li>\n<li>Is it a recommendation, or a post from someone you follow?<\/li>\n<li>Is an Instagram update available? You can update the app, but this does not guarantee that the option will appear.<\/li>\n<li>Do you see information about recommendations or content preferences in your account settings? These are preferences for what you get to see.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Accounts in the Netherlands and Belgium also cannot assume that the pause button is available. Based on this explanation, there is also no general European off switch to identify. Is the pause option missing? Then try Following or reject an individual post.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"niet-geinteresseerd\">Reduce Instagram recommendations with Not interested<\/h2>\n<p>Do you see <strong>Not interested<\/strong> for an unwanted recommendation? Choose that option. Are you then asked why you do not want to see the post? Choose only a reason that applies to you.<\/p>\n<p>Suppose you do not want to see videos about expensive watches. Reject such a recommendation. You do not need to follow the account first or post a comment under the video.<\/p>\n<p>This tells Instagram what you would rather not see. It does not guarantee that an entire topic will be blocked. Therefore, do not judge the result only by the next post.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"volgend\">View Instagram posts from followed accounts through Following<\/h2>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2022\/03\/two-new-ways-to-control-your-instagram-feed\/\">2022 announcement of Following and Favorites<\/a> Meta described Following as a view with posts from followed accounts, in chronological order and without suggested posts.<\/p>\n<p>Search in your app for <strong>Following<\/strong>, or <strong>Following<\/strong> if you use Instagram in English. The location may differ. After choosing it, check that you are actually in this view.<\/p>\n<p>This is useful if you want to view what friends or favorite creators have posted. Do you return to the regular feed? Then you leave this separate view. Following therefore does not turn off recommendations for your entire account.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"resetten\">Reset Instagram recommendations or filter words<\/h2>\n<p>Do you want to change more than one recommendation? Then check which options you have in your settings. A fresh start for recommendations is different from hiding posts about a particular topic.<\/p>\n<h3>Reset recommendations<\/h3>\n<p>Do you see an option to reset recommended content, meaning to start again? Before confirming, read which parts of Instagram this applies to. Do not assume that the reset also changes ads or the accounts you follow.<\/p>\n<p>A reset does not turn recommendations off. You choose a fresh start, not a feed in which nothing will ever be recommended again.<\/p>\n<h3>Filter words with Hidden Words<\/h3>\n<p>When using a word filter, always check <strong>where it works<\/strong>. A filter for words in comments or private messages does not necessarily work for recommended photos and videos.<\/p>\n<p>Use the filter for recommendations only if the explanation for the option explicitly mentions this. For example, if you want to see less about a particular sports competition, enter the name of that competition instead of a broad word such as \u2018match\u2019.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"komen-terug\">Suggested Instagram posts keep coming back: what can you do?<\/h2>\n<p>First check which choice you made earlier. This lets you check more specifically why you are seeing recommendations again. If you are also considering paid options, our <a href=\"https:\/\/folnova.com\/en-us\/product-category\/instagram\/\">Instagram services<\/a> lets you compare packages for <a href=\"https:\/\/folnova.com\/en-us\/product\/buy-instagram-followers\/\">followers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/folnova.com\/en-us\/product\/buy-instagram-likes\/\">likes<\/a>, including the available quantities and prices.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>You had set a temporary pause.<\/strong> Check whether the period has ended and whether you can pause again.<\/li>\n<li><strong>You used Following.<\/strong> Check whether you are back in the regular feed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>You had rejected one post.<\/strong> This does not block all recommendations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>You are seeing paid posts.<\/strong> Check whether it says Sponsored, for example. Ads are not covered by the pause for suggested posts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>You are seeing recommendations in Reels or Explore.<\/strong> Check where your chosen setting applies. A setting for the regular feed does not necessarily work there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want fewer suggested posts on Instagram? 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