Instagram is a popular social media platform with over 1 billion active users. It’s a great way to keep in touch with friends and family, share photos and videos, and build relationships. But it can also be a time-consuming task to respond to all the messages you receive. If you want to disable message requests in Instagram, there are a few steps you need to take. First, open the app on your phone and go to your profile. Next, tap on the three lines in the top left corner of your screen. From here, you can access all of your settings. Next, scroll down until you see “Message Requests” and tap on it. On this page, you can choose whether or not you want to receive message requests from people who follow you (if you allow them). If you don’t want to receive message requests from people who follow you, uncheck the box next to “Allow Followers To Request Messages From Me” and click OK. Finally, make sure that “Require Verification For Message Requests From Followers” is also unchecked if you don’t want anyone who follows you request messages from you without first verifying their identity. Click OK to save your changes and return to the main Instagram screen. ..
How the “Don’t Receive Requests” Feature Works
Facebook’s integration of Facebook Messenger with Instagram brought many new features to the Instagram messaging platform (like themes, emoji responses, and more). The ability to turn off message requests for new conversations is one of them.
Once this feature is enabled, only Instagram users who you follow or who are in your contact book will be able to message you.
The Message button will still be visible on your profile, but when they try to message you, they’ll see an error message saying “[The user] can’t receive your message. They don’t allow new message requests from everyone.”
How to Turn off Message Requests on Instagram
You can disable the message requests feature from the Privacy section in Settings. To get started, open the Instagram app on your iPhone or Android smartphone.
Next, tap the Profile button in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
On your profile page, tap the menu button (three lines) in the top-right corner of the screen.
In the pop-up, choose the “Settings” option.
In “Settings,” tap “Privacy.”
In “Privacy,” tap the “Messages” option.
Scroll down and locate the “Other People” section. Tap “Others on Instagram.”
Under “Others on Instagram,” tap the “Don’t Receive Requests” option.
Exit Settings by tapping back several times. You have now disabled message requests on Instagram. If any unknown user messages you, you won’t get a notification about it, and you won’t see the message in your Requests folder either.
Once you have merged your Facebook and Instagram messaging accounts, it’s also possible for Facebook users to directly message you on Instagram. But don’t worry—the Instagram app also has an option to disable message requests specifically from Facebook users as well.
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