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Last Updated: June 6, 2025
Liking Photos and Videos (Mobile)
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Liking Comments (Mobile)
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This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Jack Lloyd. Jack Lloyd is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. He has over two years of experience writing and editing technology-related articles. He is technology enthusiast and an English teacher. This article has been viewed 22,862 times.
This wikiHow teaches you how to "like" photos and comments on Instagram, both on mobile platforms and on the Instagram website.
Steps
Method 1 Method 1 of 3:
Liking Photos and Videos (Mobile)
1 Open Instagram. It's a red, purple, orange, and yellow app with a white outline of a camera. If you're already logged into Instagram, doing so will open your Instagram home page.
If you aren't logged into Instagram, type in your username (or phone number) and password and tap Login.
2 Navigate to a picture you wish to like. You can do this by scrolling down through the posts on the home page, or you can search for a specific user by tapping the magnifying glass icon at the bottom of the screen and entering a name or a hashtag. Advertisement
3 Double-tap the photo or video. Do so quickly, with as little time in between taps as possible. You should see a white heart briefly appear on top of the post, and the heart outline below the post will turn red.
If you want to retract your like, tap the red heart below the post.
4 Tap the heart outline if double-tapping won't work. It's directly below the photo or video. If the heart turns red, you have successfully liked the post. Advertisement
Method 2 Method 2 of 3:
Liking Photos and Videos (Desktop)
1 Go to the Instagram website. It's at https://www.instagram.com/. If you're logged into Instagram, doing so will open the Instagram home page.
If you aren't logged into Instagram, click Log in at the bottom of the page, enter your username (or email address) and password, and click Log in.
2 Navigate to a photo or video you wish to like. To do this, either scroll through the home page until you find a post to like, or click the "Search" bar at the top of the page and enter an account name or hashtag.
3 Double-click the photo or video. This will like the post in question; you will see a white heart briefly appear on the photo or video, and the heart outline below the post will turn red.
4 Click the heart outline if double-clicking doesn't work. It's directly below the photo or video, just above the first comment (if there is one). It will turn red, signifying that you have successfully liked the post. Advertisement
Method 3 Method 3 of 3:
Liking Comments (Mobile)
1 Open Instagram. It's a multicolored app with a white outline of a camera. If you're already logged into Instagram, doing so will open your Instagram home page.
If you aren't logged into Instagram, type in your username (or phone number) and password and tap Login.
You can't like comments on the Instagram website.
2 Navigate to a post with a comment you wish to like. If the post in question is in your home feed, simply scroll down until you find it.
You can also tap the magnifying glass icon at the bottom of the screen and type in the name of the person who posted the photo or video to expedite this process.
3 Scroll down and tap a comment. This doesn't necessarily have to be the comment you wish to like. Tapping a comment will open the post's comment thread in which you can select a comment to like.
4 Tap the heart icon to the right of a comment. It will turn red, signifying that you have liked the comment in question. Advertisement
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Tips
Liking posts gives other Instagram users credibility. The number of likes a user averages is often used as a metric by which their success on Instagram is judged. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0
You can view a list of your liked posts from your profile page by tapping the profile icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen, opening the Settings menu (a gear icon on iPhone and three vertical dots on Android), and tapping Posts You've Liked. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0
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Warnings
When you like a post, your name appears in a list of people who have liked the post as well. This means that anyone who views or interacts with that post can technically find your profile. Thanks Helpful 4 Not Helpful 0
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Written by: Jack Lloyd wikiHow Technology Writer This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Jack Lloyd. Jack Lloyd is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. He has over two years of experience writing and editing technology-related articles. He is technology enthusiast and an English teacher. This article has been viewed 22,862 times. How helpful is this? Co-authors: 8 Updated: June 6, 2025 Views: 22,862 Article SummaryX
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1 Open Instagram. It's a red, purple, orange, and yellow app with a white outline of a camera. If you're already logged into Instagram, doing so will open your Instagram home page. 
2 Navigate to a picture you wish to like. You can do this by scrolling down through the posts on the home page, or you can search for a specific user by tapping the magnifying glass icon at the bottom of the screen and entering a name or a hashtag. Advertisement 
3 Double-tap the photo or video. Do so quickly, with as little time in between taps as possible. You should see a white heart briefly appear on top of the post, and the heart outline below the post will turn red. 
4 Tap the heart outline if double-tapping won't work. It's directly below the photo or video. If the heart turns red, you have successfully liked the post. Advertisement 
1 Go to the Instagram website. It's at https://www.instagram.com/. If you're logged into Instagram, doing so will open the Instagram home page. 
2 Navigate to a photo or video you wish to like. To do this, either scroll through the home page until you find a post to like, or click the "Search" bar at the top of the page and enter an account name or hashtag. 
3 Double-click the photo or video. This will like the post in question; you will see a white heart briefly appear on the photo or video, and the heart outline below the post will turn red. 
4 Click the heart outline if double-clicking doesn't work. It's directly below the photo or video, just above the first comment (if there is one). It will turn red, signifying that you have successfully liked the post. Advertisement 
1 Open Instagram. It's a multicolored app with a white outline of a camera. If you're already logged into Instagram, doing so will open your Instagram home page. 
2 Navigate to a post with a comment you wish to like. If the post in question is in your home feed, simply scroll down until you find it. 
3 Scroll down and tap a comment. This doesn't necessarily have to be the comment you wish to like. Tapping a comment will open the post's comment thread in which you can select a comment to like. 
4 Tap the heart icon to the right of a comment. It will turn red, signifying that you have liked the comment in question. Advertisement 
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