Instagram alerts people when you screenshot their Stories, here’s how to stop it

Forget about taking screenshots when creeping on your friends’ Instagram Stories: the Facebook subsidiary is making changes to its app – and it will now notify users whenever someone has screengrabbed their Stories.

When you take a screenshot of a story, Instagram now snitches on you by placing a star-shaped icon next to your handle.

Here is how this looks like:Despite the changes, it is worth noting that there are still ways to screenshoot Stories without getting detected.

As pointed out by users on twitter, setting your phone in flight mode while taking screengrabs won’t trigger Instagram’s warnings; another workaround is to download stories from the Instagram website. Alternatively, you can also resort to story to pull off the same trick.

One thing to mention is that it appears the app is opting for a slow roll-out of the new feature. While some TNW staffers were able to see who screenshot their Stories, others couldn’t yet use the feature.

Instagram has been gradually making it easier to follow other users’ activities on the platform.

Earlier in January the company status in its direct messages, effectively allowing people to see when the last time you were actively using the app was.