Each of us has experienced pleasant nostalgia for the past, recalling the best moments of our lives, gatherings with friends, the birth of a child, graduation from school, and much more. Now Instagram users have the opportunity to share their experiences with other followers thanks to the Memories feature. With its help, you can see what was happening on the same day, but only a few years ago. In this article, we will tell you how to view memories on Instagram, share them in your story with other users of the service, and where to find them.
What are Instagram memories?
First, let’s understand what this function represents on Instagram. A similar service was modeled on the social network FaceBook. Thanks to this feature, people can see what they were doing on this day, but only a year or several years ago. The service automatically compares the current date with past publications and if it finds a match, it suggests it to your attention.
It should be noted that notifications with nostalgia will be unavailable to you if you registered on the social network recently or have not posted any photos, videos, or stories in your feed. They can include not only stories posted more than a year ago, but also images or videos from your main feed.
The service transforms the content by adding the exact date when the event occurred to the photo or video with the caption “Memories.” If necessary, you can customize the captions to your taste and mood, change the font and color, and apply other graphic elements from the standard set.
Where to find memories and what do they look like
If you want to experience nostalgia for the past and share your emotions with other people on social media, use this feature. You can find it in several sections:
- Story archive. All photos or videos posted in stories have a limited broadcast time in the news feed. After 24 hours of publication, they become unavailable for viewing, but are not permanently deleted, but transferred to the story archive. Here, all your posts are saved, which were published since registration in the social network, provided that you confirmed automatic saving to the archive. If you posted content on the current day, but only a few years ago, the system will display a notification with the corresponding mark.
- In the notifications tab. Only stories are saved in the archive, but as memories, there may be photos and videos from the main news feed of the profile. When a date match appears, on the anniversary of publication, the service itself will offer you this news. You can find the notification in the corresponding section, it is located on the main screen of the application on the bottom panel, just click on the heart icon. Here you will see not only likes from other subscribers, but also your memories.
They look the same as the stories or photos you posted earlier, but with the corresponding caption and event date.
How to publish memories in stories
The social network Instagram allows not only to enjoy nostalgia about the past, but also to tell about it and share emotions with friends and subscribers, turning the publication into a story. Essentially, you need to make a simple repost and send the image or video to yourself in the feed or to a specific profile as a personal message. Below we will explain how to perform this procedure on mobile devices with different software.
On Android
As previously mentioned, memories are located in several sections in the social network. To repost a publication and tell your friends about what happened, follow these steps:
- Launch the mobile application on your smartphone.
- In the login window, enter the username and password for your account.
- In the main menu of the service, find the icon in the shape of a heart and click on it.
- After that, a new window will open, where you will see all the likes to your publications, as well as memories.
- Select the desired content from the list and click on it. You will see the stories editing menu with a photo or video with a date and caption.
- If necessary, make changes to the image, select a different font and color for the text, place it where you want, and use filters. You can use all the built-in graphic tools.
- Send the post to your stories or to a specific user as a direct message.
How to post publications using the archive:
- When on the main page of the social network, go to your personal account.
- On the right, find the settings tab, where you will find the archive of stories.
- After that, a list of all the stories published since registration in the service will appear on the screen.
- If the date matches, at the very bottom, you will find a notification and a suggestion to share the post.
- Format the publication as you like and send it to your feed or your friends in a private chat.
On iPhone
The Instagram mobile application is perfectly compatible with all modern operating systems. It has a similar interface and control elements for the service, so the process of publishing memories in stories for an iPhone will be similar to that for Android phones.
What to do if there are no memories?
If you are having trouble viewing and adding memories to Instagram stories, the question arises: why are there no memories? The reason for this may be the following:
- Outdated mobile device software. Update the operating system and try again.
- The mobile app does not match the latest current version. Download the Instagram update or re-download and install it.
- You will not find anything in the archive of records if the automatic saving of stories function was disabled. To fix this, simply go to the settings section and check the box in the corresponding position.
- The system did not find any matches by date.
- The account did not post any photos or videos in stories and in the feed, or registered very recently. The service simply has nothing to compare.
In all other cases, it is recommended to contact technical support to experienced specialists.
The described Instagram feature allows users to relive emotions and feel nostalgia about past times, as well as share this feeling with other social network subscribers.