Instagram Just Introduced 2 Ways to Keep Stories Around for More Than 24 Hours

Stories can be added to users' Archives or to a new Highlights space on their profiles

Instagram rolled out two major updates to its Stories feature: the ability to add Stories to its Archive feature, and the ability to group previously shared Stories into Highlights on users’ profiles.

The two new updates are currently available to users with Instagram version 25 on iOS and Android.

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Instagram said in a blog post that starting Tuesday, Stories will automatically be saved to users’ private Archives after they expire, and users have the options of resharing those Stories as posts in the Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing network’s feed, adding them to highlights or turning the feature off altogether.

Instagram added, “To access the Stories in your Archive, tap the Archive icon on your profile.

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