How to Create an Instagram Account [Step-By-Step Guide]

Instagram is the world’s most popular photo and video-sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and originally launched in October 2010. Instagram has 500 million daily users and more than one billion monthly active users.

Instagram is a simple, fun & creative way to capture, edit with filters & share photos, videos & messages with friends & family and organized by hashtags and geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with pre-approved followers and can browse other users’ content by tags and locations and view trending content.

So, if you want to create an Instagram account then let’s jump into the step-by-step process.

Create an Instagram Account Step-By-Step

#How to Create an Instagram Account on Mobile

Step 1

Download the Instagram app from the App Store (iPhone) or Google Play Store (Android). Once the app is installed, tap to open it.

As you can see there are two options, one is ‘Log Into Existing Account‘ – Which means if you’ve already account then you can log in, and another option is ‘Create New Account’ – If you want to create a new account click there.

Step 2

Choose username. You can create any type of username, you don’t need to use your personal name like if your name is ‘James Bond’ then you don’t need to create ‘jamesbond’, you can take other words.

Also, sometimes you can’t find the username you want, in this situation you can do like james.bond or jamesbond123 or james_bond, etc.

Step 3

A password is one of the most important and sensitive things to protect your account.

Most of the users make mistakes when creating passwords, they create easy passwords like ‘Password’ or ‘password123’ or ‘123456789’ or ‘11111111’ or if their name is James Bond then they create ‘jamesbond’ or ‘James123’ etc.

Before you create a password, read this once How to Create a Strong Password and Easy to Remember.

Step 4

Add your phone number or email address. Many people ask me how to create an Instagram account without phone number? or how to create an Instagram account without email?

So, here is the answer, Instagram allows us to create an account using two options 1 is a phone number and 2 is an email address. If you want to create an Instagram account without phone number then you can use an email address but you can’t create an Instagram account without email address.

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Step 5

Once you enter your phone number or email address, Instagram sends you 6 digit confirmation code. Enter here and click on the Next.

Step 6

Now, your Instagram account is live but you have to do some basic things like a profile picture, bio, website, etc. So to do this click on Edit Profile and you will see the next step.

Step 7

• Profile Picture – Click on the ‘Change profile photo – New profile photo and select your profile picture and save it.
• Name – Add your name. Anything you want.
• Username – Add your username. Anything you want.
• Website – If you haven’t a website, skipped it, or if you have a Facebook account/page or TikTok or YouTube or any other account you can add here.
• Bio – Write short summary about yourself in 150 characters.

Once you complete all changes, save it.

Step 8

Here is the complete Instagram account. Now you can post your pictures, videos, stories, follow your friends and favorite celebrities’ account, chat with your friends.

#How to Create an Instagram Account on Computer/Laptop

Step 1

Open your computer/laptop browser and type www.instagram.com.

Step 2

Click on Sign up button.

Step 3

Add all information to create account.

• Mobile Number or Email –  New phone number or email address. If you haven’t email, create a new email address.
• Full Name – Your full name.
• Username – Your preferred username.
• Password – Create a strong password minimum of 15 characters include upper-lower letters, numbers, and symbols. Read this How to Create a Strong Password and Easy to Remember.

Step 6

Add your birthday, month – day – year. I

Warning – Instagram requires everyone to be at least 13 years old before they can create an account (in some jurisdictions, this age limit may be higher). Accounts that represent someone under the age of 13 must clearly state in the account’s bio that the account is managed by a parent or manager.

Step 7

Once you fill up all your information, Instagram sends you 6 digit confirmation code in the phone number or email address. Copy and paste there and click on the Next.

Step 8

Now, your account is live on Instagram but you have to do some basic changes like a profile picture, bio, website, etc. So to do this click on Edit Profile and you will see the next step.

Step 9

• Profile Picture – Click on the ‘Change profile photo‘ and select your profile picture and save it.
• Name – Add your name. Anything you want.
• Username – Add your username. Anything you want.
• Website – If you haven’t a website, skipped it, or if you have a Facebook account/page or TikTok or YouTube or any other account you can add here.
• Bio – Write short summary about yourself in 150 characters.

The information below will be private which only you can see.

• Email – Your registered email address.
• Phone Number – Your registered Phone number.
• Gender – Your gender preference.

After fill up all the information, click on Submit button. This will save your changes!

Step 10

Now your account is ready.

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