The Community Guidelines decide what can stay on Instagram. Breaking them can remove content or restrict your account.
The core principles
- Share only content you have the right to share
- Post photos and videos appropriate for a diverse audience
- Foster meaningful and genuine interactions
- Follow the law
- Respect other members
- Do not glorify self-injury or violence
- Be thoughtful about newsworthy events
What gets removed
- Nudity and sexual content (with limited exceptions)
- Hate speech and harassment
- Threats and graphic violence
- Spam, scams and fake engagement
- Sale of illegal or regulated goods
- Intellectual property violations
What may be limited from recommendations
Content that is borderline, low quality, misleading or unoriginal may not be shown on Explore and Reels to non-followers.
Stay compliant
- Post original content
- Credit others
- Disclose paid partnerships
- Avoid engagement bait and bots
- Check Account Status
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