As one in five social media users now turn to businesses’ DMs for customer service, harnessing Instagram DMs can significantly bolster your relationship with your audience. Initially, responding to Instagram DMs can be enjoyable. However, once the unread count surpasses fifty, it can become burdensome. You might start considering whether reacting to some messages with emojis could streamline the process. The good news is, that it can. If it aligns with the conversation, responding with react emojis is a valid method to acknowledge and interact with users on the platform. So, how exactly do you react to messages on Instagram?

Let me guide you through it.

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Step-by-step to Delete Instagram Messages

Last Updated on November 24th, 2023 at 10:59 am

How to Delete Instagram Messages

On a cringe scale of zero to total awkwardness, mistakenly sending an Instagram DM to a friend with a meme meant for someone else might land at a four. Sharing that same meme with your ex’s ex, whom you don’t even follow on IG, easily hits a seven. Now, unintentionally sending six cute cat pictures to the hiring manager at the startup you’re hoping to join? That’s a solid 10 on the cringe scale – utterly cringe-worthy! The good news, though, is that no matter how cringe-inducing your misdirected message may be, quick action can fix the situation. Learn how to delete Instagram messages on both your mobile device and desktop.

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Instagram Messaging on Desktop, Is It Possible?

Last Updated on October 1st, 2020 at 3:16 pm

On April 10th, 2020 Instagram launched Instagram Messaging on desktop (referred to in this post simply as “Messaging”) for personal computers. We believe that this feature will enhance everyday experiences and allow new use cases for all of our desktop web users. In this post, we will find out some of its overall learnings from desktop users and dive into the engineering and experimentation that enabled Instagram to ship this product. We believe that these learnings could be applied to other services to enhance your experiences across all of your interfaces. Keep reading to deeply understand this very new feature.

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