You can choose an icon or a picture as your Instagram icon too. With all the changes and updates coming in, changing the Instagram icon is one of them. So, go ahead and pick an icon that you liked so much. Of a specific year maybe?
How to Change the Instagram Icon in 2022?
Changing the Instagram icon can be done both on Android and iOS. You can go back to the icon of 2010, when it all started, or to another icon that you miss. Two ways help you change the Instagram icon on your mobile. They are: Keep on reading to find out which way can be used in which device.
1. Using a third-party app
Using a third-party app like ‘X Icon Changer’ or ‘Shortcuts’ helps in changing all the icons of the apps that it can read. It doesn’t change the overlook look of your phone, but it does the job it is required to do.
On Android
With that, the shortcut icon will be added to your home screen. You’d have to hide the original app to avoid having the same app with two different icons. Your new icon will open Instagram just the same, so you don’t have to worry about hiding the app. Just hide the original Instagram app, not delete it.
On iPhone
The selected shortcut image would appear as the new icon for the Instagram app. You have to hide the original app of the iPhone too to avoid confusion. And hiding the original app and not deleting it applies here too. Just make sure the iOS version is 14 and above.
2. Using a launcher
Using a launcher not only helps with the icon, but it helps to change the outlook of your entire phone. From themes to icons, a launcher has it all. Launchers like Nova Launchers, Niagara Launcher or an in-built one in your device. One of such launchers is ‘Smart Launcher’.
1. Install Smart Launcher and run it.
2. Find the Instagram icon.
3. Long press on it, and click on the ‘Edit icon’.
4. Select an icon from the default library, from your gallery, or use one from the launcher’s ‘Icon Pack’.
You can find how the change will look like under ‘Icon appearance’ as well. And the final icon would look like this.
Update on Instagram Icon Change in 2022
Swipe up from the top and hold doesn’t work anymore. It worked until their 10th anniversary, on iOS 14 and more, until then. After 2020, it stopped working. Back then, all you had to do was swipe up from the top and hold it until you’d see a confetti blast. Then you’d see a cupcake icon mentioning that it was their 10th anniversary in 2010. You could choose from the available icons to update your Instagram icon. The glitch in updating the icon happened back then too. You’d have to update the app to its latest version and restart your phone to apply the changes. But now, you need the help of third-party apps or launchers.
Final Thoughts
2022 could be the year that you change the icon of your most used photo-sharing app. This was a guide on how to change the Instagram Icon. We hope this helped. Let us know in the comments which icon was your favorite one.
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