As part of its Safer Internet Day initiative, Instagram has launched several new features to make it easier for users to delete posts, comments and other actions from the platform. With new account controls introduced by photo sharing app Meta-owned, users can now bulk delete comments and posts, view past interactions in their account, and search content by date. These features can be accessed in a user profile section called My Activity.
We’re rolling out ‘Your Activity,’ a new experience for people to see and manage their IG activity in one place. People can bulk manage (delete, archive) their content (posts, stories, IGTV and Reels), their interactions (comments, likes, story sticker reactions, etc.) and more.
— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) February 8, 2022
The current rollout also lets users find recently archived or deleted content, check out search history, view the links you’ve visited, along with the amount of time you’ve spent on the platform, and download your information. These features remove the hassle of having to manually wade through every single post to take an action.
Instagram has been testing the feature since the end of last year. According to the photo-sharing app, the new features are a part of the initiatives it has been taking to keep users and their accounts safer and give users more control over their activities.
Earlier this month, Instagram launched a feature called Take a Break. The feature allows users to set up reminders to take a break from scrolling after a certain amount of time and can be optionally enabled by all users on the service. Take a Break will join Instagram’s existing Daily Limit feature that allows users to set a limit on how much time they want to spend on the app daily.