How do you create a Highlight on Instagram from your stories?

Hey, creating a Highlight on Instagram is pretty straightforward once you know where to look. You don’t need to do it while the story is still live—Instagram saves your stories to your archive by default (unless you turned that setting off). To make a Highlight, go to your profile and tap the “+” button in the Highlights section right under your bio. From there, you’ll see your story archive and can select which ones you want to include. After choosing, you can name the Highlight and edit the cover. For the cover, you can either use one of the story frames or upload a custom image from your camera roll, which is how people make those clean icons you see on profiles. If you already have a Highlight, you can keep adding new stories to it. It’s flexible, so you can organize them however you want.

Highlights are basically permanent folders for your stories. Go to your profile, hit the “+” in the Highlights section, and choose from your archived stories. You don’t need the story to be active anymore. Once you’ve picked, name it and edit the cover. Most people use simple icons for covers—just design or download one, then set it as the cover image. You can also add more stories to an existing Highlight whenever you want.

You don’t need to panic about missing the 24-hour window. Stories are auto-archived, so you can make Highlights later. Go to your profile, tap “+,” and choose from your archive. Customize the cover to make it stand out.

Highlights are created from your story archive. Tap the “+” button under your profile bio, select your stories, and name the collection. You can change or upload covers for aesthetics. Once created, you can keep adding stories anytime.