How do you find someone on Instagram from their phone number?

Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted to find someone on Instagram using only their phone number? That can be tricky, but it's definitely possible.

Are you trying to find and follow someone’s profile on Instagram, but all you have is their phone number? Don’t worry here; we are going to show you a hidden discovery feature to find an Instagram account by phone number.

Due to privacy, Instagram does not support search using a phone number (which you must have tried already) and according to Instagram’s terms of use, you are allowed to find and connect with anyone by searching his or her profile name or the exact username.

Instagram Contacts Sync Image for Intro to find instagram account by number

However, the trick is, if you allow Instagram to access and store your contacts on their servers then it will automatically show you the suggestions and help you find people from your contacts to follow. The key here is to save their number in your contacts first and then allow access to Instagram.

In case you don’t know how exactly you can do that, we have prepared a short and easy-to-follow step-by-step guide you can follow to find and search for an Instagram user by phone number. Another way to find someone’s Instagram account would be by using a public records lookup service likeĀ Information.com. All you have to do is enter their name and phone number, and the tool will show you all their social media profiles.

Find and Search For an Instagram Account Using the Phone Number

  1. On your phone, make sure you have already added the phone number to the contacts of the person you want to find on Instagram. If not, then please do so.
  2. Open the Instagram app and go to your profile by tapping on the option located at the bottom right corner.
  3. Tap on the ☰ menu button located at the top right corner, then tap on āš™ļø Settings.
    Instagram Profile Settings
  4. Tap on the Account option.
    Instagram Settings Page
  5. Select Contacts syncing option.
    Instagram Account Page
  6. You will find Connect contacts toggle switch, simply tap on it to enable it.
    Instagram Contacts Syncing Page
  7. A popup will appear asking you to allow Instagram to access your contacts. Tap Allow to grant access to Instagram to sync all the phone numbers stored on your device.
    Allow Instagram access to Contacts
  8. Once the permission is granted, you will see a Contacts connected message.
    Instagram Contacts Connected
  9. Go back to your profile, and tap on the Discover People button located right next to the Edit Profile button (highlighted in the screenshot below).
    Instagram Discover People button
  10. This will pop open a Discover People bar. Tap on the See all option (as highlighted in the screenshot) to open the Discover people page.
    Instagram Discover People section

You can now see all the suggestions for the people who have linked their accounts to the phone number. It is important to note here that Instagram will suggest people based on your following and contacts too, and you cannot distinguish between the suggestions.

Instagram Discover People page

Have you ever wondered how you can find out who unfollowed you on Instagram? There are multiple apps and manual procedures to track your followers list.

According to Instagram, once you have connected your contacts with your account, other Instagram users who have your contact number saved on their device and have linked it to Instagram will also receive recommendations to follow you. Recommendations about friends are randomly sent as notifications on Instagram.

Instagram contacts connect rules

Do you want to secretly view your friend’s Instagram story without letting them know? We have some tried and tested methods you can quickly follow right now to anonymously see stories. Also, if you want to hide your active online status on Instagram, then simply follow this quick guide, and your friends won’t be able to tell when you were last online.

It’s really easy to find anyone’s profile on Instagram, and it takes no more than a couple of taps. However, it is important you know their username because many accounts can use the same profile names. But I hope connecting your contacts with Instagram will help you filter out accounts and help you find the one you are looking to follow using their contact number.

Share your views in the comments below and let us know if you were able to use this hidden Instagram feature to find someone on Instagram from their number.