How to Delete Instagram Likes: Unlike One Post or Many at Once

How do you delete a like on Instagram?

To delete a like on Instagram, open the post and tap the red heart under it. The heart turns back to an outline and your like is gone from the post.

1. Open the post or Reel you liked.
2. Find the red heart: under the post on photos and carousels, or on the right side of the screen on Reels.
3. Tap the red heart once. It turns back to an empty outline.

The Instagram Help Center describes exactly this: if you liked a post by accident, tap the red heart to unlike it.

To find a post you liked a while ago, use Your activity instead of scrolling. The next section shows the way in.

How to see posts you've liked on Instagram

To see posts you've liked on Instagram, open Your activity and tap Likes. Instagram shows a grid of your recent liked posts and Reels, and only you can see it.

In the app

1. Go to your profile and tap the menu (three lines) at the top right.
2. Tap Your activity.
3. Tap Likes, listed under Interactions.

On a computer

1. On instagram.com, click More at the bottom left.
2. Click Your activity.
3. Open Interactions, then Likes.

The Instagram Help Center says this screen shows the 300 most recent posts you have liked. Older likes still exist on those posts, but they do not appear in the grid. Posts the owner has deleted also drop out of the list.

Other people cannot open this list. They can only see your like on a single post they open, as explained in our guide on how to see what someone likes on Instagram.

How to unlike all posts on Instagram at once

To unlike many posts at once, open Your activity, tap Likes, tap Select, choose the posts and tap Unlike. Instagram has no single button that removes every like, so you work through the list in batches.

1. Open Your activity and tap Likes, as shown above.
2. Tap Select at the top right.
3. Tap each post you want to unlike. Each post you pick is marked as selected.
4. Tap Unlike at the bottom of the screen.
5. Tap Unlike again to confirm.
6. Repeat until the list is clear.

The same steps work on a computer: click More, then Your activity, open Likes, click Select, choose posts and click Unlike.

Go at a steady pace. Instagram has not published a limit on how many likes you can remove in a day, and Guiding Tech (2024) warns that unliking thousands of posts in a single day might get your account locked. A few batches spread over a day or two is the calmer approach.

Your activity likes on Instagram: sort and filter

Your activity on Instagram has a Sort and filter option that narrows your likes before you select them. It helps when you want to remove likes from a certain time or from certain accounts.

1. Open Your activity and tap Likes.
2. Tap Sort and filter at the top.
3. Choose a sort order, set a start and end date, or pick authors.
4. Tap Apply.
5. Tap Select, choose the posts and tap Unlike.

The Instagram Help Center confirms the Sort and filter button and the Apply step. The split between app and browser in the table comes from Guiding Tech (August 2024), so your menu may differ slightly. The author filter is the quickest way to remove all your likes on one person's posts. Type their name, apply the filter, then select everything that appears.

What does the other person see when you unlike a post?

When you unlike a post, your like disappears from the post and, shortly after, from the owner's activity feed. If the owner has push notifications on, the alert for your original like already reached their phone and stays there.

That table follows the Instagram Help Center's own description. It describes no separate alert for an unlike, so the owner is not told that you removed it. They can only notice if they remember seeing your name, or if a notification is still on their lock screen.

Your name also leaves the post's likes list. Our guide on how to see who liked your post on Instagram shows what owners see in that list.

How to remove likes on comments, Reels and shared posts

Likes on comments and Reels work the same way as on posts: tap the red heart again to remove the like. For likes between you and one account, Shared activity gives you a quicker list.

Likes on comments

Open the post, find the comment and tap the red heart next to it. The heart turns back to an outline.

Likes on Reels

Open the Reel and tap the red heart on the right side. Reels you liked also appear in Your activity, so you can remove them in a batch with the posts.

Likes with one account

The Instagram Help Center describes Shared activity as a list of the likes, comments and tags between you and an account, when one of you follows the other. Open their profile, tap the three-dot menu, then See shared activity. The Help Center says you can manage that list by removing shared content from the same screen.

Can you delete likes other people left on your posts?

No, Instagram has no button for deleting a like someone else left on your post. The Help Center's unlike steps are for the person who liked the post, so only they can remove it. What you can change is whether people see the number.

If a count bothers you, hide it. Tap the three dots on your post and choose Hide like count. Visitors stop seeing the total, while you still see it. Our guide to hidden likes on Instagram covers every setting.

Counts on your posts also change on their own. The Instagram Help Center says Instagram removes likes it links to fake activity and routinely removes disabled accounts, so small drops are normal.

A healthy count on a fresh post works as social proof, which is why some creators buy Instagram likes for a new post using only its public link. Bought likes add social proof to that post; they do not create real fans or sales by themselves.

Why you should skip mass-unlike apps

Mass-unlike apps are risky because most need your Instagram login, and Instagram's own Your activity tools already do the job. There is nothing to gain from handing your account to a stranger.

The Instagram Help Center warns that giving a non-Instagram app your username and password can give it complete access to your account. That includes your private messages and the power to post from your profile.

• Use Your activity for bulk unliking. It is built in and needs no login sharing.
• If you already used an app, change your password and remove the app's access in your settings.
• Turn on two-factor authentication to protect the account going forward.

Bulk removal through Your activity is a little slower, but it keeps your account in your hands.