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All of the same options are available when you click through to individual posts on Instagram profiles. Overlays on top of each story let you post a comment, pause the story flow, and mute or unmute the volume.

You start off by cropping, if necessary, and then you can add filters and adjustments. There are fewer filters and fewer adjustment options on the web—brightness and contrast are here, for example, but not shadows and highlights—but the available selection is likely to be enough for the majority of users. At the final upload stage, as on your phone, you can add a caption and a location if you want to.

The various other parts of Instagram can be found in the web app, too: You can access the Explore page and the search box up at the top, for example. Click your account picture and then Settings to access most of the Instagram settings you get through the app. Up in the top right corner you can click the heart icon to see notifications of likes and comments as they come in.

You can also access your direct messages on the web. Or maybe dump Instagram at the same time you dump its parent company FaceBook? Instagram recently added a feature to its desktop website that is analogous to the posting method on mobile.

Select the photo or video you wish to post from your device's library or tap the camera icon to take a new image with your smartphone camera. To make a multi-image post — you can use up to 10 pictures in one post — tap the circle with an image of layered squares and then tap the images you'd like to use in order.

Tap Next when you've selected your media. On the next screen, select a filter if you wish to use one, or tap Edit to make other changes to the image's crop, brightness, saturation, and more. Then tap Done. You can now add a text caption and location, tag people, and pair other platforms — like Facebook or Twitter — to syndicate your post there, too.

Tap Share in the top-right corner to set your post live on Instagram. You once had to employ a convoluted process to trick Instagram into thinking you were using a mobile device in order to post from a computer.

Thankfully, Instagram has added a new, built-in feature that makes posting from its desktop website as seamless as posting from its mobile app. Here's how to post from a computer. Drag image or video files into the pop-up window that appears, or click Select from computer. Your selected image will appear in the window. Use the magnifying glass in the bottom-left corner to zoom in on the image and crop it, or use the two arrow icon to the left of that to select a specific aspect ratio for the post.

If you want to add more images, click the circle with overlapping squares in the bottom-right corner and tap the resulting plus sign to add media. When you're done, click Next.

Choose a filter or click the Adjustments tab to adjust levels of brightness, contrast, and other elements. Then click Next. Click the photo to tag accounts, or use the form on the right of image to add a caption, location, or alt text via the Accessibility dropdown , or turn off commenting via the Advanced settings dropdown.

Then click Share to post to your Instagram feed. For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation.