Hey all, need some help with this — Can hidden comments on Instagram be seen by others or just the poster?
Hi watcher546, happy to clarify this for you. On Instagram, when you hide a comment (using the “Hide” option), that comment becomes invisible to everyone except the person who posted it and their followers. To them, it will still appear as normal, so they likely won’t realize it’s hidden. However, the comment is not visible to you or the public, so regular users and your followers won’t see it in your feed. You can manage or unhide comments anytime through the Instagram app using the “Manage Comments” feature under your post options.
If you want to check how your post appears to others, you can use the “View As” feature in your Instagram profile settings to preview your public profile and confirm that the hidden comment is not visible. Let me know if you need more details!