Publishing posts in the Instagram from a computer

Instagram is designed to work with a smartphone. Therefore, you can use it through the browser in limited mode. If you do not have access to a smartphone, but want to share the news with the world, or prefer to add photos of only good quality to your profile with processing done in a professional photo or video editor, you will come across the question of how to make the photos published directly computer.

The official solution to the problem, how to add materials to the Instagram from the computer, until 2017 did not exist. For posting from a PC it was necessary to use third-party services and programs. Over the seven years of the existence of the Instagram, they have been created a lot, from completely primitive utilities to complex services with many functions.

How to post to Instagram from a computer?

To place posts in the Instagram application directly from your computer, select the program by which you will do this. Some utilities (the best-known example is Gramblr, a program that does not require installation) have limited functionality. With Gramblr you can upload and edit photos: crop by size and apply standard Instagram filters, add a signature, hashtags and post to the network.

Other services have a large number of functions for processing photos and videos, posting, collecting statistics of the profile in the IG.

Simplified applications are usually free, you must pay for using advanced services.

How to publish materials in the Instagram from a computer: services for planning and auto-posting

Multifunctional services for working with Instagram allow:

• process materials according to the type of Instagram (editing photos and videos using filters, cutting the file to fit, overlaying text, adding comments);
• receive statistics on the profile (number of likes, reposts, comments);
• work with multiple accounts at once;
• write comments on other people's posts;
• to post materials from the computer immediately and to other social networks;
• publish photos with a delay in time ("delayed start" - you create several posts in advance, and for each assign their publication time.) This function is convenient for those who use the Instagram for work purposes);
• medieval planning with the use of a calendar and a glider.

In Instagram it is not recommended to upload more than 10 publications a day, otherwise the service can block you by taking posts for spam. That's why the function of auto-post is so useful to those who work with IG professionally.

The most famous multifunctional services are Onlypult.ru (Onlypult.com), Smmplanner.com, Smmbox.com.

Access to each of these services is paid, but there are free functions and:

• Onlypult has a one-week free trial period;
• Smmplanner allows you to post 50 photos or videos a month free of charge;
• Smmbox.com provides two weeks of free trial period.

The function of postponed posting is also available in some simple programs for working with Instagram, including the latest versions of Gramblr. At the preparation stage for publication, set the "Upload on" option to "Some other time" and set the time.

The time before publication will be displayed in the top menu bar of the application. The recording will be posted with an error of 10 minutes. The Schedule section shows all the materials planned for publication. In the same section, they can be edited before they are published. When the next record is downloaded, the program will write you "Upload complete".

How to add a post to the Instagram from the computer through the official mobile application?

Since May 2017, developers have added the ability to publish photos in the IG, using the mode of emulation of mobile devices in the browser, and for Windows 10 was developed a special application for working with the Windows tablet.

In order to place materials in the IG through a browser in the official application, it is necessary:

1. In the browser, go to Instagram,
2. Open the dashboard,
3. Enable emulation of mobile devices (in the browser Chrome for this is the button with a mobile phone icon ),
4. Refresh the page,
5. Work in the browser as from a smartphone, including edit and post photos and videos.

Another way to work with the official application via the computer is to use the Android emulator. Examples of such emulators are Nox App Player and Bluestacks.

Emulators are downloaded for free from the official site. Install the program, and run Instagram through it. You will be available to all the functionality of the official mobile application. If you know how to put photos from a phone under the Android OS (for this, there is a "Plus" icon at the bottom of the Instagram window), you can do this via the emulator on a PC.
How to delete a post in Instagram from a computer?

Once you can upload photos directly from a PC, the question arises: can these photos be deleted without using a smartphone? The developers did not envisage the possibility to delete posts from the Instagram via the PC browser. However, if you use the Android emulator and run the official application in it, deleting the entry will be possible.

To delete an entry in the official application, select the entry, click the menu button above the image and select "Delete".

Conclusion

So, despite the fact that the developers have limited the capabilities of users when working through the browser, you have many opportunities to post entries in your profile in Instagram via PC. Perform simple processing and posting with Gramblr, publish photos and videos via the mobile phone emulation mode in the browser, write comments, plan publication of materials and collect statistics using multi-services, delete entries and use all the features of the official application using Android emulators.

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