How to Disable Resharing to Stories on Instagram

To stop other people from sharing your Instagram posts to their Stories, open your profile, tap the three-line menu, select Sharing and reuse, and turn off Posts and reels to stories. This blocks future Story reshares through Instagram’s built-in sharing feature without requiring you to make your account private.

Instagram used to call this setting “Resharing to Stories” and place it under older privacy menus. The current label and location are different. Here’s where to find the control and what it actually changes.

How to disable resharing to Stories on Instagram

Follow these steps in the Instagram app on an iPhone or Android phone. The appearance of menus may vary slightly by app version and account.

1. Open your Instagram profile

Launch Instagram and tap your profile picture in the bottom-right corner. On your profile, tap the three horizontal lines in the top-right corner to open the settings menu.

2. Find Sharing and reuse

In the settings screen, locate How others can interact with you, then select Sharing and reuse. If your version of Instagram arranges settings differently, look for that exact setting name or use the settings search field when available.

3. Turn off Posts and reels to stories

Under the section for sharing your posts and reels, locate Posts and reels to stories. Switch its toggle off (typically gray instead of enabled). You do not need to turn off every other setting on this page to stop Story reshares.

4. Check what the change means

Once disabled, another person should no longer be offered the normal Add to story action for your posts or reels. You can return to the same page at any time and turn the setting back on. If you want to check the result, ask someone using a different account to inspect the sharing options on one of your public posts; the options shown can vary by account and app version.

Instagram’s official instructions for stopping post sharing confirm this setting and specify that the change prevents future reshares to Stories.

What the setting does—and does not—block

Turning this switch off removes Instagram’s convenient in-app route for other people to put your feed posts and reels into their Stories. It is not a complete content-copying safeguard.

• Existing Story reshares: Instagram describes the change as preventing future reshares. Do not assume it retroactively deletes Story content another user already published.
• Messages and links: The Story toggle is not the same as restricting direct-message sharing or copied links. Public content may still be discoverable or accessible through those routes.
• Screenshots and screen recordings: Someone can still capture material visible on their device and share the captured copy separately.
• Your own Stories: This setting does not prevent you from adding eligible public posts from other accounts to your Stories. Those accounts must allow their content to be reshared.

For the last point, see Instagram’s Help Center explanation of sharing someone’s post to a Story, which says the source account must be public and allow resharing.

Story sharing, reposting, and remixing are separate controls

The Sharing and reuse page can also include Reposts on posts and reels and settings related to creating with or reusing your content. These are different features. Disable Posts and reels to stories for the specific problem covered here. If you also want to stop Instagram’s native repost feature, review the separate Reposts on posts and reels toggle; turning off only Story sharing is not the same as disabling reposts.

Likewise, a setting about resharing your Stories controls a different type of content. Changing it is not a substitute for disabling the posts-and-reels-to-Stories toggle.

What if your account is private?

Instagram generally permits a feed post to be reshared to someone else’s Story only when the original account is public and allows resharing. That means posts from a private account do not qualify for the usual Add to story action, even for approved followers. Private status does not prevent someone who can view a post from taking a screenshot or recording their screen.

If you want to restrict who can view your posts in the first place, review Account privacy and consider switching to a private account. This is a broader decision: it changes who can follow and view your account, not merely the Story-sharing button.

Can't find the sharing toggle?

First, make sure Instagram is updated through your device’s app store. Then return to your profile menu and look specifically for Sharing and reuse. Older articles mentioning a gear icon, “Options,” or a standalone “Resharing to Stories” menu describe an earlier interface.

If the control still is not visible, menu availability may differ across accounts or app releases. Avoid assuming that an unrelated setting such as Story shares provides the same protection. Check Instagram’s current help page above and try again after an app update.

Bottom line: On a public Instagram account, switching off Posts and reels to stories is the targeted way to prevent new in-app Story reshares of your posts and reels. It improves control over sharing but cannot stop every kind of copying or redistribution.