Instagram expands ‘limits’ to help creators deal with unsolicited attention

Instagram is expanding its “limit interaction” feature, which now allows restricting interactions with everyone apart from users that are on the “Close Friends” list. As spotted by The Verge, the “limit interaction” menu on the settings page in Instagram has a new “Everyone but your Close Friends” option. Earlier, the feature was limited to closing down interactions with “Recent followers” and “Accounts that don’t follow you”.

Meta introduced the limit Interaction feature on Instagram in 2021 to help creators on the platform deal with online harassment, although the feature is available for everyone now. Here is how to set up and use the feature: