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How To Enable Camera Access on Instagram on Android Device
How To Enable Your Instagram To Access Your Camera on Your iOS Device
How To Update IG and Your Device’s Operating System
How To Update Your Instagram App
How To Update Your Device Operating System
Wrapping Up

Instagram has become a powerful social media platform. The photo-sharing app will offer you several features to create and post beautiful images and videos and share them with your friends. To do this, however, your Instagram must be able to access your camera.

But you probably didn’t know this and already tapped on “Deny” when the prompt came up. You are now stuck with an app that won’t allow you to take photos and videos with loved ones.

Before you throw in the towel and ditch your IG app, here’s a step-by-step guide to navigating your device settings and manually enabling your camera to access your Instagram account.

How To Enable Camera Access on Instagram on Android Device

Open Settings on your device.
Select “Apps & notifications“.
Tap “See all apps.”
Scroll and find “Instagram.”
Tap on “Permissions.”
Click on “Camera.”
Tap on “Allow only when using this app” (or if you prefer the second option, “Ask every time“) to turn this option on and allow access.
Follow the same steps for “Microphone.”

Relaunch Instagram to confirm it now has access to the camera. The easiest way to verify the access is by opening a new Story view.

How To Enable Your Instagram To Access Your Camera on Your iOS Device

Open Settings on your iOS device.
Search for “Instagram” or scroll down to find the app and tap on it.
Toggle on “Camera” from the list of permissions.

When done, leave the settings and open Instagram. Confirm that you can now access your device camera on IG by tapping on the Story button.

How To Update IG and Your Device’s Operating System

How To Update Your Instagram App

Go to the AppStore or PlayStore, depending on your device.
Search for Instagram and tap on it.
If an update is available, there will be an “Update” button. Tap on it to update your Instagram app.

How To Update Your Device Operating System

How To Update Your iPhone or iPad

Open Settings on your device.
Select “General.”
Select “Software Update.”
Tap on “Install Now” (or “Download and Install“).
Input your passcode.
Tap on “Install Now.”

If your device is running on Android, here’s how to update it.

How To Update Your Device’s Android Operating System

Your android device will usually alert you whenever there’s an update available, but you can also be proactive and check if one is available and update your device.

Here’s how to check available android software updates and update your device:

Go to Settings on your device.
Scroll down and select “About phone.”
If an update is available, you will see an “Update” button. Tap on it.
Tap on “Install.”

If you have followed the above steps but still can’t get your camera working on IG, you need to check if your device’s camera is working in the first place.

To confirm, try taking pictures with the Camera app on your phone’s home page. If it’s not working, have that fixed first. Then follow the steps to allow it to access Instagram.

Wrapping Up

Instagram helps you and your friends share funny and memorable life moments with friends and relatives. Your newly installed Instagram app is perfect for that. It will allow you to take, edit and share pictures and videos with your friends on the app.

But that’s only possible if you have enabled camera access on your IG. If you didn’t do that immediately after launching the app, this article gives you a step-by-step guide on how to do it whether you are using an Android or iOS device.

Log in to Instagram.com, click +, upload a photo or video, edit, and click Share.
The Instagram for Windows desktop app works the same as the web version.

This article explains how to use Instagram on a PC or Mac desktop.

To access your Instagram page on the web, go to the address bar in the browser, then enter http://instagram.com/username.

You can access Instagram on your PC or Mac using a web browser to review your feed, like and comment on posts, view your profile, and follow or unfollow people. Instagram also recently added the ability to send and receive direct messages. You can also post photos or videos.

Go to Instagram.com and log in.
Click the Create New Post (+) button in the upper-right corner of the page.
Drag an image or video file to the Create New Post window that appears. Alternatively, click Select from computer, navigate to the file you want to post, and select Open. The photo or video appears in the window.
Click the magnifying glass in the lower-left corner of the window to zoom in on the image if you want to crop it. Then, drag it to the desired position in the window.
Select the double-arrow icon to select a specific aspect ratio for the post.
If you want to add more images, click the Multiple photos button in the lower-right corner, click the plus sign (+) that appears, and add up to nine more pictures or videos.
Click Next to continue.
On the Filters tab, select a filter to apply, if desired. On the Adjustments tab, adjust aspects such as brightness, contrast, and saturation. Click Next to continue.
Add a caption, tag someone, and add hashtags, if desired. Click Share when you are ready to share the post.

The Instagram for Windows desktop app works the same as the web version. You can post photos or videos, view posts, like and comment, and follow and unfollow users. Instagram for Windows doesn't work with older PCs or Macs, though.

Instagram for Windows requires Windows 10 version 10586.0 or higher and 2 GB of RAM. Additionally, a Microsoft account is needed to download Instagram for Windows.

If you want to post photos and videos to Instagram from your desktop and you have a Mac or older PC that can't run the Instagram for Windows app, there are some workarounds.

BlueStacks is a free Android phone emulator. It emulates the Android version of Instagram on a PC or Mac, making it possible to upload photos to Instagram.

An emulator is a software program that simulates a mobile phone operating system (or another type of operating system) on a computer.

Install BlueStacks, then download Instagram. Sign in to your Instagram account, and your Instagram feed appears as it does on a phone.

Flume is a Mac-only Instagram app that allows you to upload photos, post to Instagram from a Mac, edit photos, and more. It also includes some power-user functions the mobile Instagram app doesn't offer, such as hover shortcuts and ways to promote your brand.

If there's a photo on your desktop computer you want to post on Instagram, a low-tech solution is to email yourself the picture, access that picture from your phone, then post it to Instagram.

Use Dropbox, the free cloud-based storage app, to share photos on your desktop computer to your mobile device, then access those photos in Instagram.

Pixlr isn't a desktop Instagram workaround. Instead, it's a photo app with features similar to Instagram. Pixlr calls itself a "next-generation online photo editor."

FAQ

How do I text on Instagram on a computer?

Log in to Instagram in a web browser and select the paper plane icon in the upper-left of the screen. You're now able to access direct messages. You can read all active conversations and select Send Message to start a new DM.
How do I delete a post on Instagram on a computer?

To delete a post on Instagram on a computer, log in to Instagram in a web browser and go to the post you want to delete. Select More (three dots) above the post and choose Delete. Select Delete again to confirm.
How do I go live on Instagram on a computer?

Unfortunately, you can only start Instagram Live videos from your mobile device using the Instagram app for iOS or Android. However, you can watch Instagram live streams from Instagram on your Mac or Windows PC desktop.