Instagram has not stopped growing in the last five years, all due to the large community behind a service that was bought by Facebook. The page has been adding certain changes in order to improve the user experience, vital especially so that they spend many hours on it.
Many make use of it wanting to get the most out of it, either with the new features that are arriving or those available from the beginning. The social network does not yet allow direct phone searches, although a trick is available to find someone on Instagram via phone number.
The ability to find people by phone number
One way to add people you have little information about would be to have their contact, specifically the mobile phone number. Of those that do not have their name and surname, it will always be difficult to find it, unless you have a contact who comes to have it as a follower.
Another possibility is to ask that mutual friend in order to find her among so many millions of users, since Instagram exceeds 500 million active users. Being a growing network, Instagram is going to be in higher numbers, especially when having a greater number of records.
As there are many people, it will be difficult to find it if you do not know the alias it hasAnother option is to filter searches by name and surname, as long as you know. But the best option today is to use the number, one of the things that works.
Find friends using Native
The first step will be to use Native, for this run the application of Instagram on the Android phone and click on the "Profile" icon that will be located in the lower left corner. Now on the profile page, click on the «Discover people» icon, also known as «Discover people».
Once inside the "Discover people" option, go to the "Contacts" option. and click on «Connect contacts», the application will ask you for access to phone contacts, click Allow. This will allow you to find those you have in your contact book, including the one you are looking for at the moment.
All Instagram accounts are associated with a number, so it will appear in "Contacts" in the following route: Search - Discover people. Here the choice will depend on whether you get to add it or not, but also that the other person accepts you among their followers.
Automatic search by Instagram
One of the formulas to find people who interest you on Instagram is using the automatic search by default, this will make you find the closest circle. It is a powerful search engine, since it does an internal search, similar to Native, but with a faster execution, all thanks to the technology implemented by the social network.
The first step is to start the Instagram application on your device, be it an Android phone or a PC, both are valid. Once Instagram is open go to "Profile"Click on the icon and click on "Settings" at the bottom of the screen, under Settings click on "Follow and invite friends."
Following this same step, click on "Follow contact and Instagram" and it will show you all the names connected to a phone number from the device's contact list. This is done automatically and it takes a few minutes to manage to add it and thus be able to follow it on the page.
Finally, not being able to connect with any of the phone numbers the page will display a message saying "No contacts available". If a new contact joins the phone number, it will appear in the "Contacts" option of the Instagram application, being able to add them again if you go to the section.
Find Facebook friends on Instagram
Another alternative apart from searching by phone number is using the social network Facebook, the connection between the two allows you to easily add contacts. If you have many contacts, it is best to synchronize both, being able to have the environment of friends you have in the first one.
The synchronization between the two will make you have your friends, being able to connect with friends of your friends will depend on wanting to add each one manually. To search for Facebook friends on Instagram, do the following to carry out the process:
- Open the Instagram application on your Android device
- Access your Profile in the application and click on the three horizontal lines
- Click on "Discover people" and click on «Connect to Facebook»
- Once this step is done, click on Connect and log into your Facebook account
- Go back to the "Discover people" option and your Facebook friends will appear in the suggestions
You can add everyone that appears to youThis will be done thanks to the fact that both social networks can be connected to each other. Facebook like Instagram can coexist together, so it is necessary to take the same step in both if you want to be able to have the entire environment of friends and acquaintances in both.
Search for suggested people on Instagram
After burning the last options, Instagram gives all users the ability to find suggested people, those that you may know and do not have added to your account. As a rule, what is better is to see those with which you have a relationship and those that you do not.
Many have used this option over others to find certain people, so you can burn the last cartridges if you have not found the person you were looking for with the phone number. To search for suggested people on Instagram do the following step by step with the app:
- Open the Instagram application on your Android device
- Go to Profile located in the lower right part and click on the three horizontal lines
- Click on "Discover people" and the tool will show you the suggestions, they are usually friends from your environment of friends and many of those you may know