Use Instagram Direct on Samsung Galaxy S5

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You're watching VisiHow. We will show you how to use "DIRECT" in Instagram on the Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini.

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   We'll begin this tutorial by opening Instagram

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   The Instagram icon is the brown camera icon on the home screen in this video. If it's not on the home screen, we can access Instagram through the "Apps" menu.

   

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   We tap on Instagram icon one time to open it directly from the home screen

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   Now, we're looking at our Instagram feed.

   

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   We tap on the white box icon

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   The icon is along the blue bar at the top on the right-hand side. This will let us access "DIRECT" on Instagram. We can see the items we've shared directly.

   

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   We tap on the white plus sign

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   It is along the top of the screen. It is in the blue bar. We'll be sharing an item directly.

   

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   We tap on a photo from our photo gallery

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   Alternatively, we can take a new photo or video by tapping "PHOTO" or "VIDEO" at the bottom of the screen. For this tutorial, a photo has already been selected.

   

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   We tap on the blue arrow in the upper right-hand corner

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   We apply one of the filters that appear across the bottom of the screen by tapping on them

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   We can scroll them left or right. Alternatively, we can leave the photo as it is.

   

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   We tap once again on the blue arrow in the upper right-hand corner

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   We can create a caption or tag for the photo by tapping "Write a caption"

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   Afterwards, we type our tag or caption.

   

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    Then, we tap on the people with whom we want to share the photo

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    Then, we can press the green box with the white checkmark

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    It is in the upper-right corner of the screen. Now, we can see that our Instagram photo has been directly sent to the people that we've selected.

    

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    We can close Instagram by pressing the bottom-center home button

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    It is outlined in silver.

    

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This concludes the tutorial on how to use "DIRECT" in Instagram on the Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them in the space below.

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