Natasha Younge

ALT Sean Astin speaking into a microphone while holding a piece of paper and pencil in his hand.

ALT A person's face distorted by red and blue horizontal glitch effects.

ALT Finneas on the cover of SAG-AFTRA magazine summer 2026. He sits in a chair with his arms crossed.

ALT If you want to avoid AI generations of your Instagram posts without switching your account to private, you’ll have to dig into the app’s settings. Open the Instagram app, tap your profile, and then tap the three lines in the top-right corner of the screen. Then, scroll down to the Sharing and reuse tab. Here is where you should see a section labeled Allow people to use your content on Instagram and with AI features on Meta, with a toggle for Posts and one for Reels.