Do you want to view someone’s Instagram Story secretly? Officially there is no way to do so, but there are some tricks that we can use. These hacks are straightforward to perform and hardly take a minute. You may like to anonymously watch the story of your ex-lover or your office senior etc. I do not know what your reasons are, but if you would like to secretly watch someone’s private or public Instagram story without them knowing, here are some ways to do so.

After you use one of the methods mentioned here, the person won’t know that you, too, were among the people who saw their Instagram story.

Watch Someone’s Private Instagram Story Anonymously

Note: This method only works if you follow the person.

Step #1. Open the Instagram app on your iPhone.

Step #2. On top, you will see all the stories. (See the image below and then read this step till the end before implementing).

In the picture, there are two stories: one is from the person whose story you want to see without letting them know. The second story is from some other person whose story happens to be the next in order.

So tap on the story of another person. Now immediately touch on the left side of the screen. You will see that the time bar on top stops moving.

Step #3. Now, without releasing your touch from the screen, very slowly start moving your finger towards the right side. You will now begin seeing that person’s story.

Do not release your touch. After you have seen almost whole of their story, swipe your finger to the left and leave the touch when you are on the other person’s story.

What we did above is, basically, taking a peek at the story. You cannot see the full hundred percent area of the story, but you get a pretty relevant look.

When you go out of stories altogether, you will see that the ring is still colorful around that person’s profile picture, which further confirms that you are yet to see their story officially.

View Someone’s Public Instagram Story Without Letting them Know

If you want to look at the story of a person whose Instagram account is public, follow the steps below.

Step #1. See and take note of that account’s username. (Touch and hold on the person’s story thumbnail. A pop-up from the bottom of the screen will appear. Here you can see the full username. You may also tap on View Profile to see the full username).

Step #2. Go to StoryInsta.com in your browser (on phone or computer) and type the account’s username there and then tap on search.

This method is handy if you want to see the story of an account that has blocked you (as long as the account is public).