How to See Your Comments on Instagram

Do you want to find and see your comments on Instagram? If yes, then you’re on the right page.

Imagine you wrote a comment on a random Instagram post and after some time or days, you want to edit or remove your comment. But you don’t remember the user account name. Luckily, Instagram gives an option to see all your comments in one place to review and manage.

In this guide, I’ll show you how to see your comments on Instagram.

Well, every social media platform allows commenting on the posts. Instagram allows to upload and share photos and videos.

The platform is focused on photos and videos that’s why it offers a feature that helps to enhance the photos and videos before uploading and sharing.

After uploading and sharing, your followers (friends or other users) can like and reply to your IG post.

Sometimes, you wrote the comment on the post and later may want to find the post to see, edit, or delete the comment.

Well, Instagram keeps your activity and you can see and manage your IG activity and account history. The activity saves the information about likes, comments, story replies, and changes made by you on your account.

IG also helps you to find old comments by providing a sort and filter option. You can sort and filter the comments from newest to oldest, oldest to newest, by author, and start and end date.

Why you need to see your comments on IG?

• You want to find and save the post you’ve commented.
• You want to delete the comment.
• To edit the comment. However, IG doesn’t allow to do this task. But you can remove and write a new comment on the post.

How to Find and See your Comments on Instagram for Android and iOS

On the Instagram app, there are two options available for this task. You can either be using Your Activity or downloading IG data.

#1. Find and See Comments from Your Activity

The steps are given below. Let’s get started.

1. Open the Instagram app on your Android or iOS device.
2. Tap on your Profile Picture icon from the bottom right of the screen. After that, tap on the Menu (three horizontal lines) from the top right.
3. Now the options menu will be open. Select Your Activity option from the list.
4. After opening the Your Activity option, you’ll see the list of options to review and manage your activity on IG. Tap on the Interactions (Review and delete likes, comments, and your other interactions) option.
5. Now open the Comments option and you’ll see all comments in a hierarchy.

That’s all. You can use the sort and filter option from the top right. By default, IG shows the newest to oldest comments.

#2. By Downloading Instagram Data

You can also see all your comments by downloading Instagram Data. The steps are given below.

1. Open the Instagram app on Android or iOS device and tap on the profile picture icon from the bottom right. After that, open the Menu from the top right of the screen. Open Your Activity option from the list.
2. After that, scroll down to the end and tap on the Download your Information option.
3. You’ll see your email on the screen. However, you can change your email. Otherwise, tap on the Request download data button.
4. Now enter your password for confirmation and tap on the Next button.
5. After that, tap on the Done button. IG will collect your data and send the email to you when the process is done. Maximum it will take 48 hours. But you may get the link within 15 minutes to one hour.
6. After receiving the email, open the email and tap on the Download Information button. Open the link with a web browser.
7. Type your password for confirmation and tap on the log-in button.
8. Now tap on the Download Information option to download the file.
9. After downloading the file, open the file from the file manager app. If your device doesn’t have a file manager app, then you need to install it from Google Play Store.
10. Open the downloaded zip file using the file manager and extract it.
11. Now open the extracted folder (the name of the folder is your account username with date) and open the Comments folder.
12. After that, open the post_comment.html file. Select Chrome or another web browser to open the file when the pop-up is prompted.
13. Now you’ll see all your Instagram comments.

That’s all.

Also Read: How to Add Multiple Photos to Instagram Story

How to See your Comments on Instagram on Computer

However, Instagram doesn’t provide the Your Activity option on its web version and Windows app. But, there are other ways available to see your IG comments on the computer.

#1. By Installing the Android app on Windows

You can install android apps on your Windows and Mac OS with emulator software. Well, Bluestack is one of the most popular emulator software that allows you to install and run Android apps on a PC. Moreover, Windows 11 provides this functionality by default. If you’re using a Windows 11 PC, then you don’t need to install emulator software.

Steps to see comments by installing Instagram using Bluestack software

1. Download and install Bluestack emulator software on your Windows or Mac device.
2. After installing, open the software and click on the Play Store icon from the home screen.
3. This will open the Google Play Store. Type Instagram in the search field and install the app from the search results.
4. Open the app and log in to your account.
5. Now follow the above steps for the IG Android app to see your comments.
6. That’s all.

Steps to see your comments by installing Instagram on Windows 11

1. Open Microsoft Store on your Windows 11 device and search for the Amazon app store.
2. Install the Amazon App Store app. When you click on the Install button, you’ll see the pop-up to enable Virtualization. Click on the OK and Allow to enable it.
3. Open the Amazon app store app and search for the Instagram app. After that, install the app.
4. Log in to your IG account and follow the above given steps to see the comments on Android.
5. That’s all.

#2. By Downloading Instagram Data on Computer

If you don’t want to download the Android app on your PC, then you can see your comments by downloading Instagram account data. The steps are given below.

1. Open Instagram.com from a web browser or IG desktop app on Windows.
2. Click on your Profile picture icon from the top right and select Settings from the drop-down menu.
3. Click on the Privacy and Security option from the left pane of the web page.
4. Scroll down and open the Request Download option under Data Download.
5. Now you’ll see your email address in the mail field. Select information file format. By default, HTML is selected. Click on the Next button.
6. Enter your password for confirmation and click on the Request Download button. After that, you’ll see that your information will be sent to your email address after collection. Note that it will take time.
7. After receiving the email, open the email and click on the Download Information button.
8. Enter your password and log in to your IG account. After that, click on the Download Information option and the downloading will be started.
9. After downloading, open the ZIP file and extract it.
10. Open the Comments folder and open the post_comment.html file in the web browser.
11. Now you’ll see all your comments.

That’s all.

How to Delete your Comments on Instagram

You can easily delete your comments using Activity. Otherwise, you’ll need to open the account and post manually if you find the comment by downloading the account information.

The steps are given below to delete your IG comments using activity.

1. Open the Instagram app on your mobile phone and tap on the profile picture icon from the bottom right of the screen. After that, tap on the Menu from the top right.
2. Open Your activity option from the list and you’ll see the options to manage and review your activity. Open Interactions option.
3. Now tap on the Comments option and you’ll see your comments.
4. Tap and hold on to the comment and select it. You can select multiple comments to delete.
5. After selecting, tap on the Delete option from the bottom.
6. That’s all.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I edit the comment?

No, Instagram only allows deleting the comment. You cannot edit. You need to delete and write a new comment for editing.

Can I delete the comments history from the activity without deleting the comment?

There is no option available to delete only comment history. You need to delete the comment to clear it from the activity.

Is there any way to post a private comment on an Instagram post?

You cannot post a private comment. If the user account in which you post the comment restricted your account, then only the owner can see your comment. Otherwise, IG doesn’t allow this.

I hope this post helped you learn how to see your comments on Instagram. Finding the old comments are not difficult on Instagram, because IG allows you to review and manage your account activity. The activity also provides a sort and filter option to make this process easier. So, you can easily find all the comments written by you on the other user’s posts.