Instagram Story Uploads

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Instagram is rolling out a feature to let you stop an Instagram Story upload.

Our Take: The ability to now cancel a Story upload mid-process seems like a small but mighty helpful update for social media managers. Many of us have experienced wanting to quickly delete or edit a post only to anxiously wait for the content to finish publishing so we can remove it and start over. This new cancellation option empowers users to seamlessly abort an in-progress Story when needed—whether fixing a typo, adding a forgotten link, or scrapping an idea altogether.

We agree that any social media feature allowing for greater post flexibility and alteration reduces regrettable mistakes that undermine your brand or message. Social Media Marketing Talk Show host and marketing expert Jerry Potter speculates that the ability to cancel and save back to drafts would take this mistake-proofing even further. While Instagram enables you to edit sent direct messages, applying a similar time delay for Story posting would allow rapid fine-tuning in the moment rather than after the fact.

Instagram removes pressure and friction from Story creation by giving users more honduras mobile numbers list control over posting. This is likely to result in higher post quality and engagement, as brands and individuals can take the time to get Stories right rather than rushing them live and forever documenting potentially imperfect moments.

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