Instagram: Prevent strangers from adding you to groups by following these steps | News from Mexico

MEXICO CITY.- Perhaps it has happened to you that Strangers add you to different Instagram groups and when entering their profiles they seem to be fake accounts whose purpose is to send spam o malicious links that can fill your computer or phone with viruses.

If this bothers you because among other things invade your privacyhere’s how you can prevent people you don’t know or follow from adding you to untrustworthy groups.

Goodbye to Instagram groups with strangers

To no longer be added by strangers to groups of Instagramthe expert portal in technology, all digitalindicates that you should do the following:

• Go to your profile Instagram.
• Click on the icon of the three horizontal lines.
• Choose “Setting”.
• Choose “Privacy”.
• In the list of settings look for “Messages”.
• Scroll down and tap on “Who can add you to groups”.
• Choose “Only people you follow on Instagram”.

Activating this option will only be able to add you to a group people you followin case they do and you do not want to belong to it, you will only have to leave.

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