How to share story from facebook to instagram

Open your account settings by either tapping the hamburger menu at the top right of the mobile app or clicking the drop-down menu on the top right of the desktop version of Facebook. From there go to Settings and Privacy > Settings.

How to share story from facebook to instagram
How to share story from facebook to instagram

  • Once at the next Settings screen, scroll down on the left side of the screen and either tap or click the Accounts Center option.

    How to share story from facebook to instagram
    How to share story from facebook to instagram

  • Once at the Accounts Center menu, you can connect either your Facebook and Instagram accounts by following the prompts at the Profiles menu. If you've already done that, select Sharing across profiles and select your Facebook account.

    How to share story from facebook to instagram
    How to share story from facebook to instagram

  • After selecting your Facebook account, you will see a new prompt showing where your future content will be shared from and where it will be shared to. To begin automatically sharing your Facebook stories and posts, activate the options you want.

    How to share story from facebook to instagram
    How to share story from facebook to instagram

  • How to Share Individual Facebook Posts to an Instagram Account

    If you'd rather share your Facebook content in a more piecemeal way, you can choose when a post gets shared on your Instagram as you compose it on Facebook. Your accounts must already be linked in order for this to work.

    1. Begin by composing a post on Facebook. Whether you're using the mobile app or desktop version, you can choose to share the post with your connected Instagram account by tapping or clicking the Instagram logo.

    2. The next screen will be the Sharing to Instagram page. This is where you will see your connected Instagram account next to a toggle switch. Click or tap the switch to allow just this post to go to your Instagram profile.

      How to share story from facebook to instagram
      How to share story from facebook to instagram

    3. Finish creating your post and hit publish. It should now show up both on your Facebook and Instagram feeds.

    FAQ

    • How do I connect Instagram to Facebook?

      To connect Instagram to Facebook in the Instagram app, go to your profile and tap Menu > Settings > Accounts Center > Accounts > Add accounts. Choose Facebook and log into your Facebook account.

    • How do I unlink Facebook and Instagram?

      To unlink Facebook from Instagram, open the Instagram app and go to your profile. Tap Menu > Settings > Accounts Center > Accounts, then tap Remove next to your Facebook account.

      By India Today Web Desk: Amid of Coronavirus lockdown, people are spending more time on popular social media apps such as Facebook and Instagram. Now, if you updated a story on Instagram and want to share the same on Facebook then you don’t need to upload separately.

      Instagram provides an option through which you can share your Instagram story to Facebook directly. To share your Instagram Stories to Facebook you first need to link your Instagram account to Facebook in your settings.

      Once you’ve linked your accounts, open your Story Controls in your Instagram settings you can share your stories on Facebook easily. Sharing of posts from one account to other is known as cross-post. Here is a step by step guide which you can follow to share your Instagram story to Facebook.

      How to share your story to Facebook

      You can follow the below-given steps to share your Instagram story to Facebook:

      Step 1: First, open the Instagram app on your device and log in.

      Step 2: After login, create a story, then tap Send to.

      Step 3: Below your Story, tap Sharing Options.

      Step 4: Select Share to Facebook Every Time or Share Once.

      Step 5: At last tap Share.

      If you want to share all future stories to Facebook automatically then you need to adjust your settings. Here are the steps you can follow to allow all future stories to be shared to Facebook automatically.

      Step 1: Go to your profile and tap Menu icon (three horizontal lines).

      Step 2: On the new page tap Settings.

      Step 3: From the given option tap Privacy > Story.

      Step 4: Next to Share Your Story to Facebook, tap to Allow sharing.

      Keep in mind that when you share your Instagram story to Facebook, it will appear as a story at the top of the News Feed. Remember that anything you share to Facebook, including your Instagram story, works with your existing Facebook privacy settings.

      (Information source: Instagram)

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      Why can'ti post from Facebook to Instagram?

      One crucial thing to keep in mind is that Instagram accounts that have two-factor authentication enabled, won't allow cross-posting. So, if you want to cross-post from Facebook to Instagram using this feature, you need to disable two-factor authentication from your Instagram account.