How To Restrict Someone To Add You To A Group On Instagram?

To restrict someone from adding you to a group on Instagram, the process depends on whether you have a personal or a professional (or business) account:

For Professional or Business Instagram Accounts:

1. Open Instagram and navigate to your profile.
2. Tap the three-line menu icon in the top-right corner.
3. Select "Settings".
4. Choose "Privacy".
5. Scroll down and tap "Messages".
6. Under "Allow others to add you to groups", choose "Only people you follow".

With this setting, only those whom you follow will be able to add you to chat groups.

For Personal Instagram Accounts:

As of March 2021, personal Instagram accounts did not have the ability to prevent others from adding them to groups directly. Instead, consider the following actions:

1. Switch to a Professional account if you experience frequent unwanted group additions.
2. Disable notifications for group requests: Go to your profile, tap the menu icon, then Settings > Notifications > Direct Messages, and set "Group Requests" to "Off".
3. Leave the group: Open the group chat, tap the "i" icon, and select "Leave Chat".
4. Block the account that added you: Tap the three dots next to the account's name under Members, then select "Block".

Please note that these options do not prevent people from adding you to groups in the future, but they help manage the situation once you've been added. Instagram has not provided clarity about a mass rollout of the restriction feature for personal accounts.