How to turn captions on and off in Instagram

Instagram now has auto-generated captions, which means it can automatically transcribe any videos you watch on the app. But before you start seeing captions appear in the app, you’ll probably have to enable the feature first, and the same goes if you want to post videos with captions.

Before we get started, it’s worth noting that auto-generated captions are available in 17 languages at the time of writing: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Vietnamese, Italian, German, Turkish, Russian, Thai, Tagalog, Urdu, Malay, Hindi, Indonesian, and Japanese. Instagram plans on adding support for more languages in the future.

Here’s how to turn captions on and off on Instagram for iPhone and Android, whether you just want to watch videos with captions or you’re looking to post a video with subtitles.

Instagram’s auto-generated captions are turned off by default. If you want to turn captions on for every video that appears in your feed, you just need to adjust a single setting. You can repeat these steps to turn captions off.

Choose “Captions” from your account settings.

Toggle “Captions” on or off.

If you don’t want captions on every video you see, you can opt to turn on captions for just a single video. Here’s how to do this:

Select “Manage captions.”

Toggle the “Captions” option on or off.

Instagram’s auto-generated come in handy for creators as well, as this means you’ll no longer have to transcribe your videos and then add caption overlays. Follow these steps to turn captions on or off when creating your post:

Select “Advanced settings.”

Toggle “Show captions” on or off.

If you forget to turn captions on before you post a video, you can always do so after.

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