Made a mistake on Instagram? This new edit button can help – If you’re fast enough

This new feature is similar to how Instagram handles editing messages in DMs – a feature it introduced back in 2024.

Ever posted a comment on a post or video on Instagram and spotted a mistake right after? If you have, you’re not alone. To help you with this issue, Instagram has started rolling out a small but significant update to its users globally. With this update, Instagram users will be able to fix the typos and other mistakes in their comments made on the platform.

Users can only make changes to the text and emojis that they shared in their comment. (Pexels)

By Shweta Ganjoo

Shweta Ganjoo is a Chief Content Producer at HT Tech. She has over 10 years of experience covering technology, during which time she has focused on consumer tech devices, AI, social media, gadgets, and tech policy, delivering authoritative and reader-focused insights across India’s fast-evolving digital ecosystem.

She began her career in the early 2010s, building a strong foundation in digital-first reporting as India’s tech landscape rapidly expanded. Over the years, she has worked with leading media organizations including India Today Tech, Indian Express Group, and Techlusive, where she played a key role in scaling editorial content and audience engagement. At HT Tech, she drives product recommendation coverage, combining newsroom leadership with hands-on reporting experience.

Her expertise spans smartphones, wearables, smart home devices, AI, and social media ecosystems, along with regulatory developments shaping the tech industry. Shweta is known for her analytical approach to product reviews and news coverage, grounded in hands-on testing and real-world usability. She has conducted industry interviews, tracked emerging tech trends, and produced research-backed stories using verified sources and expert inputs. She holds a masters in Mass Communication, which complements her professional experience in digital journalism and content strategy, and aligns with her academic background in technology. Shweta follows a reader-first editorial philosophy, prioritising accuracy, transparency, and fact-checked reporting to deliver reliable, insightful, and practical insights.

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How is Instagram helping me fix my typos?

For the unversed, until now Instagram users could fix an erroneous comment only by deleting it from the platform. But that changes now as the company has started rolling out a new feature that lets users edit their comments on posts and on reels on its platform. With this feature, users can not only edit the comments that they left on their own posts but also the posts shared by their friends, followers and the accounts that they follow. But there’s a catch.

Users can only make changes to the text and emojis that they shared in their comment. However, they will not be able to make changes to the comments that include video, GIFs and their avatar reactions. Simply put, this new method lets users fix their typos or even add or remove emojis but not change the video, GIF or avatar reaction shared in comments. To remove the videos, GIFs or avatar reactions, users still need to delete the original comment and then share the updated text in comments. Meanwhile, the delete feature continues to remain available for videos, GIFs and avatar reactions shared in comments.

But there’s a 15-minute catch!

Another caveat to this feature is that users get only 15 minutes to edit the text of their comment. Once this window expires, they will have to delete the comment and share the right text. However, Instagram has put no limit to the number of times a user can edit their comment within the 15-minute window. The edited comment appears with an ‘Edited’ label, which will help other users understand that the particular comment has been changed for clarity. Notably, other users will not be able to see edit history as is the case with Apple’s iMessages app.

It’s worth mentioning that this new feature is similar to how it handles editing messages in DMs – a feature it introduced back in 2024.

How to edit a comment you made on Instagram?

The process of editing a comment on Instagram is easy. All users need to do is go to their comment, tap on the Edit button that appears at the bottom of the message, type the corrected text and tap the done button.