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How to direct message on Instagram from PC [Easy Guide]
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Wondering how you can send Instagram direct messages on Chrome/PC? When it comes to the Instagram app, you can send direct messages right from the user’s profile.
Unfortunately, on a desktop PC, you can’t post content, and there’s no direct messages button available.
Because Instagram was built to be used on smartphones, the ability to send messages from PC has not been implemented. The company has yet to change this, but there are a few tricks that will enable you to do so.
You can either use a Google Chrome trick, or you can make the Instagram servers identify your PC as a smartphone by using an Android emulator.
In today’s guide we will discuss both these options, so make sure to read through the entirety of this guide.
How can I send Instagram direct messages from my PC?
1. Using the Inspect Element on Chrome
2. Emulate an Android smartphone
Another method of sending Instagram direct messages on your PC is by making use of an Android emulator. These tools allow you to run Android apps on your computer.
With an Android emulator, you can install any Android app via the Play Store or its APK file and run the app as you would on a smartphone.
To explore this subject further, check out ourbest Android emulators list and how to use them.
To send Instagram direct messages on PC (Chrome), you don’t need a complex tweak.
All you have to do is emulate a smartphone. You can emulate the device either using theToggle Device Toolbarin theInspect windowor by using an Android emulator.
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Radu Tyrsina
Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).
For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.
Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.
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