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How do I find someone on Instagram without their username?

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How to find someone on Instagram in 2023 when you don't know his username?

Lucky for you, there are actually several ways to find someone on Instagram without their username.

In this article, I will show you 3 ways to find someone on Instagram without knowing his name.

These methods work on PC (computer) and mobile via the Instagram application for mobile (iPhone, iOS, Android...)

I'm going to assume that you know the person's name or at least know what they look like.

Before I show you how to find someone on Instagram, you should know that none of these methods will work if the person you are looking for is not on Instagram or has blocked you.

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Article updated in September 2023.

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Here are the 3 ways to find someone on Instagram:

 

Method 1: Search for users on Instagram by name

 

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The easiest and most common way to find someone on Instagram without their username is to simply search using his real name.

Instagram has a integrated search function that you can use to find people on their platform.

This method assumes that the person you are looking for has their name publicly available to search by name on Instagram.

Search for an Instagram user by name without an account

  1. Press the "Search" icon (the magnifying glass) on Instagram.
  2. Go to the search bar at the top of your Instagram page.
  3. Type its full name and you'll see that Instagram starts to auto-populate the search results as you continue to type.

If you are lucky, even with a simple first name, you may already see the person you are looking for in the search results.

Instagram displays the people you are likely to know using the data it has on you and your existing network of friends.

If you have typed their full name and still haven't found the right person, don't give up!

Let's move on to the next method.

 

Method 2: Find someone on Instagram by phone number

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By using a phone number, you can find someone on Instagram without their username.

Instagram allows you to connect your account with your telephone contact list on your phone (iPhone, iOS, Android...)

You may have already done so by default, as Instagram users usually link their account to their mobile phone number when they sign up for Instagram.

This can be used as a method to find someone's phone number on Instagram, provided you have it.

Once you have connected your contact list to Instagram, it will then have access to all the phone numbers of the people you have stored on your phone.

Instagram will use these numbers to match each of them and then show you your contacts who are on Instagram.

The 5 steps to follow :

  1. Go to your Profile
  2. Press " Parameters "The menu icon in the top right corner of the screen.
  3. Press "Contacts to discover".
  4. Allow Instagram to access your contacts by clicking on "Allow access".
  5. Select " Connect "next to " Connecting the contacts" .

Now that your phone's contact list is connected to Instagram, you will see the contact list on your screen  "All suggestions.

You can now scroll through this list and find the person you are looking for.

 

What if you don't have the person's phone number?

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If you do not have your target's phone number for this strategy, you will need to use of "social engineering to get it and save it on your phone.

Find out who their friends are and try to get the phone number you need from them.

Another method is to do a Google search on the person's name in inverted commas, e.g. 'Pauline Tantôt' if you are looking for a Pauline Tantôt.

Then open all the relevant search results and search the "contact us" pages for the phone numbers to be retrieved.

Add all the numbers to your phone.

You should now see the Instagram profile associated with at least one of the phone numbers you found on the Internet.

 

Method 3: Search for an Instagram user via mutual friends

 

Part A: The person you are looking for follows your friend

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If one of your friends on Instagram is also followed by the person you are looking for, then you can find the target person by consult the "Subscribers" section of your friend's profile on Instagram.

Here are the 5 steps to follow:

  1. Go to the Profile of your friend on Instagram.
  2. Press "Subscribers".
  3.  Check the list of subscribers and keep scrolling as more and more accounts fill up with each scroll.
  4. If you know the name of the person you are looking for, you can type here and it will appear.
  5. Repeat step 1 for different people you follow.

If this did not work, use the variation in the steps below.

 

Part B: Your friend follows the person you are looking for

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  1. Go to the Your friend's profile on Instagram.
  2. Press "Subscribe".
  3. View the list of people they follow (subscriptions) and keep scrolling as more and more accounts are added with each scroll.
  4. If you know the name of the person you are looking for, you can type it here and it will appear.
  5. Repeat step 1 for the different people you follow.

This method takes some work, but you will probably find your target person's Instagram account, provided you have mutual friends.

 

Search for a user by name on Instagram without an account

If you don't want to use your Instagram account or if you don't have an Instagram account, you can search for users by name without an account on Instagram.

To begin to learn how to find someone's Instagram without having an account yourself, you won't be able to use the Instagram app itself as this requires you to have an account and also be logged in.

To search for users by name without an account on Instagram, you will need to use the web version of Instagram which will work even if you don't have an account or simply don't want to log in with an account.

 

Find people on Instagram by username

Once you know the @username of the person whose profile you want to see, you can simply type the following url in the search bar of your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave...)

https://instagram.com/nomdutilisateur

For example:

Let's say you want to see Pauline Tantôt's Instagram profile and her username is "popstantot" then type the following URL in your web browser:

https://instagram.com/popstantot

The profile will then appear in your browser, even if you are not logged in to Instagram!

 

How do you find someone's Instagram via their URL?

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The Instagram username of the account you want to access is what forms the URL.

For example: https://instagram.com/nomdutilisateur

Without knowing the person's @username, you will need to do a Google search to get the link to his Instagram profile.

Search for :

"Their name + Instagram"

For example:

"Pauline Tantôt Instagram

And see what comes up.

If you are lucky, a direct link to Instagram page of the person will appear in the Google results page and you can simply click on it.

 

Conclusion

We have covered many ways to find someone on Instagram without knowing their username.

You can even search for an Instagram user by name without having an account yourself by first using Google to search for clues left on the Internet, and then integrating this information into one of the steps above.

The Instagram user you are looking for may have other social accounts from which you can extract information so that you can use this data to find them on Instagram as well.

Most people who have an account on social media like Facebook, Twitter or even SnapchatThey also have one on Instagram.

Don't overlook this simple fact that can save you time in finding people on Instagram.

Many Instagram users also have a OnlyFans account which you can consult to find them.

See also our guide to how to find someone on Onlyfans.

If they have blockedYou can easily create a new account and still use the methods in this article to find them.

Once someone is on Instagram, you can always find them: there is no escape!

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