Instagram: How to Turn Off Captions on a Video You've Already Posted

Users can change this setting on each post individually

Instagram now displays auto-generated captions on all feed videos on its platform. While auto-generated captions are turned on for feed videos by default, creators can turn them off before sharing a video, if they’d like.

In addition, creators can turn off auto-generated captions on posts they’ve already shared. Our guide will show you how this is done.

Note: These screenshots were captured in the Instagram application on iOS.

Step 1: Tap the three dots in the top-right corner of the video you want to edit.


Screenshot of a video on Instagram with a red arrow pointing at the three dots in the top-right corner of the video

Step 2: Tap “Manage captions.”


Screenshot of Instagram's settings menu for a video. A red arrow points at "Manage captions" on this menu.

Step 3: Tap the blue toggle to the right of “Captions” to turn captions off for the video.


Screenshot of Instagram's "Manage captions" menu with a red arrow pointing at the blue toggle to the right of "Captions"

Step 4: Tap outside of this menu to close it.


Screenshot of Instagram's "Manage captions" menu with a red arrow pointing at the space above the menu