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

Users can change this setting on each post individually

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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.


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