--- description: Instagram just made social media creeping easier, thanks to introducing a "zoom" feature, which means the days of screenshots are over. title: Now You Can Zoom In On Instagram Photos and Videos image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4a12ad33bb3f699/6988a45afb4eac75ab88ef07/instagram-zoom.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Instagram Introduces Zoom So You Can Creep on Social Media Without Getting Caught  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 31, 2016 5:35 PM CUT  A person poses with an iPhone displaying the Instagram logo on August 3, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) A person poses with an iPhone displaying the Instagram logo on August 3, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)Carl Court—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 31, 2016 5:35 PM CUT [Social media creepers of the world](http://time.com/money/4463460/kardashians-social-media-ads/ "undefined"), rejoice! [Instagram](http://time.com/4273531/instagram-algorithm/ "undefined") just announced that its platform now offers a zoom functionality. This means means that unlike before, where an attempt to zoom might result in an accidental “like” and reveal that yes, you were [creeping eight months deep](http://time.com/3690036/iphone-hide-anything/ "undefined") on the Instagram account of someone you just went on a Tinder date with, you can now safely examine any photo or video on the platform with a clear conscience. The zoom works sans screenshot, which is how most people responsibly creeped on Instagram before this innovative update. All you need to do is use two fingers to “pinch” the screen to zoom on any photo or video. The feature is only available on iOS for now, but an Android update is in the works. **Quiz**: [_Are You Ready for Back to School?_](http://time.com/4457305/back-to-school-quiz/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4474466/instagram-zoom/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4474466/instagram-zoom/"},"headline":"Instagram Introduces Zoom So You Can Creep on Social Media Without Getting Caught","datePublished":"2016-08-31T17:35:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:05.106Z","description":"No more screenshots","url":"https://time.com/4474466/instagram-zoom/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","Entertainment","Social Media","Technology","Instagram"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4a12ad33bb3f699/6988a45afb4eac75ab88ef07/instagram-zoom.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4a12ad33bb3f699/6988a45afb4eac75ab88ef07/instagram-zoom.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Popular Smart Phone Apps Of 2016","caption":"Popular Smart Phone Apps Of 2016","creditText":"Carl Court—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4474466/instagram-zoom/","name":"Instagram Introduces Zoom So You Can Creep on Social Media Without Getting Caught"}}]}] ```