You can now edit your comments on Instagram

Instagram only foot A small but useful update that people have been asking for forever: you can finally edit your comments.

The platform announced Thursday that users now have the option to edit comments, a long-awaited solution for anyone who has had to delete and repost a comment just to fix a typo. However, there is a catch. You only have a 15-minute window after publishing to make changes. However, during those 15 minutes, you can edit your comment as many times as you want.

Once you edit a comment, other people will be able to see that it was edited, but they won’t see what it originally said. This is different from some other apps, like iMessage, where you can actually view your edit history.

There is also another limitation to take into account: only text can be edited. So, if your comment includes both text and an image, you can fix the wording, but the image itself stays the same.

Although this update may seem minor, it reflects a broader effort on Instagram’s part to improve the user experience and address long-standing frustrations. Although this feature has been officially announced, some users have already discovered it during testing. numerous Reports Over the past few weeks, suggesting that Instagram has been quietly experimenting with this feature. Online feedback was mostly positive, with one person saying Saying“It’s time,” and last “I’m not sure why it took 73 years, but I’m happy,” he joked.

On the same day of the announcement, Instagram as well Shared updates About restricting certain types of content for teen accounts based on 13+ movie reviews. This step comes in the middle Increased scrutiny About the platform’s impact on young users.

In the past month, Meta has faced two major legal losses: one in New MexicoThe court held the company responsible for endangering the safety of children, and another in Los Angeleswhere the jury found that Meta designed its apps to be addictive to children and teens, harming their mental health. And that’s not all. Thousands of cases These proceedings are still pending, with 40 prosecutors currently taking legal action against the company.