Instagram QR codes
What their code contains
Section titled “What their code contains”An Instagram QR code holds the link to their Instagram profile: instagram.com/ followed by their username, for example instagram.com/olena.k. Instagram adds tracking text to the end of the link, and met.cards removes it.
The code doesn’t hold their name, email or phone number. So it’s a profile link code, and you type the name.
Ask them to show it
Section titled “Ask them to show it”On an iPhone or an Android phone:
- Open Instagram and go to their profile tab.
- Tap Share profile. The QR code is on that screen.
Apps move these screens between versions. If the steps don’t match their app, look for a QR code icon on their profile or in their settings. Scan it from Capture in QR mode.
Last checked: not yet on a phone. These steps follow the app’s own help and may differ in their version.
What met.cards saves
Section titled “What met.cards saves”met.cards shows the Instagram icon and their handle, and asks for a name: “Instagram codes share a profile, not a name. Add their name so you can find them later.” Save works once you’ve typed one.
- Their Instagram profile, under Profiles on their page, with Open in Instagram.
- The name you type. Add their company, title or email later with Edit.
Name and photo
Section titled “Name and photo”met.cards never looks people up on Instagram, and no setting changes that. Type their name; it’s on the profile they’re showing you.
Troubleshooting
Section titled “Troubleshooting”- Their account is private. The saved link still opens their profile, but you may not see their posts until they accept you.
- They change their username later. The saved link then stops opening them. Change it on their page. See Profiles.
- Nothing happens. Ask them to turn their screen brightness up, and tilt your phone so their screen doesn’t reflect the lights. Or take a photo of the code and pick it with the gallery button in QR mode.
- You already have them. As you type their name, met.cards suggests people you already have whose name matches what you typed, under Already in your connections? Select Add to on the right person, for example Add to Olena Koval, to add this Instagram profile to them instead of saving someone new. See When you already have them.