# Connect an Instagram account

Connect a professional Instagram account and check the access it granted.

Canonical URL: https://www.naayya.com/help-center/connect-your-instagram-account
Category: email-marketing
Last updated: 2026-11-08T00:00:00Z

# Connect an Instagram account

Connect from **Admin > Social**, or **Admin > Settings > Integrations > Instagram** if you
have access to business settings. Connecting requires marketing management
access and an Instagram business or creator account.

1. Select **Connect Instagram**. The access choices open in a separate dialog.
2. **Viewing access (required)** is already selected. This lets Naayya view your
   professional profile, posts and their counts. You cannot turn it off.
3. Choose **Publishing access** if you want Naayya to publish content you choose.
   This checkbox appears only when publishing is enabled for your business. It
   starts off for a general connection. Select it to request viewing and publishing
   access together in one Instagram authorization.
4. Select **Continue to Instagram** and review the access on Instagram. Connecting
   does not publish anything. Naayya does not request messaging or
   comment-management access.
5. Back in Social or the Instagram integration page, check your @handle and actual
   access: **Viewing access** or **Viewing and publishing access**. A selected
   checkbox is a request, not confirmation that Instagram granted it.

If you connect for viewing only, publishing later requires another connection.
When you choose **Allow publishing** in Social or connect from a publish dialog,
**Publishing access** starts on. You can turn it off, but you will still need
publishing access before publishing. Select **Continue to Instagram** when you have chosen your access.
Changing this choice does not revoke permissions previously granted on Instagram.

To connect from an existing draft, select **Publish > Publish now**, review the
connection step, then select **Connect Instagram**, choose access and select
**Continue to Instagram**. After returning from
Instagram, reopen your saved draft to continue. Nothing is published until you
confirm publication.

If access expires or is revoked, use **Reconnect**. If publishing is enabled but
access has not been granted, Social shows **Allow publishing**. Settings also
lets you reconnect a viewing-only account and select publishing access. If
Naayya cannot check access, retry the check before connecting.

To check who can connect and who can switch on publishing, see [Who can use this](/help-center/create-instagram-content#who-can-use-this).