Add Background Photo when Sharing a Post to your Instagram Stories

Want to add a background photo when sharing a feed post in your Instagram Story?

There are 3 ways to do it:

The screenshot trick
The 2 finger trick
The Android trick (if the other 2 tricks don’t work and you have an Android phone)

Let’s have a look at each trick.

Background Photo Trick #1. The Screenshot Trick

The first way to add a background picture on Instagram Story when sharing a post is to use the Screenshot Trick.

It’s super fast to do, and the final result looks like this:

Here’s how to do it:

Share a post from your feed to your Story
Make the background color white
Take a screenshot
Crop the screenshot to only show the post image
Come back in your Instagram Story and increase the size of the post so that it covers the screen
Press on the “Sticker” option on top
Press on the “Photo” sticker feature (Android people: you might not have this option yet, so check out Trick #2 or #3)
Add your background photo
Make it big on top of the post to cover the screen
Go back in the Photo Sticker feature
Choose the cropped post screenshot

Done!

And yes, the post is clickable / tappable. You can tap on it and people will be able to check the post in your feed.

Want an easier way to change the background picture without covering the photo?

Use the 2 Finger Trick.

Here’s how to do it:

Share a post from your feed to your Instagram Stories
Move the post to the left of your screen
Press on the “Sticker” button on top
Press on the “Photo Sticker” option
Choose your background picture
Make the background picture big so it touches the top and bottom of the screen
Hold 2 fingers on the background picture, and hold your left thumb on the post
While still keeping your left thumb on the post, drag the background photo with your 2 fingers on the screen to the left, so it fits under the post

And you’re done!

How to change the background photo in your Insta Stories with an Android phone?

Not all Android phones have the “Photo Sticker” feature or the “Copy image” feature on Instagram yet.

So if you don’t have it, here is how to add a background picture in your Stories when you share a post from your feed.

It might look long, but trust me, it’s super fast and it only takes a few seconds, and you’ll get addicted to this trick.

Here are the steps:

Download the app called “Microsoft Swiftkey”
Take a screenshot of the photo you want to add in the background and crop to only keep the photo part
Share a post from your feed to your Story
Take a screenshot of the post and crop
Make the post very big to fill your whole Insta Story screen
Press on the “aA” text option
Press on the “Sticker” button
Press on the “Pin” button
Press on the “Camera” button
Select your background picture and add it to your Story
Make the background picture big to fill the entire screen
Repeat the steps to add your post screenshot on top of the background