In August, Instagram removed the ‘Scroll Up’ feature, which can be used by those with 10 thousand or more followers or a blue tick badge. He did not give up his support for adding a link to the story. Bringing a link sticker instead of a swipe up, the social media platform allowed all users to redirect to an external link regardless of the conditions.

By default, when you add a link to your Instagram story with the link sticker, the tag text would be the same as the site’s domain name. Users, on the other hand, did not welcome this situation. Especially those who use a link shortening site did not want the name of the site to appear on the sticker. Instagram, on the other hand, listened to the feedback and introduced the function to customize the text of the stickers.

How to customize Instagram link sticker?

With the new update, the option to ‘customize the text of the label’ came to the link sticker. Now no matter what link you add, you will be able to show the text you want on the sticker instead of the domain name. For example, a link sticker that directs your followers to your YouTube video used to be “youtube. When typing “com”; Now you can place any text you want, such as “watch the video”.

• To customize the label text:
• Open the Instagram app.

• Find the link sticker and type the link you want to add.
• Press the “Customize label text” option at the bottom and type the text you want to appear.

In addition to customizing the text of the sticker, Instagram gave users the opportunity to change the color of the sticker. After adding the sticker to the story, you can switch between colors by tapping on it. A limited number of colors are currently available. However, this feature will make it easier for you to feature the link sticker in your story and will attract the attention of your followers.

There is no 10k follower requirement for the link sticker

The biggest change Instagram has made in adding a link to the story: 10 thousand followers or the removal of the blue tick requirement. As of August 30, the platform, which removed the swipe up feature and brought the link sticker, initially opened the new system to a limited number of users. In an announcement made in October, he announced that he allowed anyone to use the sticker.

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